Prescott, et al v. U.S. Forest Service

Filing 7

RELATED CASE ORDER 5 signed by Judge Morrison C. England, Jr on 4/14/2009, with 2:09cv462 MCE EFB and 2:09cv472 JAM GGH REASSIGNING CASE 2:09cv472 Case reassigned to Judge Morrison C. England, Jr and Magistrate Judge Edmund F. Brennan for all further proceedings. Judge John A. Mendez, Magistrate Judge Gregory G. Hollows no longer assigned to case; henceforth, the caption on documents filed in the reassigned case shall be shown as 2:09cv472 MCE EFB.(Reader, L)

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Plaintiffs, 13 v. 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 Defendants. ____________________________/ The Court has received the Notice of Related Case filed on April 9, 2009. Examination of the above-entitled civil actions reveals that these actions are related within the meaning of Local Rule 83123(a) (E.D. Cal. 1997). 1 v. U.S. FOREST SERVICE; and U.S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, CALIFORNIA CAPITAL INSURANCE COMPANY, Plaintiff, No. 2:09-cv-00472-JAM-GGH U.S. FOREST SERVICE; and U.S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, Defendants. ____________________________/ RELATED CASE ORDER ERIC PRESCOTT and PHYLLIS SOLOMON, No. 2:09-cv-00462-MCE-EFB UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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The actions involve many of the same defendants and are based on the same or similar claims, the same property transaction or event, similar questions of fact and the same questions of law, and would therefore entail a substantial duplication of labor if heard by different judges. Accordingly, the assignment of the

matters to the same judge is likely to effect a substantial savings of judicial effort and is also likely to be convenient for the parties. The parties should be aware that relating the cases under Local Rule 83-123 merely has the result that both actions are assigned to the same judge; no consolidation of the action is effected. Under the regular practice of this court, related

cases are generally assigned to the district judge and magistrate judge to whom the first filed action was assigned. IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED that the action denominated 2:09-cv00472-JAM-GGH, California Capital Insurance Company v. U.S. Forest Service; and U.S. Department of Agriculture is reassigned to Judge Morrison C. England, Jr., for all further proceedings, and any dates currently set in this reassigned case only is hereby VACATED. The Clerk of the Court is to issue an Order Henceforth, the caption on

Requiring Joint Status Report.

documents filed in the reassigned case shall be shown as 2:09-cv00472-MCE-EFB. /// /// /// /// /// 2

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IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the Clerk of the Court make appropriate adjustment in the assignment of civil cases to compensate for this reassignment. IT IS SO ORDERED. D a t e d : April 14, 2009

_____________________________ M O R R I S O N C. ENGLAND, JR. U N I T E D STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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