Lipscomb

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

BRENTON LIPSCOMB, Case Nos. 1:24-cv-01305-JLT-CDB 1:24-cv-01306-CDB Plaintiff, 1:24-cv-01307-CDB 1:24-cv-01308-JLT-CDB v.

FINDINGS & RECOMMENDATION TO

EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE, et al., DISMISS THIS ACTION AS DUPLICATIVE OF CASE NO. 1:24-cv-01308-JLT-CDB Defendants. (Docs. 3, 5) 16 17

19 Plaintiff Brenton Lipscomb (“Plaintiff”) initiated four actions with the filing of four separate complaints and associated applications to proceed in forma pauperis on October 25, 2024. (Docs. 1, 2). See Case Numbers: 1:24-cv-01305-JLT-CDB (“Action 1305”), 1:24-cv- 01306-CDB (“Action 1306”), 1:24-cv-01307-CDB (“Action 1307”), and 1:24-cv-01308-JLT- CDB (“Action 1308”). Plaintiff’s complaints in these actions allege substantially similar facts and nearly identical causes of action against related defendants. See (Doc. 1). On October 30, 2024, the Court ordered Plaintiff to show cause (1) why all four actions should not be consolidated, and in the alternative, (2) why three of the…