Nocha
(PC) Williams v. Nocha
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 7 LANCE WILLIAMS, Case No. 1:24-cv-01506-CDB (PC)
Plaintiff, ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE WHY THIS
CASE SHOULD NOT BE DISMISSED AS
v. DUPLICATIVE OF CASE NUMBER 1:22-
CV-00095-KES-SKO (PC)
A. NOCHA, et al., (Doc. 1) Defendants. 21-DAY DEADLINE 13 Plaintiff Lance Williams is proceeding pro se in this civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Plaintiff filed the complaint initiating this action and a Motion to Proceed in Forma Pauperis on December 3, 2024. (Docs. 1, 2). Previously, on December 16, 2021, Plaintiff filed a civil rights complaint in Williams v. Rocha, et al., Case No. 1:22-cv-00095-KES-SKO (PC) (“Williams I”) (Doc. 1).1 It appears that Plaintiff’s complaint in the instant action advances nearly identical allegations as advanced in the Williams I action noted above regarding correctional officers’ failure to protect, use of excessive force upon Plaintiff, deliberate indifference to serious medical needs, and retaliation…