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

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

STEVEN R. MILLER,

Plaintiff,

v.

ALBERT NAJERA, et al.,

Defendants.

Case No. 1:20-cv-00234-JDP

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE WHY THIS 

CASE SHOULD NOT BE DISMISSED AS 

DUPLICATIVE OF CASE NUMBER 1:19-

CV-01077-AWI-BAM

THIRTY-DAY DEADLINE

Plaintiff Steven R. Miller is a federal prisoner proceeding without counsel in this civil 

rights action brought under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and Bivens v. Six Unknown Named Agents, 403 

U.S. 388 (1971). 

A plaintiff has “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.” Walton v. Eaton 

Corp., 563 F.2d 66, 70 (3d Cir. 1977). To see whether an action is duplicative, we “examine 

whether the causes of action and relief sought, as well as the parties or privies to the action, are 

the same.” Adams v. California Dep't of Health Servs., 487 F.3d 684, 689 (9th Cir. 2007).

This action appears duplicative of case number 1:19-cv-01077-AWI-BAM—a case with 

the same subject matter, causes of action, relief, and parties. We therefore give plaintiff thirty 

days to show cause why this action should not be dismissed as duplicative. If plaintiff filed 

this new complaint in error, he should voluntarily dismiss this separate action. If plaintiff does 

not file a response, we will recommend that this action be dismissed. 

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IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: April 13, 2020 

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

No. 205.

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