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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

CRAIG SIMONSON,

Plaintiff,

v.

STANISLAUS COUNTY SHERIFF’S 

DEPARTMENT, et al.,

Defendants.

Case No. 1:16-cv-00290-LJO-MJS (PC)

ORDER DISMISSING ACTION AS 

DUPLICATIVE

CLERK TO CLOSE CASE AND 

TERMINATE ALL PENDING MOTIONS

Plaintiff is a county jail inmate proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis in this civil 

rights action brought pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. He has declined Magistrate Judge 

jurisdiction. (ECF No. 15.) No other parties have appeared.

Plaintiff initiated this action on February 12, 2016 against Defendants Singh, Wigt, 

and the Stanislaus County Sheriff’s Department. (ECF No. 1.) On initial review of 

Plaintiff’s complaint, the Court found that the claims raised therein were identical to those 

alleged in a suit filed by Plaintiff on January 27, 2016 under the case name Simonson v. 

Singh, Case No. 1:16-cv-00126-LJO-MJS. (ECF No. 18.) Consequently, on November 

28, 2016 the Court issued an order for Plaintiff to show cause within fourteen days why 

the instant case should not be dismissed as duplicative of Simonson v. Singh. (ECF No. 

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20.) The fourteen day deadline has passed and Plaintiff has not responded.

Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED THAT:

1. This action is DISMISSED with prejudice as duplicative of Eastern District 

Case Simonson v. Singh, Case No. 1:16-cv-00126-LJO-MJS;

2. Dismissal shall count as a strike pursuant to the “three strikes” provision of 28 

U.S.C. § 1915(g); and

3. The Clerk of Court shall terminate all pending motions and close this case.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: December 30, 2016 /s/ Lawrence J. O’Neill _____ 

UNITED STATES CHIEF DISTRICT JUDGE

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