UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK KAAZIM A. COOPER, Plaintiff, -against- 24-CV-6082 (LTS) OSI INVESTIGATOR FRANK BRYANT; ORDER OF DISMISSAL JOHN DOE OSI INVESTIGATOR (NYDOCCS), Defendants. LAURA TAYLOR SWAIN, Chief United States District Judge: Plaintiff, who is appearing pro se, brings this action under

, regarding the alleged seizure of his property. He names as Defendants Frank Bryant, an investigator with New York State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision’s Office of Special Investigations (“OSI”), and a John Doe OSI investigator. Plaintiff did not pay the fees to initiate this action or request that the fees be waived. The Court dismisses the complaint for the following reasons. Plaintiff submitted to this court a substantially similar complaint against Bryant and the Doe investigator regarding the same set of facts alleged in this action. That action is presently pending before the Court. See Cooper v. Swern, No. 24-CV-6702 (LTS).1 On September 7, 2024, the Court granted Plaintiff’s request to proceed in forma pauperis (“IFP”) in the 24-CV-6702 action; in this action, Plaintiff did not submit an IFP application. As this complaint raises the same claims as the complaint in the 24-CV-6702 action, no useful purpose would be served by litigating this duplicate lawsuit. Therefore, this complaint is dismissed without prejudice to Plaintiff’s pending case under docket number 24-CV-6702.

1 Plaintiff named additional defendants in the 24-CV-6702 action. CONCLUSION Plaintiff’s complaint is dismissed as duplicative of Cooper v. Swern, No. 24-CV-6702 (LTS). The Court certifies, pursuant to

(a)(3), that any appeal from this order would not be taken in good faith, and therefore IFP status is denied for the purpose of an appeal.

See Coppedge v. United States,

(1962). The Court directs the Clerk to enter judgment in this action. SO ORDERED. Dated: October 17, 2024 New York, New York

/s/ Laura Taylor Swain LAURA TAYLOR SWAIN Chief United States District Judge