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Nature of Suit Code: 530
Nature of Suit: Prisoner Petitions - Habeas Corpus
Cause of Action: 28:2254 Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus (State)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

RAGHVENDRA SINGH, 

Petitioner, 

v. 

JEFF MACOMBER, Warden, 

Respondent. 

No. 2:23-cv-02804-WBS-EFB (HC) 

FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS 

Petitioner is a state prisoner proceeding without counsel seeking a writ of habeas corpus 

pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. ECF No. 1. On August 13, 2024, the court granted petitioner 

leave to proceed in forma pauperis and ordered respondent to respond to the petition within 60 

days. ECF No. 9. Respondent has filed a motion to dismiss (ECF No. 13) and petitioner has filed 

a motion for default judgment (ECF No. 16). Because it has come to the court’s attention that the 

petition is duplicative of an earlier-filed petition also pending in this district, the undersigned 

recommends that the court summarily dismiss this petition and direct the Clerk of Court to 

terminate the pending motions and close the case. 

In this case, petitioner raises six grounds for relief: (1) that he was wrongfully denied 

work credit; (2) that he was convicted of a crime that is “not a crime”; (3) that his poor health 

requires that his criminal conviction be dismissed or he be provided an alternative sentence; (4) 

that the prosecutor failed to prove “any element of the corpus delicti”; (5) that he was wrongfully 

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denied credit for class attendance; and (6) that his charges should be reduced to misdemeanors. 

ECF No. 1. Petitioner raises the precise six claims in the petition filed in Eastern District Case 

No. 2:23-cv-02423-AC (ECF No. 1). Donaldson v. Hatton, No. EDCV 17-2242 RGK(JC), 2018 

U.S. Dist. LEXIS 158408, at *2-3 (C.D. Cal. Sept. 17, 2018) (citation omitted) (“In cases in 

which a federal habeas petitioner already has pending a federal habeas petition pertaining to the 

same state court judgment in the same court, dismissal is appropriate because the maintenance of 

a duplicative action serves no legitimate purpose.”). Because the petition in this action is 

duplicative of the earlier filed Case No. 2:23-cv-02423-AC, this action should be dismissed as 

duplicative. 

For those reasons, it is hereby RECOMMENDED that this petition be dismissed and the 

Clerk of Court be directed to terminate the pending motions and close the case. 

These findings and recommendations are submitted to the United States District Judge 

assigned to the case, pursuant to the provisions of 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(l). Within fourteen days 

after being served with these findings and recommendations, any party may file written 

objections with the court and serve a copy on all parties. Such a document should be captioned 

“Objections to Magistrate Judge’s Findings and Recommendations.” Failure to file objections 

within the specified time may waive the right to appeal the District Court’s order. Turner v. 

Duncan, 158 F.3d 449, 455 (9th Cir. 1998); Martinez v. Ylst, 951 F.2d 1153 (9th Cir. 1991). 

Dated: November 13, 2024 

 

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