Are there any published opinions or orders from the judge in 5:16-cv-00797-DMG-KS?
Executive summary
Court records show a filed complaint in Case No. 5:16‑cv‑00797‑DMG‑KS (variously captioned Jane Doe / Katie Johnson v. Jeffrey Epstein & Donald J. Trump) and related docket entries and copies of the complaint are available in multiple archives (see the complaint PDF/text) [1] [2] [3]. Public docket summaries indicate at least one district judge order denying a request to proceed in forma pauperis and dismissing the case, attributed to Judge Dolly M. Gee with a magistrate recommendation from Karen L. Stevenson [4] [5].
1. What the public filings show: the complaint is available
Multiple archival copies of the original complaint for Case 5:16‑cv‑00797‑DMG‑KS are publicly available: the FactCheck-hosted PDF of Document 1, an Archive.org mirror of court Document 5, and a full text rendering of the complaint with explicit allegations [1] [2] [3]. These sources contain the plaintiff’s detailed allegations and the docket identifiers that tie the materials to the Central District of California case number [1] [3].
2. Is there a judge’s written opinion or order? Yes — a dismissal tied to IFP denial appears in docket summaries
CourtListener docket entries and its FJC IDB summary record list an “ORDER RE REQUEST TO PROCEED IN FORMA PAUPERIS” by Judge Dolly M. Gee that denies the in forma pauperis request and states “this case is hereby DISMISSED,” following a recommendation from Magistrate Judge Karen L. Stevenson [4] [5]. Those docket-capture summaries constitute public indications that at least one controlling judicial order was entered in the case [4].
3. What available sources do not show: full text of the Judge Gee order is not in these results
The copies and mirrors of the complaint and the various document-hosting pages include Document 1 and other filings [1] [2] [3], but the search results provided do not include the full, original text of the Judge Gee dismissal/order itself. The docket summary on CourtListener reports the disposition but the underlying signed order text is not retrievable from the links provided in the current result set [4] [5]. Available sources do not mention the full order language beyond the summary caption.
4. Conflicting sources and redactions: archival mirrors vs. docket summaries
Archive files and site mirrors reproduce the complaint verbatim and are clear about the parties and allegations [2] [3]. CourtListener’s docket entries and FJC IDB summarize dispositive action by Judge Gee and the magistrate’s recommendation [4] [5]. The available material therefore consistently shows that the complaint was filed and that the case was dismissed via an order denying IFP, but the primary signed dismissal order text is not present in the archived complaint copies [1] [2] [3] [4].
5. How to confirm the judge’s written order (practical next steps)
To obtain the full, signed order or opinion text attributed to Judge Dolly M. Gee, consult PACER for the Central District of California docket for 5:16‑cv‑00797 or the official district court electronic filing system; CourtListener and Archive.org often mirror documents but the underlying signed order sometimes requires direct PACER retrieval [4] [5]. The current search results point to where the complaint and a docket summary exist but do not provide the signed order PDF itself [1] [2] [4].
6. Context and caution about secondary reproductions
Several third‑party sites (Archive.org, Yumpu, Scribd, DailyKos and others) reproduce the complaint content; those reproductions are useful for reading the plaintiff’s allegations [2] [3] [6]. They are not equivalent to docketed orders or to court-signed dispositions. CourtListener’s entry functions as a secondary docket summary and records an order and dismissal, but users should treat the absence of the signed order PDF in these search results as a gap that requires checking primary PACER records [4] [5].
Limitations: This analysis uses only the provided search results. I do not assert the contents of any signed Judge Gee order beyond the CourtListener summary language, because the full text of that order is not included among the supplied documents [4] [5].