UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK JOSEPH RODERICK JR., Plaintiff, -against- 1:25-CV-5452 (LTS) WILLIAM MARTIN JOEL, aka “BILLY ORDER OF DISMISSAL JOEL”, et al., Defendants. LAURA TAYLOR SWAIN, Chief United States District Judge: Plaintiff Joseph Roderick, Jr., of Fairborn, Ohio, brings this action pro se. For the following reasons, the Court dismisses this action without prejudice. Plaintiff has previously submitted to this court a substantially similar complaint commencing another civil action. That action is pending before the undersigned. See Roderick v. Joel, 1:25-CV-5446 (LTS). Because this action raises the same claims as in Roderick, 1:25-CV- 5446 (LTS), no useful purpose would be served by the litigation of this duplicative action. The Court therefore dismisses this action without prejudice to Plaintiff’s claims in Roderick, 1:25- CV-5446 (LTS). The Court denies all pending motions and requests in this action without prejudice to filing them in Roderick, 1:25-CV-5446 (LTS). CONCLUSION

The Court dismisses this action without prejudice as duplicative of Roderick v. Joel, 1:25- CV-5446 (LTS). The Court denies all pending motions and requests in this action without prejudice to filing them in Roderick, 1:25-CV-5446 (LTS). The Court directs the Clerk of Court to terminate ECF 6. 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). The Court directs the Clerk of Court to enter a judgment dismissing this action for the

reason set forth in this order. SO ORDERED. Dated: August 27, 2025 New York, New York

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