Paul Navarrete Quintana v. Cynthia E. Lermond

JS-6 2 3 4 5 6 7 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 PAUL NAVARRETE QUINTANA, Case No. 2:24-cv-03524-WLH-PD

Plaintiff, ORDER DISMISSING ACTION v. FOR FAILURE TO

PROSECUTE AND AS

CYNTHIA E. LERMOND, et al., DUPLICATIVE OF AN EXISTING ACTION Defendants.

I. Pertinent Procedural History and Plaintiff’s Claims

18 On April 25, 2024, Plaintiff Paul Navarrete Quintana (“Plaintiff”), 19 proceeding pro se, filed his complaint pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. [Dkt. No. 20 1 (the “2024 Complaint”).] In 2023, Plaintiff filed a 42 U.S.C. § 1983 21 complaint naming most of the same defendants. See Quintana v. Lermond, et 22 al., No. 5:23-cv-01522-WLH-PD (the “2023 Complaint”), Dkt. No. 1. 23 On August 22, 2024, the Court issued an Order to Show Cause why the 24 2024 Complaint should not be dismissed as duplicative (“First OSC”). [Dkt. 25 No. 15.] The First OSC was mailed to Plaintiff at the address he provided on 26 the Complaint at…