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Nature of Suit Code: 540
Nature of Suit: Prisoner Petitions - Mandamus and Other
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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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

CHARLES AL-PINE,

Petitioner, 

 v.

SCOTT HARRIS, CLERK OF THE

UNITED STATES SUPREME

COURT,

Respondent. /

No. C 20-0125 WHA (PR) 

ORDER OF DISMISSAL

Petitioner, a prisoner in Texas proceeding pro se, filed this pro se petition for a writ of

mandamus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1361 seeking to compel federal the Clerk of the United

States Supreme Court to accept his filings without payment of fees. The claims in the petition

duplicate those asserted in petitioner’s prior petition for a writ of mandamus against the same

respondent. See Al-Pine v. Clerk of the United States Supreme Court, No. C 19-8146 WHA

(PR) (N.D. Cal. Dec. 27, 2019). The prior petition was denied because the claim for mandamus

relief was meritless. As the instant petition is duplicative of a prior (and meritless) petition, it is

DENIED. 

The clerk shall enter judgment and close the file. 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: January , 2020. 

WILLIAM ALSUP

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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