Lim
Lim v. Child Protective Services of Tulare County
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
CHONG SOOK LIM, Case No. 1:21-cv-00433-NONE-EPG
Plaintiff, FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATION TO
DISMISS THIS ACTION AS DUPLICATIVE
v. OF CASE NO. 1:20-cv-01049-NONE-SKO
CHILD PROTECTIVE SERVICES OF TWENTY (20) DAY DEADLINE TULARE COUNTY, et al., 12 Defendants. 13 Chong Sook Lim (“Plaintiff”) is proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis in this civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. On March 16, 2021, Plaintiff filed the complaint commencing this action. (ECF No. 1). For the reasons that follow, the undersigned will recommend that this action be dismissed as duplicative of Lim v. Menne, No. 1:20-cv-01049- NONE-SKO. I. LEGAL STANDARD “Plaintiffs generally 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.’” Adams v. Cal. Dep’t of Health Servs., 487 F.3d 684, 688 (9th Cir. 2007) (quoting Walton v. Eaton Corp., 563 F.2d 66, 70 (3d Cir. 1977)), overruled on other…