Simpson v. Hickman, et al

Filing 7

ORDER RELATING Action and ASSIGNING to Docket of District Judge Lawrence L. O'Neill (The new case number is 1:14-cv-01763-LJO-SAB); ORDER DIRECTING the Clerk to Issue Initial Case Documents, signed by Magistrate Judge Stanley A. Boone on 11/12/2014. (Marrujo, C)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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JASON ROYCE SIMPSON,
Plaintiff,

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Case No. 1:14-cv-01763-SAB
New Case No. 1:14-cv-01763-LJO-SAB
ORDER RELATING ACTION AND
ASSIGNING TO DOCKET OF DISTRICT
JUDGE LAWRENCE J. O’NEILL

v.
RODERICK HICKMAN, et al.,

ORDER DIRECTING THE CLERK TO
ISSUE INITIAL CASE DOCUMENTS

Defendants.

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After being removed from Sacramento County Superior Court, this action was transferred
to the Fresno Division of the Eastern District of California on November 10, 2014.

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complaint generally alleges that the defendants were deliberately indifferent by housing Plaintiff
at Pleasant Valley State Prison due to the prevalence of Valley Fever in the area.
A series of similar actions have been related and consolidated. Review of this action
reveals that it is related under Local Rule 123 to the actions entitled Jackson, et al. v. State of
California, et al., 1:13-cv-01055-LJO-SAB; and Smith, et al. v. Schwarzeneggar, et al., 1:14-cv00060-LJO-SAB. The actions are based on the same underlying facts and involve overlapping
questions of law and fact.
While this action is a prisoner case involving conditions of confinement, since Plaintiff is
represented by counsel it shall proceed as a regular civil case. Therefore, the Court shall direct

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1 the Clerk’s Office to issue the initial case documents for a regular civil action and set a
2 mandatory scheduling conference.
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Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that:

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The Office of the Clerk shall relate this case with cases 1:13-cv-01055-LJO-SAB
and 1:14-cv-00060-LJO-SAB;

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This case shall be assigned to the docket of District Judge Lawrence J. O’Neill;

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The Clerk’s Office is directed to issue new case documents for a regular civil case
and set a mandatory scheduling conference;

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The new case number shall be:
1:14-cv-0763-LJO-SAB

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and all future pleadings and/or correspondence must be so numbered. The parties

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are advised that use of an incorrect case number, including initials, may result in a

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delay of documents being processed and copies thereof being correctly distributed

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and received by the appropriate judicial officer.

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IT IS SO ORDERED.

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November 12, 2014
UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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