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Nature of Suit Code: 370
Nature of Suit: Other Fraud
Cause of Action: 18:1961 Racketeering (RICO) Act

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE DISTRICT OF ARIZONA

Eric Gerow,

Plaintiff,

v. 

Tom Blackwell, et al.,

Defendants.

No. CV-24-03517-PHX-KML

ORDER 

The Middle District of Florida transferred this case to the District of Arizona under 

28 U.S.C. § 1404(a). (Doc. 20.) The transfer order noted plaintiff Eric Gerow already has

a pending case in this district, CV-23-1059-PHX-DGC. A review of the complaints in the 

two cases reveals they assert some of the same claims against the same defendants. 

(Compare Doc. 136 at 99-108 in CV-23-1059-PHX-DGC with Doc. 21 at 24-33 in CV-24-

3517-PHX-KML.) Gerow likely cannot pursue both suits because a plaintiff “generally has 

no right to maintain two separate actions involving the same subject matter at the same 

time in the same court and against the same defendant.” Mendoza v. Amalgamated Transit 

Union Int’l, 30 F.4th 879, 886 (9th Cir. 2022).

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Accordingly,

IT IS ORDERED no later than December 27, 2024, plaintiff Eric Gerow shall file 

a statement explaining whether this case should be dismissed because he is pursuing the 

same claims in a different pending case.

Dated this 16th day of December, 2024.

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