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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

SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

JAY KIMPEL,

Inmate Booking No. 12560056,

Civil No. 12-1384 LAB (BGS)

Plaintiff,

ORDER DISMISSING CIVIL

ACTION AS DUPLICATIVE

PURSUANT TO 28 U.S.C.

§ 1915A(b)(1)

 vs.

SAN DIEGO COUNTY JAIL DOCTORS, 

Defendants.

Plaintiff, currently housed at the Vista Detention Facility and proceeding pro se, has 

filed a civil rights Complaint pursuant to 42 U.S.C. §1983. Plaintiff has not prepaid the $350

filing fee mandated by 28 U.S.C. § 1914(a); instead, he has filed a Motion to Proceed In Forma

Pauperis (“IFP”) [ECF No. 10].

I. Sua Sponte Screening Pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915A(b)

The Prison Litigation Reform Act (“PLRA”), 28 U.S.C. § 1915A, obligates the Court to

review complaints filed by anyone “incarcerated or detained in any facility who is accused of,

sentenced for, or adjudicated delinquent for, violations of criminal law or the terms or conditions

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of parole, probation, pretrial release, or diversionary program,” “as soon as practicable after

docketing” and regardless of whether the prisoner prepays filing fees or moves to proceed IFP. 

See 28 U.S.C. § 1915A(a), (c). The Court must sua sponte dismiss prisoner complaints, or any

portions thereof, which are frivolous, malicious, or fail to state a claim upon which relief may

be granted. 28 U.S.C. § 1915A(b); Resnick v. Hayes, 213 F.3d 443, 446-47 (9th Cir. 2000).

Plaintiff’s instant Complaint is subject to sua sponte dismissal pursuant to 28 U.S.C.

§ 1915A(b)(1) because it appears to be duplicative of a case Plaintiff is currently litigating. 

Plaintiff’s Complaint contains identical claims that are found in Kimpel v. San Diego County Jail

GBDF, et al., S.D. Cal. Civil Case No. 12cv1383 BTM (BGS). A court “may take notice of

proceedings in other courts, both within and without the federal judicial system, if those

proceedings have a direct relation to matters at issue.” United States ex rel. Robinson Rancheria

Citizens Council v. Borneo, Inc., 971 F.2d 244, 248 (9th Cir. 1992). 

A prisoner’s complaint is considered frivolous under 28 U.S.C. § 1915A(b)(1) if it

“merely repeats pending or previously litigated claims.” Cato v. United States, 70 F.3d 1103,

1105 n.2 (9th Cir. 1995) (construing former 28 U.S.C. § 1915(d)) (citations and internal

quotations omitted). Because Plaintiff is already litigating the same claims presented in the

instant action in Kimpel v. San Diego County Jail GBDF, et al., S.D. Cal. Civil Case No.

12cv1383 BTM (BGS), the Court hereby DISMISSES Civil Case No. 12cv1384 LAB (BGS)

pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915A(b)(1). See Cato, 70 F.3d at 1105 n.2; Resnick, 213 F.3d at 446

n.1.

II. Conclusion and Order

 Good cause appearing, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that:

Plaintiff’s Complaint in Civil Case No. 12cv1384 LAB (BGS) is DISMISSED as

frivolous pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915A(b)(1). Plaintiff’s Motion for Leave to Proceed IFP is

DENIED as moot. The Clerk shall close the file.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

DATED: September 26, 2012

HONORABLE LARRY ALAN BURNS

United States District Judge

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