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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

CHARLES E. BECKNER,

Inmate Booking #7702015,

Civil No. 07-0811 LAB (PCL)

Plaintiff,

ORDER:

(1) DISMISSING CIVIL ACTION

AS DUPLICATIVE PURSUANT TO

28 U.S.C. § 1915A(b)(1); and 

(2) DENYING MOTION TO PROCEED

IN FORMA PAUPERIS AS MOOT

 [Doc. No. 2]

 vs.

SAN DIEGO COUNTY SHERIFF, et al., 

Defendants.

Plaintiff, currently detained at the San Diego Central Jail, and proceeding pro se, has filed

a civil rights complaint pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. In his Complaint, Plaintiff alleges that he

was denied adequate medical care by Defendants. 

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”) pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915(a)

[Doc. No 2].

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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

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 civil rights case Plaintiff is already

litigating. Plaintiff’s Complaint contains identical claims and defendants that are found in

Beckner v. El Cajon Police Dep’t, et al., S.D. Cal. Civil Case No. 07cv0509 W (BLM). 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 Beckner v. El Cajon Police Dep’t, et al., S.D. Cal. Civil Case No. 07cv0509 W

(BLM), the Court hereby DISMISSES Civil Case No. 07cv0811 LAB (PCL) 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:

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Plaintiff’s Complaint in Civil Case No. 07cv0811 LAB (PCL) is DISMISSED as

frivolous pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915A(b)(1). Plaintiff’s Motion to Proceed IFP [Doc. No.

2] is DENIED as moot.

The Clerk shall close the file.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

DATED: July 11, 2007

HONORABLE LARRY ALAN BURNS

United States District Judge

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