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Nature of Suit Code: 550
Nature of Suit: Prisoner - Civil Rights (U.S. defendant)
Cause of Action: 42:1983 Prisoner Civil Rights

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

CHARLES FRANCIS GOODS,

Plaintiff,

v.

WASCO STATE PRISON,

Defendant.

No. 1:19-cv-01318-NONE-JLT (PC)

ORDER ADOPTING FINDINGS AND 

RECOMMENDATIONS TO DISMISS CASE AS 

DUPLICATIVE

ORDER TO ASSIGN DISTRICT JUDGE AND 

THEN TO CLOSE CASE

(Doc. No. 10)

Plaintiff, a state prisoner proceeding pro se, has filed this civil rights action seeking relief 

under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. The matter was referred to a United States Magistrate Judge pursuant to 

28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1)(B) and Local Rule 302.

On September 25, 2019, the assigned magistrate judge screened plaintiff’s complaint 

pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915A(a) and determined that the allegations contained therein are 

duplicative of allegations included in a previously-filed action, Goods v. Wasco State Prison, 

Case No. 1:19-cv-0661-AWI-SAB. (Doc. No. 8.) Plaintiff was therefore ordered to show cause 

why this action should not be dismissed as duplicative of the earlier-filed case. (Id.) The period 

for responding to the Order to Show Cause passed, and plaintiff did not respond. Accordingly, 

on February 4, 2020, the magistrate judge filed findings and recommendations recommending 

dismissal of this action as duplicative. (Doc. No. 10.) Those findings and recommendations 

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were served on plaintiff and contained notice to plaintiff that any objections to the findings and 

recommendations were to be filed within fourteen days. (Id.) Plaintiff has not filed objections to 

the findings and recommendations.

The court has reviewed the file and finds the findings and recommendations to be supported 

by the record and by the magistrate judge’s analysis. Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED 

that: 

1. The findings and recommendations filed February 4, 2020 (Doc. No. 10) are ADOPTED

in full; 

2. This action is DISMISSED as duplicative of Goods v. Wasco State Prison, Case No. 

1:19-cv-0661-AWI-SAB; and

3. The Clerk of Court is directed to assign a district judge to this case for the purpose of 

closing the case and then to CLOSE THIS CASE.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: April 14, 2020 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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