Duckett
Duckett v. Garcia
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
JAMES MAURICE DUCKETT,
Case No. 24-cv-00536 BLF (PR) Plaintiff, ORDER OF DISMISSAL v.
P. GARCIA,
15 Defendant.
17 Plaintiff, a state prisoner, filed the instant pro se civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against Correctional Officer P. Garcia for events that occurred at Salinas Valley State Prison (“SVSP”). Dkt. No. 8. Plaintiff has filed a motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis. Dkt. No. 9. Plaintiff is currently at the California Medical Facility. Dkt. No. 6. Plaintiff filed a previous action in this district against the same Defendant, making the same allegations as in the instant action and seeking damages. The previous action, Duckett v. Garcia, Case No. 23-cv-04748 BLF (“Duckett I”), was served on Defendant and is pending briefing. Id., Dkt. Nos. 13, 19. Duplicative or repetitious litigation of virtually identical causes of action is subject || th Cir. 1988). …