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When getting ready to learn about a legal decision, it's best to brace yourself for a lot of reading; court documents can be ridiculously long.  But when siding with Google, the Third Circuit used less than two pages, and this pretty fairly represents how ridiculous the lawsuit was.

Remember the handwritten ramblings asserting that the word "Google" was a scrambled version of some guy's social security number?  Said guy - Dylan Stephen Jayne - wanted $5 billion as a result.  And now Jayne has lost his appeal.

The Third Circuit's per curiam decision, which was provided by Eric Goldman, states, "As explained by the District Court, Google and its founders are not state actors, and Jayne's allegation concerning his coded social security number does not constitute a violation of the Constitution or federal law.  We also agree that any amendment of the complaint would be futile."

There's really no other place to go with this story; it's just an example of the legal system working efficiently for once.  Still, you have to wonder how much money (in terms of judges' salaries and lawyers' fees) Jayne wasted with the whole episode.