United States of America v. Pacific Gas and Electric Company

Filing 30

RELATED CASE ORDER signed by Judge Garland E. Burrell, Jr. on 05/09/11 ORDERING that, per 29 Notice of Related Case, cases 2:09-cv-2877 GEB EFB and 2:10-cv-02806 LKK GGH are deemed RELATED; 2:10-cv-02806 is reassigned to Judge Garland E. Burrell, Jr. and Magistrate Judge Edmund F. Brennan for all further proceedings; a further Status Conference is SET for 09/19/11 at 09:00 AM in Courtroom 10 (GEB) before Judge Garland E. Burrell, Jr. with a joint status report due 10 days prior. (Benson, A.)

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
Plaintiff,

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v.

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PACIFIC GAS AND ELECTRIC
COMPANY,

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Defendant.
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AMERICAN CASUALTY COMPANY OF
READING, PENNSYLVANIA, and
NATIONAL FIRE INSURANCE
COMPANY OF HARTFORD, successor
by merger to TRANSCONTINENTAL
INSURANCE COMPANY,
Plaintiff,

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v.

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WESTERN ENVIRONMENTAL
CONSULTANTS, INC., a California
Corporation; and PACIFIC GAS &
ELECTRIC COMPANY, a California
Corporation; LEXINGTON INSURANCE
COMPANY; UNDERWRITERS AT
LLOYD’S LONDON,

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Defendants.
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2:09-cv-02877-GEB-EFB
RELATED CASE ORDER

2:10-cv-02806-LKK-GGH

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On April 28, 2011 Plaintiffs filed a “Notice of Related Cases”

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under Local Rule 123.

Examination of the above-entitled cases reveals

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they are related within the meaning of Local Rule 123. Under the

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practice of this Court, a related case is generally assigned to the

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judge and magistrate judge to whom the first filed action was assigned.

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Therefore, action 2:10-cv-02806 is reassigned to Judge Garland E.

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Burrell, Jr., and Magistrate Judge Edmund F. Brennan for all further

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proceedings, and any dates currently set in the reassigned case are

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VACATED. Henceforth the caption on documents filed in the reassigned

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case shall show the initials “GEB-EFB.” The Clerk of the Court shall

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make

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compensate for this reassignment.

appropriate

adjustment

in

the

assignment

of

civil

cases

to

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The pending motions to stay in action 2:10-cv-02806 (ECF Nos.

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62, 65) are scheduled for hearing to commence at 9:00 a.m. on June 20,

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2011.

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Further a status hearing is scheduled to commence at 9:00 a.m.

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on September 19, 2011; a further joint status report shall be filed no

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later than fourteen (14) days prior to Status Conference.

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Dated:

May 9, 2011

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GARLAND E. BURRELL, JR.
United States District Judge

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