Arnold

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 5 MARIE ENCAR ARNOLD, Case No. 24-cv-08073-EKL Plaintiff, y. ORDER RE DISMISSAL Re: Dkt. No. 2 NEW YORK LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, et al., Defendants. 11 Plaintiff filed this action in pro se. ECF No. 1. Court records indicate that Plaintiff already has a related case before the Court with claims arising from the same insurance policies and seeking the same relief. See Arnold v. New York Life Ins. Co., No. 24-cv-6941-EKL. This case 1s duplicative. See Adams v. Cal. Dep’t of Health Servs., 487 F.3d 684, 688 (9th Cir. 2007) 16 || (noting that plaintiffs have “no right to maintain two separate actions involving the same subject matter at the same time in the same court and against the same defendant.” (citation omitted)). The Court has reviewed the claims in the earlier filed case, which it recently dismissed with leave || to amend. Plaintiff may pursue her claims in that case if she chooses to amend the…