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

WARREN PASCHAL, JR, : : Plaintiff, : : VS. : CIVIL NO: 4:22-CV-58-CDL-MSH : Sheriff GREGORY COUNTRYMAN, : : Defendant. : _________________________________ ORDER

Presently pending before the Court is a document filed by pro se Plaintiff Warren Paschal, Jr., an inmate in the Muscogee County Jail in Columbus, Georgia, that has been docketed as a Complaint seeking relief pursuant to

(ECF No. 1). A review of Court records reveals, however, that Plaintiff’s Complaint raises the same claims Plaintiff has raised in another case pending before the Court, Paschal v. Petty, 4:22-cv-00019-CDL-MSH (M.D. Ga. Jan. 24, 2022) (“Paschal I”). “As part of its general power to administer its docket, a district court may stay or dismiss a suit that is duplicative” of one already pending in federal court. Curtis v. Citibank,

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

, 1551 (11th Cir. 1986). “Trial courts are afforded broad discretion in determining whether to stay or dismiss litigation in order to avoid duplicating a proceeding already pending in another federal court.” Id. at 1551-52. In his Complaint in this case, Plaintiff contends that Defendant Countryman, the Muscogee County Sheriff, has failed to provide him with adequate medical care for a hernia. Compl. 1, ECF No. 1. Those claims are already pending in Paschal I, and

Defendant Countryman is a named Defendant in that case. The present action is therefore duplicative of one already pending in this Court and shall be DISMISSED without prejudice for this reason. See Curtis,

. Plaintiff may move to amend his Complaint in Paschal I if he finds it necessary to include in Paschal I any of the claims or factual allegations made in his Complaint in this case.

SO ORDERED, this _16th day of March, 2022.

S/Clay D. Land CLAY D. LAND U.S. DISTRICT COURT JUDGE MIDDLE DISTRICT OF GEORGIA