Zinaida Doljenko v. City of Los Angeles, California

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

ZINAIDA DOLJENKO and Case No. 2:21-cv-02818-DSF (GJS)

GENNADY DOLZHENKO,

ORDER SUMMARILY Plaintiffs DISMISSING ACTION 13 v. 14 THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES, et al.,

Defendants.

As part of the inherent authority to control its docket, the Court is summarily dismissing this action without prejudice because it is duplicative of a prior pending case, CV 21-02088-DSF (GJS). The Complaints in both cases were brought by the same Plaintiffs, name many of the same defendants, and list nearly identical claims all arising from the same incident—Plaintiff Zinaida Doljenko’s2 March 27, 2019 arrest for allegedly making criminal threats. On March 29, 2021, Plaintiffs Zinaida Doljenko and Gennady Dolzhenko, proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis, filed the instant civil rights action pursuant

Plaintiffs’ Complaint in CV 21-02088 was filed on March 5, 2021 and is currently awaiting screening pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915(a)…