29 F. Supp. 2d 939 - Jean v. Dugan’s Empirical Analysis

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1. “As this Court stated in Jean v. Dugan, The courthouse door is generally open to all. This principle, however, is stretched to its limits by those who conduct an ongoing campaign of frivolous litigation. See Sloan v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue, 53 F.3d 799, 800 (7th Cir.1995). These litigants waste the resources of the courts, of defendants, and ultimately, of society. See Martin v. District of Columbia Court of Appeals, 506 U.S. 1, 3 , 113 S.Ct. 397 , 121 L.Ed.2d 305 (1992) (observing that every frivolous paper filed causes some drain on the court’s limited resources); Support Systems Int’l, Inc. v. Mack, 45 F.3d 185 (7th Cir.1995) (noting that litigants who repeatedly file frivolous papers clog court proceedings and burden judges and their staffs to “the detriment of litigants having meritorious cases”); Sassower v. American Bar Assoc., 33 F.3d 733, 736 (7th Cir.1994) (suggesting that both defendants and the judicial system are “entitled to protection from” stubbornly frivolous litigants).”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Wilson v. Hart