Orion Ip, LLC v. Hyundai Motor America

NOTE: This order is nonprecedential United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ORION IP, LLC, Plaintiff-Appellee, V. HYUNDAI MOTOR AMERICA, Defendant-Appellee, V. JONATHAN LEE RICHES, Mouont-Appellant. 2012-1432 Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas in case no. O5-CV-0322, Chief Judge Leonard Davis. ORDER Jonathan Lee Riches appeals the United States Dis- trict Court for the Eastern District of Texas’s denial of his motion to intervene in case no. {)5-CV-0322. In denying Riches’s motion to intervene, the district court noted that “Riches is a federal prisoner who has moved to intervene in other suits. . . . Riches present[s] no evidence or reasoning for why [he has] an interest in this ORION IP, LLC V. HYUNDAI MOTOR AMERICA 2 closed case.“ The court further observed that "Riches is well known to courts throughout the country and has been sanctioned by other courts.” The court chose to enforced the sanctions imposed by the Eastern District of Kentucky in In re Air Crash at Lexington, Kentucky on August 27, 2006, 2009 WL 1870857 (E.D. Ky. June 25, 2009), and enjoined Riches "from submitting for filing any document(s), pleading(s), or letter(s) . . . in any case to which Jonathan Lee Riches is not a named party" absent specific additional submissions. Upon consideration thereof, IT Is ORDERED THAT: (1) Riches is directed to show cause within 60 days of the date of this order as to why the district court’s ruling should not be summarily affirmed. Orion IP, LLC, and Hyundai Motor America may also respond. (2) The briefing schedule is stayed. FoR THE COURT 2 1 /s/ Jan Horbaly Date J an Horba1y Clerk cc: Jonathan Lee Riches Andrew W. Spangler, Esq. Gene C. Schaerr, Esq. s25 LED JUN 2 l 2012 JAN HGBBAL¥ CLEBK