UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT MIDDLE DISTRICT OF FLORIDA TAMPA DIVISION

WILLIE DAVID McCUNE,

Petitioner,

v. Case No. 8:22-cv-2123-CEH-AEP

SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS,

Respondent. _________________________________/

ORDER

Petitioner initiated this action by filing a petition for the writ of habeas corpus under

(Doc. 1) in which he challenges convictions for resisting arrest with violence, battery on a law enforcement officer, and grand theft. Petitioner has another petition for the writ of habeas corpus, pending in this Court, that challenges the same convictions. See McCune v. Secretary, Dep’t. of Corr., Case No. 8:22-cv-218- CEH-TGW (M.D. Fla.). Petitioner may not simultaneously litigate duplicative habeas actions in two cases in this Court. See Smith v. United States,

, at *1 (N.D. Fla. Sept. 19, 2014) (“Petitioner may not simultaneously pursue two habeas petitions against the same Respondent concerning the same underlying conviction or sentence.”).

1 Therefore, because Petitioner first filed a petition in Case No. 8:22-cv-218-CEH-TGW, this action will be dismissed. See Curtis v. Citibank, N.A.,

, 138 39 (2d Cir. 2000) (where actions are identical “simple dismissal of the second suit is [a] common disposition because plaintiffs have no right to maintain two actions on the same subject in the same court, against the same defendant at the same time”). Accordingly, the petition (Doc. 1) is DISMISSED without prejudice to Petitioner pursuing his claims in Case No. 8:22-cv-218-CEH-TGW (M.D. Fla.).! The Clerk is directed to CLOSE this case. DONE AND ORDERED in Tampa, Florida on November 28, 2022.

Chad Qe Aiwarda Mn TDA pl el Charlene Edwards Honeywell United States District Judge

Copy to: Pro se Petitioner

1 If Petitioner intended to amend the petition in Case No. 8:22-cv-218-CEH-TGW, he must move for leave to amend in that case.