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Nature of Suit Code: 550
Nature of Suit: Prisoner - Civil Rights (U.S. defendant)
Cause of Action: 28:1331 Fed. Question

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

EARL CHILDS,

CDCR #F-14068,

Plaintiff,

v.

D. PARAMO; CARIE COVEL; JESSE 

JUAREZ; PATRICK COVELLO; E. 

FRIJAS; L. GARNICA; V. SOSA; C. 

ODELL; LADONNA MUNOZ; S. 

WHITING; P. CAROLMAGNO; C. 

FROST; GILLIS; CDCR,

Defendants.

Case No.: 19-cv-0362-GPC-MSB

ORDER DIRECTING CLERK OF 

COURT TO ADMINISTRATIVELY

CLOSE FILE

Earl Childs, (“Plaintiff”), currently housed at Kern Valley State Prison located in 

Delano, California, and proceeding pro se, filed this action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983

on February 21, 2019. See Compl. at 1, ECF Doc. No. 1. 

On May 13, 2109, Plaintiff notified the Court that he did not intend to open a new 

case but rather he intended the pleading he filed in this action to be an amended 

complaint in another action he had previously filed in this Court. See ECF No. 7. 

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.’”

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Bias v. Moynihan, 508 F.3d 1212, 1225 (9th Cir. 2007) (quoting Bennett v. Medtronic,

Inc., 285 F.3d 801, 803 n.2 (9th Cir. 2002)). 

The Court takes judicial notice of Childs v. Paramo, et al., S.D. Cal. Civil Case 

No. 3:18-cv-2796. A review of the Court’s docket in this matter indicates that the Court 

dismissed Plaintiff’s Complaint on April 22, 2019 for failing to state a claim. Id., ECF 

No. 6. Plaintiff was granted leave to file an amended pleading. Id. This matter also 

seems to involve the same facts and parties found in the matter currently before this 

Court which Plaintiff filed on February 21, 2019.

Accordingly, the Court directs the Clerk of Court to administratively close S.D. 

Cal. Civil Case No. 3:19-cv-00362-GPC-MSB and file Plaintiff’s Complaint, see ECF 

No. 1, as Plaintiff’s First Amended Complaint in S.D. Cal. Civil Case No. 3:18-cv-2796. 

The Clerk of Court is also directed to file Plaintiff’s Exhibits in support of his Complaint, 

see ECF No. 5, as Exhibits in support of his First Amended Complaint in S.D. Cal. Civil 

Case No. 3:18-cv-2796.

Plaintiff is cautioned that all of his pleadings that he seeks to file with the Court 

must clearly show the proper case number. 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: May 20, 2019

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