UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF INDIANA TERRE HAUTE DIVISION JOSHUA HACKNEY, ) Petitioner, Vv. No. 2:20-cv-00435-JPH-MJD STATE OF INDIANA, et al. Respondents.

ORDER DISMISSING ACTION AS DUPLICATIVE AND DIRECTING ENTRY OF FINAL JUDGMENT Joshua Hackney's petition for a writ of habeas corpus seeks relief from prison disciplinary proceeding ISF 0-03-0336. Dkt. 1. The petition is identical to the petition Mr. Hackney recently filed in Hackney v. State of Indiana, no. 2:20-cv-00424-JPH-MJD. "[A] district court may dismiss a complaintif it duplicates another federal case, such as when the ‘claims, parties, and available relief do not significantly differ between the two actions.” Northern v. Stroger,676F. App'x 607, 608 (7th Cir. 2017) (quoting McReynolds v. Merrill Lynch & Co, Inc.,

(7th Cir. 2012)). This action is dismissed without prejudice as duplicative of the 00424 case. The clerk is directed to docket a copy of Mr. Hackney’'s motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis, dkt. [2], in no. 2:20-cv-00424-JPH-MJD. All motions pending in this action are denied as moot. The clerk is directed to issue final judgment consistent with this Order. SO ORDERED. Date: 9/25/2020 ams Pate 4 James Patrick Hanlon United States District Judge Southern District of Indiana

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