UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA RHONDA FLEMING, Plaintiff, v. Civil Action No. 1:15-cv-01135 (EGS/GMH) MEDICARE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION GROUP, et al. Defendants. MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER This is a Freedom of Information Act (“FOIA”) case in which Plaintiff seeks records related to her criminal conviction for health care fraud in the Southern District of Texas. Though Plaintiff’s ultimate goal appears to be to prove that she is actually innocent of these crimes, the single claim before this Court is the adequacy of Defendants’ FOIA searches. Because Plaintiff is a prolific filer, in 2016 the Court required her to obtain permission from the Court before making new filings in this case, and reminded her of that obligation most recently on May 25, 2018. Thereafter, in a span of eleven days, Plaintiff filed three Motions for Permission to File Pleadings, in which she requests permission to file a “Motion to Proceed In Forma Pauperis/Appointment of Counsel” and “Motion for Evidentiary Hearing/Discovery” [Dkt. 148-1], a “Motion to Expedite Proceedings” [Dkt. 150-1], and a “Motion to File Status Document” [Dkt. 151-1].1 Defendants’ 1 The docket entries relevant to this memorandum opinion are: (1) Plaintiff’s Complaint [Dkt. 1]; (2) the November 2017 Report & Recommendation [Dkt. 122]; (3) Plaintiff’s “Motion for Relief from Two Judgments Pursuant to Rule 60(d)(3) and the All Writs Act” [Dkt. 136]; (4) Defendants’ Opposition to Plaintiff’s Motion for Two Judgments [Dkt. 145]; (5) Plaintiff’s Reply to Defendants’ Opposition [Dkt. 149]; (6) Plaintiff’s “Motion to Proceed In Forma Pauperis/Appointment of Counsel” and “Motion for Evidentiary Hearing/Discovery” [Dkt. 148-1]; (7) Plaintiff’s “Motion to Expedite Proceedings” [Dkt. 150-1]; (8) Plaintiff’s “Motion to File Status Document” [Dkt. 151-1]; and (9) Defendants’ Opposition [Dkt. 154]. All citations to page numbers within a particular document will be to the ECF docket page numbers assigned to the document. opposition to all three motions was filed on June 7, 2018.2 [Dkt. 154]. For the reasons that follow, all of Plaintiff’s Motions for Permission to File Pleadings will be denied. I. BACKGROUND In 2010, Plaintiff was convicted in the Southern District of Texas on 67 counts of Medicare- related health care fraud and related offenses in connection with her submission of fraudulent claims to Medicare using supplier numbers purchased from Hi-Tech Medical Supply and First Advantage Nursing. See Judgment, United States v. Fleming, No. 4:07-cr-513 (S.D. Tex. Feb. 8, 2010), ECF No. 626. Plaintiff alleges that she was not provided with Medicare billing records during her criminal trial. [Dkt. 1 at 1–2]. In May 2014, she filed FOIA requests with the Medicare Freedom of Information Group (“MFIG”) and the Executive Office of U.S. Attorneys (“EOUSA”). Id. at 2. Dissatisfied with Defendants’ response, Plaintiff filed a Complaint in the United States District Court for the District of Minnesota alleging that Defendants failed to release records within the scope of her FOIA requests and seeking a declaratory judgment, damages, and attorney’s fees for various alleged violations of her civil rights, including claims asserting that the prosecution fabricated ...
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