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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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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

STEPHEN CRUMP, 

Plaintiff(s),

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AMY COO, et al.,

Defendant(s). 

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No. C 06-0481 CRB (PR)

ORDER OF DISMISSAL

Plaintiff, a prisoner at the California Men’s Colony in San Luis Obispo,

California (“CMC”), has filed a pro se complaint under 42 U.S.C. § 1983

alleging that reception center counselors at San Quentin State Prison (“SQSP”)

misclassified him as a mental health needs prisoner and improperly placed him at

CMC. Plaintiff raised the same allegations in two prior prisoner complaints,

which were dismissed on January 25, 2006. See Crump v. Coo, No. C 06-0267

CRB (PR) (N.D. Cal. Jan. 25, 2006) (order of dismissal); Crump v.

Mostafanejad, No. C 06-0268 CRB (PR) (N.D. Cal. Jan. 25, 2006) (same). 

A prisoner complaint that merely repeats pending or previously litigated

claims may be considered abusive and dismissed under the authority of 28 U.S.C.

§ 1915A. Cf. Cato v. United States, 70 F.3d 1103, 1105 n.2 (9th Cir. 1995)

(citing Bailey v. Johnson, 846 F.2d 1019, 1021 (5th Cir. 1988)) (duplicative in

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forma pauperis complaint may be considered abusive and dismissed under 28

U.S.C. § 1915). Because plaintiff raised and litigated the same allegations and

claims raised herein in civil cases 06-0267 and 06-0268, the instant complaint is

deemed duplicative and abusive under § 1915A. See id.

Plaintiff's request to proceed in forma pauperis is DENIED and the

complaint is DISMISSED under the authority of 28 U.S.C. § 1915A(b).

The clerk shall enter judgment in accordance with this order and close the

file. No fee is due.

SO ORDERED.

DATED: Jan. 31, 2006 CHARLES R. BREYER

United States District Judge

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