U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, 2003

Loeh v. Weston

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · Decided October 15, 2003 · Fernandez, Rawlinson, Reinhardt

78 F. App'x 569

Opinion of the Court

MEMORANDUM **

The district court dismissed the Petitioner’s complaint sua sponte under 28 U.S.C. § 1915 A(b)(l) on the ground that his claim was duplicative, or frivolous. We review a sua sponte dismissal for abuse of discretion. See Martin v. Sias, 88 F.3d 774, 775 (9th Cir. 1996). The district court did not abuse its discretion by taking notice of the Petitioner’s similar civil actions pending against the same defendant and dismissing this particular complaint without prejudice to the Petitioner’s pending *570complaints. See Cato v. United States, 70 F.3d 1103, 1105 n. 2 (9th Cir. 1995).

AFFIRMED.

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