IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE MIDDLE DISTRICT OF GEORGIA COLUMBUS DIVISION

ERIC HOUSTON, : : Petitioner, : : CIVIL NO. 4:20-CV-00311-CDL-MSH VS. : : CASEY, et. al., : : Respondent. : _________________________________

ORDER

Petitioner Eric Houston has filed an application for federal habeas corpus relief, pursuant to

, to challenge the legality of his confinement at the Robert A Deyton Detention Facility in Lovejoy, Georgia. ECF No. 1. He has not yet paid the required filing fee in this case. A review of the Court’s records also reveals that the above-captioned petition is nearly identical to one filed to initiate a previous active habeas action, see Houston v. Pearce, et.al, 7:20-cv-00250-HL-TQL.1 “As part of its general power to administer its docket, a district court may stay or dismiss a suit that is duplicative” of another active case. Curtis v. Citibank,

(2d Cir. 2000). “[A] suit is duplicative … if the parties, issues, and available relief do not significantly differ between the two actions.” IA. Durbin, Inc. v. Jefferson Nat'l Bank,

, 1551 (11th Cir. 1986). Because the pleadings in these cases are identical

1 Petitioner also has filed a similar pleading as a §1983 civil rights complaint in Houston v. Pearce, 7:20-cv-00257-HL-TQL that is being transferred to the Northern District of Georgia as was Houston v. Pearce, 4:20-cv-00312-CDL-MSH and Houston v. Pearce, 5:20-cv-00460-TES-CHW. and seek the same relief from the same indictment, the present action is DISMISSED as duplicative. Plaintiff shall proceed with his habeas claims in Houston v. Pearce, et.al, 7:20-cv-00250-HL-TQL, and all documents filed should show that case number.

SO ORDERED, this 14th day of January, 2021.

__________________________________ S/Clay D. Land CLAY D. LAND UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE