NONPRECEDENTIAL DISPOSITION
To be cited only in accordance with Fed. R. App. P. 32.1
United States Court of Appeals
For the Seventh Circuit
Chicago, Illinois 60604
Submitted January 19, 2016*
Decided January 20, 2016
Before
RICHARD A. POSNER, Circuit Judge
FRANK H. EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judge
DIANE S. SYKES, Circuit Judge
No. 15‐2814
TYRONE HURT, Appeal from the United States District
Plaintiff‐Appellant, Court for the Southern District of
Indiana, Indianapolis Division.
v.
No. 1:15‐cv‐01054‐WTL‐TAB
FERGUSON, MISSOURI, et al.,
Defendants‐Appellees. William T. Lawrence,
Judge.
O R D E R
Tyrone Hurt, a resident of Washington, D.C., is a serial filer of frivolous and
indecipherable lawsuits. In this latest illegible complaint, Hurt has sued a swath of
defendants, including the cities of Ferguson, Missouri; Cleveland, Ohio; and Baltimore,
Maryland; “forty‐seven (47) states”; the federal government; and “all law enforcement
officials within this nation.” The district court screened Hurt’s complaint under 28 U.S.C.
* The defendants were not served with process in the district court and are not
participating in this appeal. After examining the appellant’s brief and the record, we
have concluded that the case is appropriate for summary disposition. See Fed. R. App.
P. 34(a)(2).
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§ 1915(e)(2) and dismissed the case as frivolous. After noting that Hurt previously had
filed eight other frivolous suits in the Southern District of Indiana and been warned that
further frivolous filings risked sanctions, the court imposed a bar prohibiting Hurt from
filing any new cases in the district without prepaying the filing fee. The district court
noted that other courts had also imposed filing restrictions on Hurt. See, e.g., Hurt v. Soc.
Sec. Admin., 544 F.3d 308, 311 (D.C. Cir. 2008); Hurt v. United States, 2013 WL 6489951
(D. Mass. Dec. 5, 2013).
This appeal is frivolous. We agree with the district court’s dismissal in this case
and think the imposition of sanctions against Hurt was proper. In addition to the eight
frivolous lawsuits filed in the Southern District of Indiana, Hurt also has filed two suits
in the Western District of Wisconsin and ten appeals to this court.1 We now order Hurt
to show cause within 14 days why the court should not impose sanctions under Federal
Rule of Appellate Procedure 38 for filing a frivolous appeal. Possible sanctions include
revocation of Hurt’s IFP status, a fine, and an order under Support Sys. Int’l., Inc. v. Mack,
45 F.3d 185 (7th Cir. 1995), barring Hurt from filing any other litigation in this circuit
until he has paid all the fees he owes to the district courts in this circuit and to us.
AFFIRMED
1 See Hurt v. Germany, No. 1:15‐cv‐00939‐JMS‐DKL (S.D. Ind. June 17, 2015); Hurt
v. City of Chicago, No. 1:15‐cv‐00623‐RLY‐DML (S.D. Ind. May 12, 2015), appeal dismissed
No. 15‐2487 (7th Cir. Oct. 29, 2015); Hurt v. U.S. House of Representatives,
No. 1:14‐cv‐01847‐JMS‐DKL (S.D. Ind. Jan. 27, 2015), appeal dismissed No. 15‐1673
(7th Cir. Aug. 14, 2015); Hurt v. Tuskegee Airmen, No. 1:14‐cv‐01866‐LJM‐TAB (S.D. Ind.
Dec. 16, 2014); Hurt v. Soc. Sec. Admin., No. 1:14‐cv‐02015‐WTL‐TAB (S.D. Ind. Dec. 11,
2014); Hurt v. Unknown, No. 1:14‐cv‐02016‐TWP‐DKL (S.D. Ind. Dec. 11, 2014), appeals
dismissed, Nos. 15‐1707 (7th Cir. June 22, 2015), 15‐2268 (7th Cir. Aug. 7, 2015); Hurt v.
United States, No. 1:14‐cv‐01846‐TWP‐DKL (S.D. Ind. Dec. 9, 2014), appeal dismissed,
No. 15‐1916 (7th Cir. Aug. 7, 2015); Hunt v. Hinson, No. 1:14‐cv‐01781‐TWP‐TAB
(S.D. Ind. Nov. 5, 2014), appeals dismissed Hurt v. Hinson, Nos. 14‐3561 (7th Cir. Jan. 22,
2015), 15‐1667 (7th Cir. June 22, 2015), 15‐1668 (7th Cir. June 22, 2015) (docketed in the
district court under the name “Tyrone Hunt”); Hurt v. D.C. Gov’t, No. 3:13‐cv‐00033‐bbc
(W.D. Wis. Feb. 15, 2013), summarily aff’d No. 13‐1413 (7th Cir. Apr. 5, 2013); Hurt v. Paige,
No. 3:12‐cv‐00939‐bbc (W.D. Wis. Feb. 15, 2013), summarily aff’d No. 13‐1412 (7th Cir.
Apr. 5, 2013). Hurt’s frivolous filings are hardly limited to the Seventh Circuit. See Hurt
v. Encinia, 2015 WL 6674820, at *3 (S.D. Tex. Oct. 30, 2015) (counting 468 civil actions filed
by Hurt in district courts across the country since 1985).