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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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FILED 

AUG 23 1011 I 

CLERK, U.S. DISTRICT COURT 

SOUTHERN DISTRI T OF. ALiFORNIA 

BY DEPUTY 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

VICTOR MUNOZ NUNEZ, 

Inmate Booking No. 916612, 

Plaintiff, 

vs. 

D. WORTHINGTON; CLAYTON; 

IMPERIAL COUNTY JAIL STAFF; 

MEDICARE; SHERIFF-CORONER, 

Defendants. 

Civil No. ll-cv-1862 BEN (JMA) 

ORDER: 

(1) DISMISSING CIVIL ACTION AS 

DUPLICATIVE PURSUANT TO 28 

U.S.C. § 1915A(b)(1) 

(2) DENYING MOTION TO PROCEED 

IN FORMA PAUPERIS AS MOOT 

[Docket No.5] 

Plaintiff, currently housed in the Imperial County J ail located in EI Centro, California, 

and proceeding pro se, filed a civil rights complaint pursuant to 42 U.S.C. §1983 in the 

Northern District ofCalifornia. Because Plaintiffwas alleging violations ofhis constitutional 

rights while housed in the Imperial County Jail, District Judge Saundra Brown Armstrong 

transferred the matter to the Southern District of California. In addition, Plaintiffhas filed a 

Motion to Proceed in forma pauperis ("IFP") [ECF No.5]. 

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I. SUA SPONTE SCREENING PURSUANT TO 28 U.S.C. § 1915A(B) 

The Prison Litigation Refonn 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 tenns 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. §§ 19I5A(a), 1915A(c). The Court must sua sponte 

dismiss prisoner complaints, or any portions thereof, which are frivolous, malicious, or fail to 

state a claim upon whichreliefmay be granted. 28 U.S.C. § 1915A(b); Resnickv. Hayes, 213 

F.3d 443,446-47 (9th Cir. 2000). 

Plaintiffs 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 already litigating. 

Plaintiffs Complaint contains identical claims that are found in Nunez Munozv. Worthington, 

S.D. Cal. Civil Case No. 11-cv-1S24 BTM(WVG). A court "may take notice ofproceedings 

in other courts, both within and without the federal judicial system, ifthose proceedings have 

a direct relation to matters at issue." United States ex reZ. 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, 

110S n.2 (9th Cir. 1995) (construing fonner 28 U.S.C. § 1915(d» (citations and internal 

quotation marks omitted). Because Plaintiffis already litigating the same claims presented in 

the instant action in Nunez Munozv. Worthington, S.D. Cal. Civil Case No. l1-cv-1S24BTM 

(WVG), the Court hereby DISMISSES the present action pursuant to 28 U.S.C. 

§ 1915A(b)(1). See Resnick, 213 F.3d at 446 n.1; Cato, 70 F.3d at 110S n.2. 

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II. 	 CONCLUSION AND ORDER 

Good cause appearing, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that: 

Plaintiff's Complaint is DISMISSED as frivolous pursuantto 28 U.S.C. § 19l5A(b)(1). 

Plaintiff's Motion to Proceed IFP is DENIED as moot. 

The Clerk shall close the file. 

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

DATED: August ~011 

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