Brenda Butler Bryant, serial litigator
The article pasted below, from 1994, describes Brenda Butler Bryant's "record-setting litigation." In one year alone she had filed over 700 lawsuits, accounting for 7 percent of the lawsuits filed in the federal courts. Finally a judge ordered her to stop, stating that her handwritten complaints were "frivolous" and "plainly products of a confused, disoriented and unsound mind."
Did she stop? Apparently not. She was in Philadelphia then, but more recently she's been living in Georgia and as of last year was still filing complaints. From a Sep 2024 ruling by U.S. District Judge Steven D. Grimberg:
The sheer length of time she's been doing this is kind of impressive.
Did she stop? Apparently not. She was in Philadelphia then, but more recently she's been living in Georgia and as of last year was still filing complaints. From a Sep 2024 ruling by U.S. District Judge Steven D. Grimberg:
There are many reasons why Bryant's Complaints are frivolous. Central to the problems is that every Complaint fails to satisfy the most basic requirement of Rule 8 - to provide a short and plain statement of a claim...
She alleges no facts demonstrating how any named Defendant is liable for the harm she allegedly suffered. She has not identified any specific causes of action. Nor has Bryant supplied any facts that could plausibly support her alleged damages, which range from $1 million per day, to $1 billion, to $1 billion per day. Her pleadings also contain incomprehensible assertions, such as "$=Gift $=Winning no sign=free issuance."...
For example, in Case 1:24-cv-1032-SDG, Bryant names as Defendants the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (Centers for Disease Control), Wil-Lie Cop-E-Land, and the thieves who stole her coat.
She alleges no facts demonstrating how any named Defendant is liable for the harm she allegedly suffered. She has not identified any specific causes of action. Nor has Bryant supplied any facts that could plausibly support her alleged damages, which range from $1 million per day, to $1 billion, to $1 billion per day. Her pleadings also contain incomprehensible assertions, such as "$=Gift $=Winning no sign=free issuance."...
For example, in Case 1:24-cv-1032-SDG, Bryant names as Defendants the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (Centers for Disease Control), Wil-Lie Cop-E-Land, and the thieves who stole her coat.
The sheer length of time she's been doing this is kind of impressive.
Philadelphia Inquirer - Nov 16, 1994
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