Opinion
Civil Action 1:22-cv-02795 (UNA)
10-25-2022
JES'TERIEUZ J. HOWARD, Plaintiff, v. GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY, et al., Defendants.
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
COLLEEN KOLLAR-KOTELLY UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE
Plaintiff, proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis, filed a complaint, ECF No. 1, and application for leave to proceed in forma pauperis (“IFP”), ECF No. 2, on September 12, 2022. Upon review, the court will grant the IFP application and dismiss the case.
The complaint in this matter raises claims and issues that are substantially similar, if not identical, to another lawsuit currently pending in this District, filed by the same plaintiff against the same defendants. See Howard v. George Washington Univ., et al., No. 22-cv-02902 (JMC) (removed Sept. 26, 2022) at ECF No. 2 (Complaint). That case has observably progressed well beyond the stage of this action; it has already been assigned to a District Judge, and parties have already filed pending motions, see ECF Nos. 5, 6, including dispositive motions, see ECF No. 6.
“Considerations of comity and orderly administration of justice dictate that two courts of equal authority should not hear the same case simultaneously.” Washington Metro. Area Transit Auth. v. Ragonese, 617 F.2d 828, 830 (D.C. Cir. 1980) (citing Hilton Hotels Corp. v. Weaver, 325 F.2d 1010, 1010 (D.C. Cir. 1963) (per curiam), cert. denied, 376 U.S. 951 (1964)).
Accordingly, it is hereby
ORDERED that the IFP application, ECF No. 2, is GRANTED, and the complaint, ECF No. 1, and this matter, are hereby DISMISSED as duplicative.
This is a final appealable order. See Fed. R. App. P. 4(a).