United States of America v. Ford

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ORDER relating and reassigning cases signed by District Judge Dale A. Drozd on 3/17/2017. The New Case Number is 1:17-cv-00187-DAD-EPG. The Related Case Number is 1:17-cv-00034-DAD-EPG.(Lundstrom, T)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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MELBA FORD,

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No. 1:17-cv-00034-DAD-EPG
Plaintiff,

v.

ORDER RELATING AND REASSIGNING
CASES

CAROLINE CIRAOLO-KLEPPER et al.,

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Defendants.

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No. 1:17-cv-00187-LJO-MJS
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
Plaintiff,

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New Case Number:
1:17-cr-00187-DAD-EPG

v.
MELBA FORD,
Defendant.

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Review of the above-captioned action entitled United States of America v. Melba Ford,

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No. 1:17-cv-00187-LJO-MJS (“Ford II”), reveals it is related under this court’s Local Rule 123 to

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the following action pending before the undersigned: Melba Ford v. Caroline Ciraolo-Klepper et

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al., No. 1:17-cv-00034-DAD-EPG. These actions involve the same or similar parties, properties,

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claims, events, and/or questions of fact or law. In addition, the currently assigned district and

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magistrate judges in the Ford II action have not engaged in that matter in any substantial way.
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Accordingly, assignment of the actions to the undersigned and to Magistrate Judge Erica P.

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Grosjean will promote efficiency and economy for the court and parties.

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An order relating cases under this court’s Local Rule 123 merely assigns them to the same

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district judge and magistrate judge, and does not consolidate the cases. Good cause appearing,

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the court orders that the Ford II action is reassigned to U.S. District Judge Dale A. Drozd and

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U.S. Magistrate Judge Erica P. Grosjean. All documents filed in that action shall bear the new

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case number:

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1:17-cv-00187-DAD-EPG
IT IS SO ORDERED.
Dated:

March 17, 2017
UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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