Public Lands for the People, Inc. et al v. United States Department of Agriculture

Filing 9

RELATED CASE ORDER signed by Judge Lawrence K. Kartlon ORDERING Cases 2:09-cv-1750 JAM KJM and 2:02-cv-325 LKK JFM RELATED; Case 2:09-cv-1750 JAM KJM is REASSIGNED to Judge Lawrence K. Karlton and Magistrate Judge John F. Moulds for all further proce edings. Any dates currently set in the reassigned case are hereby VACATED. The caption on documents filed in the cases shall be shown as CIV. NO. 2:09-cv-1750-LKK-JFM and CIV. NO. 2:02-325-LKK-JFM, respectively. The Clerk of the Court shall make appropriate adjustment in the assignment of civil cases to compensate for this reassignment.(Carlos, K)

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Plaintiffs, 12 v. 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Plaintiffs, 21 v. 22 23 24 25 26 Examination of the two above-entitled actions reveals that 1 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, et al., RELATED CASE ORDER Defendants. / CIV. NO. S-09-1750 LKK/KJM PUBLIC LANDS FOR THE PEOPLE, et al., on behalf of themselves and others similarly situated, JOHN BERRY, El Dorado National Forest Supervisor, et al., Federal Defendants; FRIENDS OF THE RUBICON, et al., Intervenor Defendants and Cross Claimants. / CIV. NO. S-02-325 LKK/JFM IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA CENTER FOR SIERRA NEVADA CONSERVATION, et al.,

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they are related within the meaning of Local Rule 83-123, as they involve substantially the same questions of fact and law.

Accordingly, the assignment of the matters to the same judge and magistrate judge is likely to effect a substantial savings of judicial effort and is also likely to be convenient for the parties. Under the regular practice of this court, related cases are generally assigned to the judge and magistrate judge to whom the first filed action was assigned. The court hereby orders that: 1. 2. The above-captioned cases are RELATED. The action denominated CIV. NO. 2:09-cv-1750-JAM-KJM is REASSIGNED to Judge Lawrence K. Karlton and Magistrate Judge John F. Moulds for all further proceedings. Any dates currently set in the reassigned case are hereby VACATED. 3. Henceforth, the caption on documents filed in the cases shall be shown as CIV. NO. 2:09-cv-1750-LKK-JFM and CIV. NO. 2:02-325-LKK-JFM, respectively. 4. The Clerk of the Court shall make appropriate adjustment in the assignment of civil cases to compensate for this reassignment. IT IS SO ORDERED. DATED: July 7, 2009.

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