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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

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

ODDIS VERMONT COLE,

Plaintiff,

v.

F. GUILLEN, et al.,

Defendants.

No. 2:15-cv-2095 KJN P

ORDER

Plaintiff is a state prisoner, proceeding pro se. Plaintiff consented to proceed before the 

undersigned (ECF No. 1 at 4) for all purposes. See 28 U.S.C. § 636(c). Plaintiff’s four page 

complaint was signed on July 15, 2015, and filed in the Northern District of California on July 27, 

2015. The court’s own records reveal that on June 17, 2015, plaintiff signed a four page 

complaint, filed in the Northern District on June 29, 2015, containing virtually identical 

allegations. (Case No. 2:15-cv-1613 GEB DAD).1 Both cases were subsequently transferred to 

the Eastern District. Due to the duplicative nature of the present action, the court will dismiss the 

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1 A court may take judicial notice of court records. See MGIC Indem. Co. v. Weisman, 803 F.2d 

500, 505 (9th Cir. 1986); United States v. Wilson, 631 F.2d 118, 119 (9th Cir. 1980). 

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complaint. Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that this action is dismissed without 

prejudice. See Fed. R. Civ. P. 41(b).

Dated: October 20, 2015

/cole2095.23

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