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Parties Involved:
Kevin Wright Carter
Petitioner
Stu Sherman
Respondent

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

KEVIN WRIGHT CARTER, 

Petitioner, 

v. 

STU SHERMAN, 

Respondent. 

No. 2:15-cv-2284 AC P 

ORDER 

 Petitioner, a state prisoner proceeding pro se, has filed an application for a writ of habeas 

corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. Petitioner has consented to the jurisdiction of the 

magistrate judge. ECF Nos. 7, 8. 

 Petitioner’s petition was filed with the court on October 30, 2015. ECF No. 1. The 

court’s own records reveal that on October 2, 2015, petitioner filed a petition containing virtually 

identical allegations against the same respondent.1

 Carter v. Sherman, 2:15-cv-2099 EFB.2 Due 

to the duplicative nature of the present action, the court will dismiss the petition. 

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 The instant petition appears to be a photocopy of the petition filed in Case. No. 2:15-cv-2099 

EFB, with the file stamp date crossed off. 

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 A court may take judicial notice of court records. See MGIC Indem. Co. v. Weisman, 803 F.2d 

500, 505 (9th Cir. 1986); United States v. Wilson, 631 F.2d 118, 119 (9th Cir. 1980). 

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 Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that: 

1. The petition for a writ of habeas corpus is dismissed without prejudice as duplicative of 

Case No. 2:15-cv-2099 EFB; and 

2. The court declines to issue a certificate of appealability. 

DATED: December 15, 2015 

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