The following excerpt is from Doan v. Singh, Case No. 1:13-cv-00531-LJO-SMS (E.D. Cal. 2013):
assertion of a RICO claim ... has an almost inevitable stigmatizing effect on those named as defendants, ... courts should strive to flush out frivolous RICO allegations at an early stage of the litigation." Figueroa Ruiz v. Alegria, 896 F.2d 645, 650 (1st Cir.1990).
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