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*1 Case 2:25-cv-02155-GAM Document 6 Filed 06/30/25 Page 1 of 1
IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA ERNEST PRIOVOLOS, :
Plaintiff, :
: v. : CIVIL ACTION NO. 25-CV-2155
:
MONTGOMERY COUNTY DISTRICT, :
ATTORNEY OFFICE OF :
PENNSYLVANIA, et al ., :
Defendants. :
ORDER
AND NOW , this 30th day of June, 2025, upon consideration of Plaintiff Ernest Priovolos’s pro se Motion for Leave to Proceed In Forma Pauperis (ECF No. 1) and Complaint (ECF No. 2), it is ORDERED that:
1. Leave to proceed in forma pauperis (ECF No. 1) is GRANTED pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915.
2. The Complaint is DEEMED filed.
3. Priovolos’s Complaint (ECF No. 2) is DISMISSED , pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915(e)(2)(B)(ii), as barred by claim preclusion and for failure to state a claim. To the extent Priovolos raises new claims challenging his convictions that are not barred by claim preclusion, those claims are DISMISSED WITHOUT PREJUDICE subject to Priovolos filing a new civil rights action ONLY in the event his convictions are first invalidated.
4. Priovolos’s Motion to Compel (ECF No. 4) is DENIED as moot .
5. The Clerk of Court shall CLOSE this case.
/s/ Gerald Austin McHugh United States District Judge