Lipscomb

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

BRENTON LIPSCOMB, ) Case No.: 1:24-cv-01306 JLT CDB ) Plaintiff, ) ORDER ADOPTING FINDINGS AND ) RECOMMENDATIONS, DISMISSING THIS v. ) ACTION AS DUPLICATIVE, AND DIRECTING ) THE CLERK OF COURT TO CLOSE THIS CASE MAURICE MCKOY, et al., ) ) (Doc. 8) Defendants. ) ) )

Brenton Lipscomb initiated four actions—by filing four complaints and associated applications to proceed in forma pauperis—on October 25, 2024. (Docs. 1, 2.) Upon the filing of the documents, the Court opened Case Numbers: 1:24-cv-01305-JLT-CDB (“Action 1305”), 1:24-cv-01306-JLT- CDB (“Action 1306”), 1:24-cv-01307-JLT-CDB (“Action 1307”), and 1:24-cv-01308-JLT-CDB (“Action 1308”). The assigned magistrate judge ordered Plaintiff to show cause why (1) all four actions should not be consolidated or, in the alternative, (2) why Actions 1305, 1306, and 1307 should not be dismissed, with Action 1308 remaining as the…