Coffer

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 JONATHAN CHRISTOPHER COFFER, Case No. 25-cv-02978-EKL

Plaintiff,

ORDER OF DISMISSAL

v.

EUGENE CRAYTON, et al., Defendants.

12 Plaintiff Jonathan Christopher Coffer, a state prisoner proceeding pro se, filed the instant civil rights lawsuit challenging his medical care at Salinas Valley State Prison. ECF No. 1. Plaintiff now seeks leave to proceed in forma pauperis pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915. ECF No. 6. The Court is required to screen pro se complaints and dismiss claims that, amount other things, are frivolous, malicious, or fail to state a claim upon which relief may be granted. 28 U.S.C. § 1915(e)(2). A complaint may be dismissed as frivolous if it merely “repeats pending or previously litigated claims.” Cato v. United States, 70 F.3d 1103, 1105 n.2 (9th Cir. 1995) (citations and quotations omitted). “Dismissal of the duplicative lawsuit, more so than the issuance of a stay or the enjoinment of proceedings, promotes judicial economy and the comprehensive…