UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 TYGHE JAMES MULLIN, Case No. 23-cv-04589-AMO (PR)
Plaintiff, ORDER OF DISMISSAL; DENYING
MOTIONS FOR APPOINTMENT OF
v. COUNSEL; AND INSTRUCTIONS TO
THE CLERK
MATTHEW J. DELORENZO, et al., Defendants. Re: Dkt. Nos. 12,
I. INTRODUCTION This suit was reassigned from a magistrate judge to the undersigned, as necessitated by Ninth Circuit authority. Plaintiff Tyghe James Mullin, who is currently in custody at Elmwood Correctional Complex, filed the instant civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983, representing himself. He has since filed a second amended complaint, which is the operative complaint in this action. Dkt. 28. He has also filed motions for appointment of counsel. Dkts. 12, 13. For the reasons discussed below, this action is dismissed as duplicative pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915A. II. DISCUSSION A. Standard of Review A federal court must conduct…