Gradford v. Lignoski

Filing 14

ORDER Reassigning Case From District Judge Lawrence J. O'Neill to District Judge Dale A. Drozd, Under Local Rule 123, signed by Chief Judge Lawrence J. O'Neill on 3/12/2018. New Case No. 1:17-cv-01460 DAD GSA (PC).(Hellings, J)

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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 WILLIAM J. GRADFORD, Plaintiff, 12 13 vs. 14 K. LIGNOSKI, 15 Defendant. Case No. 1:17-cv-01460-LJO-GSA-PC New Case No. 1:17-cv-01460-DAD-GSA-PC ORDER REASSIGNING CASE FROM DISTRICT JUDGE LAWRENCE J. O’NEILL TO DISTRICT JUDGE DALE A. DROZD, UNDER LOCAL RULE 123 16 17 PLEASE TAKE NOTICE: 18 19 William J. Gradford (“Plaintiff”) is a civil detainee proceeding pro se and in forma 20 pauperis with this civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. 21 Plaintiff filed the Complaint commencing this action on October 30, 2017. (ECF No. 1.) 22 On December 22, 2017, the court related this case under Local Rule 123 to other 23 pending cases filed by Plaintiff, based on overlapping questions of law and fact, and reassigned 24 the case to District Judge Dale A. Drozd and Magistrate Judge Gary S. Austin.1 (ECF No. 12.) 25 26 On March 2, 2018, the Court reassigned this case from District Judge Dale A. Drozd to District Judge Lawrence J. O’Neill. (ECF No. 13.) 27 28 1 Plaintiff Gradford now has seven pending cases, which are being assigned to District Judge Dale A. Drozd and Magistrate Judge Gary S. Austin under Rule 123. 1 1 The Court now finds good cause to reassign this case back to District Judge Dale A. 2 Drozd, based on its designation as a case related to Plaintiff Gradford’s other pending cases. 3 Magistrate Judge Gary A. Austin shall remain as the assigned Magistrate Judge. 4 The parties are hereby notified that the new case number for this action shall be 1:17- 5 cv-01460-DAD-GSA-PC, and all future pleadings and/or correspondence must be so 6 numbered. The parties are advised that use of an incorrect case number, including initials, may 7 result in a delay of documents being processed and copies thereof being correctly distributed 8 and received by the appropriate judicial officer. 9 10 Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that: 1. This case shall be reassigned from the docket of District Judge Lawrence J. O’Neill to the docket of District Judge Dale A. Drozd; 11 12 2. Magistrate Judge Gary S. Austin shall remain as the assigned Magistrate Judge; 13 3. The new case number shall be 1:17-cv-01525-DAD-GSA-PC, and all future 14 pleadings and/or correspondence must be so numbered. Use of an incorrect case 15 number or incorrect judge’s initials may result in delay in processing documents 16 and distribution of copies to the judge assigned. 17 18 19 20 IT IS SO ORDERED. Dated: /s/ Lawrence J. O’Neill _____ March 12, 2018 UNITED STATES CHIEF DISTRICT JUDGE 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 2

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