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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

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

FRANK DEARWESTER,

Plaintiff,

v.

CALIFORNIA DEPT. OF 

OF CORR. & REHAB., et al.,

Defendants.

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Case No. 1:15-cv-00621-SKO (PC)

ORDER GRANTING MOTION, 

DISMISSING ACTION AS DUPLICATIVE, 

AND DIRECTING CLERK’S OFFICE TO 

FILE COMPLAINT AS AMENDED 

COMPLAINT IN CASE NUMBER 1:15-cv00415-DLB (PC)

(Doc. 7)

Plaintiff Frank Dearwester, a state prisoner proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis, filed 

this civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 on April 21, 2015. On June 5, 2015, Plaintiff 

filed a response to an order to show cause and a motion to consolidate this case with Dearwester v. 

California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, et al., case number 1:15-cv-00415-DLB 

(PC), which was filed on February 26, 2015.

A review of the record in both cases shows that on March 20, 2015, Plaintiff’s complaint 

in case number 1:15-cv-00415-DLB (PC) was stricken from the record for lack of signature. On 

May 18, 2015, after Plaintiff failed to comply with the order to file a signed complaint within 

thirty days, the Court issued an order to show cause why the action should not be dismissed. 

Plaintiff’s subsequent response was filed in both cases and it indicates that the complaint filed in 

this case was intended to be the amended complaint 1:15-cv-00415-DLB (PC). The Court has 

reviewed the complaints in both actions and finds they are duplicative. Therefore, Plaintiff’s 

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motion shall be granted in that this action will be dismissed on the ground that it is duplicative of 

the earlier-filed 1:15-cv-00415-DLB (PC), and the Clerk’s Office will be directed to file the 

complaint in this case in Plaintiff’s other case as an amended complaint. Plaintiff’s request for 

relief regarding the submission of additional exhibits is more appropriately left for the Court to 

resolve in 1:15-cv-00415-DLB (PC). 

Accordingly, it is HEREBY ORDERED that:

1. Plaintiff’s motion is GRANTED, and this action is dismissed on the ground that it 

is duplicative of 1:15-cv-00415-DLB (PC); and 

2. The Clerk’s Office shall file a copy of the complaint in this action as an amended 

complaint in 1:15-cv-00415-DLB (PC).

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: June 8, 2015 /s/ Sheila K. Oberto 

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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