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N.D. Cal.Procedural orderFiled May 8, 2023

Achane v. Humboldt County Correctional Facility

Judge
James Donato
Docket
3:23-cv-01782
Court
U.S. District Court · Northern District of California
Pages
1
Civil RightsCivil ProcedurePro Se
In one sentence

In Achane v. Humboldt County Correctional Facility, Judge Donato dismissed a duplicative prisoner civil-rights case and vacated the pending motion.

Who this affects

Dallas Brooks Achane and Humboldt County Correctional Facility. The dismissal leaves the claims to be reviewed in Achane’s earlier-filed case.

What happened

In Achane v. Humboldt County Correctional Facility, Dallas Brooks Achane, a state prisoner representing himself, filed a civil-rights case against the facility. The court found that he already had an earlier case in the same court involving the same claims.

The court dismissed this case as duplicative and said it would review the claims in the earlier-filed case. It also vacated the pending motion, found that no filing fee was due, and directed the clerk to close the case.

Judge James Donato issued the order on May 8, 2023. The order did not decide whether Achane’s underlying claims were valid.

The detailed version

For law students, journalists, and other readers who want the full reasoning

Case
Achane v. Humboldt County Correctional Facility · No. 3:23-cv-01782
Judge
James Donato
Date
May 8, 2023

Background

Dallas Brooks Achane, identified as a state prisoner proceeding without a lawyer, filed a civil-rights action against Humboldt County Correctional Facility. The court stated that its records showed Achane already had an earlier-filed case in the same court involving the same claims.

Ruling

The court dismissed this case as duplicative, meaning it repeated claims already presented in another pending case. The court said it would review the claims in the earlier-filed case. The opinion did not address the merits of those claims.

The court also vacated the pending motion identified as Docket No. 2, stated that no fee was due, and requested that the clerk close the case.

Disposition

The case was dismissed as duplicative. The order was entered by Judge James Donato on May 8, 2023.

The authoritative version

Read the full 1-page opinion on CourtListener, the free public archive maintained by the Free Law Project.

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