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Nature of Suit Code: 555
Nature of Suit: Prisoner - Prison Condition
Cause of Action: 42:1983 Prisoner Civil Rights

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United States District Court

For the Northern District of California

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United States District Court

For the Northern District of California

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

ELLIOT HORN,

Plaintiff,

v.

ED FOULK; et al., 

Defendants. /

No. C 08-2546 SI (pr)

ORDER OF DISMISSAL

The complaint in this action repeats claims made in Case No. C 08-2419 SI. In a letter

filed in the earlier numbered case (docket #4 in C 08-2419), plaintiff wrote that the same

complaint purposely was sent in twice – one from him and one from an acquaintance outside the

hospital – to be sure that it reached the court. That is an ill-advised course of action, because it

increases the expense for him (as a separate filing fee is owed for every case filed), delays the

consideration of his case by increasing the overall workload at the court, and may cause limits

on his ability to proceed as a pauper in future cases, see 28 U.S.C. § 1915(g). 

The complaint is frivolous because it is duplicative. See Cato v. United States, 70 F.3d

1103, 1105 n.2 (9th Cir. 1995); Bailey v. Johnson, 846 F.2d 1019, 1021 (5th Cir. 1988)

(duplicative or repetitious litigation of virtually identical causes of action is subject to dismissal

under 28 U.S.C. § 1915 as malicious). The court must dismiss an in forma pauperis action at any

time if it determines that the action "is frivolous or malicious." 28 U.S.C. § 1915(e)(B)(I).

Accordingly, this action is DISMISSED with prejudice. The clerk shall close the file.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: September 29, 2008 _______________________

 SUSAN ILLSTON

United States District Judge

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