Dena M. Mills, et al v. Bayer Corp. et al

Filing 9

ORDER DECLINING to Relate Cases signed by District Judge Dale A. Drozd on 4/17/2017. (Jessen, A)

Defendants.
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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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DENA M. MILLS, et al.,

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No. 1:16-cv-01075-DAD-EPG

Plaintiffs,
v.

ORDER DECLINING TO RELATE CASES

BAYER CORP., et al.,

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Defendants.

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MARGIE ZAMORA, et al.,
Plaintiffs,

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No. 2:17-cv-00587-WBS-AC

v.
BAYER CORP., et al.,
Defendants.

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On March 23, 2017 and March 25, 2017, defendants filed notices of related cases in the

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two above-captioned actions, listing a number of cases filed in the Eastern District of California

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that are purportedly related to Dena M. Mills, et al. v. Bayer Corp., et al., 1:16-cv-01075-DAD-

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EPG. Case Number 1:16-cv-01075-DAD-EPG is the lowest numbered case among these actions,

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and was previously assigned to the undersigned. Local Rule 123 permits the judge to whom the

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lowest numbered case is assigned to reassign all higher numbered related actions to himself or

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herself, if they determine reassignment is “likely to effect a savings of judicial effort or other

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economies.” L.R. 123(c). Because Case Number 1:16-cv-01075-DAD-EPG was voluntarily

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dismissed on October 16, 2016, and no hearings of any kind were held before the court prior to

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that voluntary dismissal, the undersigned concludes no judicial effort will be saved by relating

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and re-assigning the subsequently filed cases. Therefore, the court declines to issue an order

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relating these cases.

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IT IS SO ORDERED.

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Dated:

April 17, 2017
UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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