Consider the code:

f(command1, UserId) ->
    case is_registered(UserId) of
        true ->
            %% do command1
            ok;
        false ->
            not_registered
    end;

f(command2, UserId) ->
    case is_registered(UserId) of
        true ->
            %% do command2
            ok;
        false ->
            not_registered
    end.

is_registered(UserId) ->
    %% some checks

Now imagine that there are a lot of commands and they are all call is_registered at first. Is there any way to generalize this behavior (refactor this code)? I mean that it's not a good idea to place the same case in all the commands.