JACKSON v. MCNEIL

Filing 8

ORDER DISMISSING PETITION - The Report and Recommendation doc. 6 is ACCEPTED and adopted as the court's opinion. "The petition is DISMISSED without prejudice.". Signed by JUDGE ROBERT L HINKLE on 10/22/09. (dlt)

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Page 1 of 2 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF FLORIDA TALLAHASSEE DIVISION MICHAEL A. JACKSON, Petitioner, v. WALTER McNEIL, Respondent. _________________________________/ ORDER DISMISSING PETITION This case is before the court on the magistrate judge's report and recommendation (document 6). No objections have been filed. As the report and recommendation correctly notes, this case duplicates an earlier-filed case making the same claims. That case, Case No. 4:09cv131, is going forward. See Order of Sept. 1, 2009, in Case No. 4:09cv131 (remanding case to magistrate judge for further proceedings). Under this court's standard procedures, if this case proceeded, it would be reassigned to Judge Maurice M. Paul, before whom the earlier-filed Case No. 4:09cv131 is pending. That would leave two substantively identical cases pending before the same judge. That would CASE NO. 4:09cv217-RH/WCS Page 2 of 2 unnecessarily complicate the procedings without making any substantive difference. The better course is simply to dismiss this case without prejudice. Accordingly, IT IS ORDERED: The report and recommendation is ACCEPTED and adopted as the court's opinion. The clerk must enter judgment stating, "The petition is DISMISSED without prejudice." The clerk must close the file. SO ORDERED on October 22, 2009. s/Robert L. Hinkle United States District Judge Case No: 4:09cv217-RH/WCS

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