Coleman, et al v. Schwarzenegger, et al

Filing 5415

ORDER signed by District Judge Kimberly J. Mueller on 3/1/2016 ORDERING Upon review of the Notice of Related Cases, the court has determined it is inappropriate to relate and reassign Case No. 2:15-CV-02656 KJM CKD to Case No. 2:90-CV-0520 KJM KJN, and therefore declines to do so. IT IS SO ORDERED; Nothing in this order should be construed as a finding on the merits of any of the assertions in the Notice or the response of the Coleman plaintiffs to the Notice. (Reader, L)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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BRYAN BLUE, et al.,

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No. 2:15-cv-02656 KJM CKD

Plaintiffs,
v.
CALIFORNIA OFFICE OF THE
INSPECTOR GENERAL, et al.,
Defendants.

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RALPH COLEMAN, et al.,

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No. 2:90-cv-0520 KJM KJN

Plaintiffs,

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ORDER

v.
EDMUND G. BROWN, JR., et al.,
Defendants.

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The court has received the Notice of Related Cases (Notice) concerning the above-

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captioned cases filed January 8, 2016, see Local Rule 123, as well as the response by plaintiffs in

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Case No. 2:90-cv-0520 KJM KJN to the Notice. Upon review, the court has determined it is

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inappropriate to relate and reassign Case No. 2:15-cv-02656 KJM CKD to Case No. 2:90-cv-0520

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KJM KJN, and therefore declines to do so.

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The Notice also asserts that Case No. 2:15-cv-02656 KJM CKD is related to two cases

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filed in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California, Armstrong, et al.

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v. Brown, et al., Case No. 4:94-cv-02307-CW, and Madrid, et al. v. Department of Corrections, et

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al., Case No. 3:90-cv-03094 TEH,1 and to a case pending in the Sacramento County Superior

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Court, California Correctional Peace Officers Association v. State of California, Department of

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Corrections and Rehabilitation and State of California, Department of Human Resources, Case

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No. 34-2015-00188266. Local Rule 123 applies only to cases filed in the United States District

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Court for the Eastern District of California and does not authorize this court to relate actions filed

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in this court to actions filed in other courts.

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Nothing in this order should be construed as a finding on the merits of any of the
assertions in the Notice or the response of the Coleman plaintiffs to the Notice.

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IT IS SO ORDERED.
DATED: March 1, 2016.

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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The court notes that the presiding judge in Plata also has declined to relate.
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