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Nature of Suit Code: 530
Nature of Suit: Prisoner Petitions - Habeas Corpus
Cause of Action: 28:2254 Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus (State)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

BENNIE DIXON, Civil No. 07cv1990 JM (AJB)

Petitioner,

ORDER:

(1) DISMISSING CASE AS

DUPLICATIVE [Doc. No. 1] and 

(2) DENYING IN FORMA PAUPERIS

APPLICATION AS MOOT [Doc. No. 2].

v.

ROBERT J. HERNANDEZ, Warden,

Respondent.

On October 12, 2007, Petitioner, a state prisoner proceeding pro se, filed a Petition for

Writ of Habeas Corpus and a Motion to Proceed In Forma Pauperis. Upon review of the

Petition, the Court notes that the present petition is identical to the petition Petitioner filed on

September 21, 2007, in Dixon v. Hernandez, S.D. Cal. Civil Case Number 07cv1860 BEN

(WMc). The Court may dismiss a duplicative petition as frivolous if it “merely repeats pending

or previously litigated claims.” Cato v. United States, 70 F.3d 1103, 1105 n.2 (9th Cir. 1995)

(citations omitted). Here, Petitioner has filed two identical petitions with this Court. 

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Accordingly, the Court DISMISSES this case because the Petition in this case is

duplicative of that filed in Dixon v. Hernandez, S.D. Cal. Civil Case Number 07cv1860 BEN

(WMc). In light of the above, the Court further DENIES Petitioner’s application to proceed in

forma pauperis as moot. [Doc. No. 2.] The Clerk shall close the file.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

DATED: November 1, 2007

 Hon. Jeffrey T. Miller

 United States District Judge

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