UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK EUGENE THOMAS, Plaintiff, 20-CV-6305 (CM) -against- ORDER OF DISMISSAL DEUTSCHE BANK NATIONAL TRUST COMPANY, Defendant. COLLEEN McMAHON, Chief United States District Judge: Plaintiff, appearing pro se, brings this action against Defendant for breach of contract, quiet title, and “slander of title.” (ECF No. 1, at 1.) He seeks injunctive and declaratory relief. For the following reasons, the complaint is dismissed. Plaintiff filed a substantially similar complaint in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York. On August 3, 2020, the Eastern District transferred that action to this Court and it is pending under case number 20-CV-6024. (See ECF No. 6.) Because this complaint raises the same claims against the same defendant, no useful purpose would be served by the further litigation of this duplicate lawsuit. Therefore, this action is dismissed without prejudice to Plaintiff’s pending action under case number 20-CV-6024. The Clerk of Court is directed to mail a copy of this order to Plaintiff and note service on the docket. Plaintiff’s complaint is dismissed without prejudice as duplicative. All other pending matters are terminated. The Court certifies under

(a)(3) that any appeal from this order would not be taken in good faith and therefore in forma pauperis status is denied for the purpose of an appeal. See Coppedge v. United States,

(1962). SO ORDERED. Dated: August 19, 2020 , New York, New York hie. I Wyk COLLEEN McMAHON Chief United States District Judge