Rowe
(PC) Lake v. Rowe
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 DARIUS DE’MON LAKE, No. 2:23-cv-1518 KJN P Plaintiff, v. ORDER AND FINDINGS AND
RECOMMENDATIONS
JEREMY ROWE, Defendant. 16 Plaintiff is a state prisoner, proceeding pro se. Plaintiff’s complaint was filed with the court on July 24, 2023. On December 14, 2023, defendant filed a notice of related cases. Review of the court’s records reveals that on July 5, 2023, plaintiff filed a complaint containing virtually identical Eighth Amendment allegations as to defendant Rowe. (Lake v. Covello, Case No. 2:23- cv-1311 DMC P (E.D. Cal.)). Due to the duplicative nature of the present action,2 the court
A court may take judicial notice of court records. See MGIC Indem. Co. v. Weisman, 803 F.2d 500, 505 (9th Cir. 1986); United States v. Wilson, 631 F.2d 118, 119 (9th Cir. 1980). 24 In both cases, plaintiff claims that he was subjected to excessive force on July 7, 2022, at 25 Mule Creek State Prison. In the earlier action,…