Warden

(HC) Gibson v. Warden

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United States District Court, Eastern District of CaliforniaMarch 28, 20242:24-cv-00893California586 words

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 BRITTANY RENEE GIBSON, No. 2:24-cv-0893 DB P Petitioner, v. ORDER AND FINDINGS AND

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WARDEN, Respondent. 16 Petitioner, a state prisoner proceeding pro se, has filed an application for a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. A review of the petition shows that petitioner is challenging the same conviction and sentence she is challenging in a previously filed habeas case - Gibson v. State of California, 2:22-cv-0844 KJM KJN P (E.D. Cal.). That case remains pending. There is no basis for petitioner to proceed on two habeas petitions that challenge the same conviction and sentence. “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. California Dep’t of Health Servs., 487 F.3d 684, 688 (9th Cir. 2007) (citation omitted) (affirming the dismissal of a later-filed…

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