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Parties Involved:
Salvador Cervantes
Plaintiff
Lindsey
Defendant

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SALVADOR CERVANTES,

Plaintiff,

v.

OFFICER B. LINDSEY, et al., 

Defendants.

Case No. 1:16-cv-00456 DLB PC

ORDER GRANTING PLAINTIFF”S MOTION 

TO DISMISS ACTION AS DUPLICATIVE OF 

1:16-cv-00343 BAM AND VACATING 

ORDER DIRECTING CDCR TO COLLECT 

PAYMENTS FOR FILING FEE

[ECF No. 4]

Plaintiff Salvador Cervantes (#AA8277), a state prisoner proceeding pro se and in forma 

pauperis, filed this civil action on April 1, 2016.

On July 18, 2016, Plaintiff filed the instant motion to dismiss and motion for refund of court 

fees. Plaintiff states that he was unaware that his attorney had already filed a civil rights complaint 

on his behalf on March 11, 2016, in case no. 1:16-cv-00343 BAM. The Court has reviewed the 

complaints in both cases, and the instant complaint raises the same claims against the same 

defendant as the first, and concerns the same incident which occurred on March 14, 2014. Plaintiff 

may not pursue two actions based on the same claims against the same defendant. The instant case, 

having been filed after the first case, must be dismissed as duplicative. Under the circumstances, the 

Court will grant Plaintiff’s motion to vacate the April 4, 2016, order requiring CDCR to collect 

payments for this action.

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ORDER

Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that Plaintiff’s motion to dismiss this action is 

GRANTED; the action is DISMISSED as duplicative; and the order requiring CDCR to collect 

payments for this action is VACATED.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: July 22, 2016 /s/ Dennis L. Beck 

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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