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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

MARCUS CARTER, 

 Plaintiff,

 vs.

BOCHOP,

 Defendant.

Case No. 1:16-cv-01022-EPG-PC

 

ORDER FOR CLERK TO LODGE THE 

FIRST AMENDED COMPLAINT IN THIS 

ACTION AS A FIRST AMENDED 

COMPLAINT IN CASE 1:16-CV-00365-

GSA-PC

(Doc. 8)

ORDER DISCHARGING ORDER TO 

SHOW CAUSE

ORDER FOR CLERK TO 

ADMINISTRATIVELY CLOSE THIS 

CASE

Plaintiff Marcus Carter, a state prisoner proceeding pro se, submitted a complaint to the 

Court on March 8, 2016, which was opened as case no. 1:16-cv-00365-GSA-PC. The case was 

screened and Plaintiff was instructed to file an amended complaint. When Plaintiff filed his 

amended complaint, however, he neglected to label the complaint with the assigned case 

number. As a result, the complaint opened a new case, which was designated case no. 1:16-cv01022-EPG-PC (the present case). Plaintiff then filed a first amended complaint, which was 

again unlabeled. The first amended complaint was filed in this case. 

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In case no. 1:16-cv-00365-GSA-PC, the court is still awaiting the filing of Plaintiff’s 

first amended complaint. And in case no. 1:16-cv-01022-EPG-PC, the Court has issued an 

order to show cause regarding a failure to file documents that were previously filed in 

Plaintiff’s original case.

The Court has reviewed the complaint for this action and finds that it contains many of 

the same defendants, allegations, and claims found in the original complaint for case no. 1:16-

cv-00365-GSA-PC. Both complaints arise from events at CSP-Corcoran when Plaintiff was 

incarcerated there and deal with threats against Plaintiff by Defendant Bochop. Based on these 

facts, the Court finds that Plaintiff’s first amended complaint for the present action should be 

treated as a first amended complaint for case no. 11:16-cv-00365-GSA-PC.

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Plaintiff is 

reminded that he must always label any documents he files with the court using the courtassigned case number he is given. Failure to do so may cause delays and may lead to dismissal 

of his case(s).

Accordingly:

1. The Order to Show Cause in this case (ECF No. 9) is hereby DISCHARGED;

2. The Clerk of the Court is DIRECTED to lodge the first amended complaint for 

this action (ECF No. 8) as the first amended complaint in case no. 1:16-cv00365-GSA-PC; and,

3. The Clerk of the Court is DIRECTED to administratively close this case.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: October 20, 2016 /s/

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

 

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“Plaintiffs generally have ‘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.’” Adams v. Cal. Dept. of Health Services, 487 F.3d 

684, 688 (9th Cir. 2007), quoting Walton v. Eaton Corp., 563 F.2d 66, 70 (3d Cir.1977) (en banc), cited with 

approval in Russ v. Standard Ins. Co., 120 F.3d 988, 990 (9th Cir.1997); see also Curtis v. Citibank, N.A., 226 

F.3d 133, 138–39 (2d Cir. 2000); Serlin v. Arthur Andersen & Co., 3 F.3d 221, 223–24 (7th Cir.1993). 

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