Small et al v. Countrywide Home Loans

Filing 16

RELATED CASE ORDER signed by Judge Garland E. Burrell, Jr on 4/7/10 ORDERING that the action denominated 2:10-cv-342 FCD DAD is reassigned to Judge Garland E. Burrell, Jr.; the caption in the reassigned case shall read 2:10-cv-342 GEB DAD; Clerk directed to make the appropriate adjustment for this reassignment. (Owen, K)

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 1 EDUARDO M. SMALL, KATRINA M. SMALL, ) ) ) Plaintiffs, ) ) v. ) ) MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION ) SYSTEMS, INC.; COUNTRYWIDE HOME ) LOANS, RECONTRUST COMPANY, CARLOS ) SOTELO, an individual, STACEY ) ONEAL, an individual, REGINA ) MYLES, an individual, ABRAHAM ) BARTAMIAN, an individual, PAULA ) FRANKLIN, an individual, ELIZAVET ) MEZA, an individual, LORRIE ) MATHESON, an individual, KRISTI ) BROCKMAN, an individual, NELSON ) A. HERNANDEZ, an individual and ) ALBERTA KOSSAKOWSKI, an individual,) VERSONICA VEGA, an individual, ) JOHN DOE individuals I through ) X inclusive, ) ) Defendants. ) ) ) EDUARDO M. SMALL, KATRINA M. ) SMALL, ) ) Plaintiffs, ) ) v. ) ) COUNTRYWIDE HOME LOANS and all ) Persons Claiming Any Legal or ) Equitable Right, Title, Estate, ) Lien, or Interest in the Property ) Described in the Complaint Adverse ) to Plaintiff's Title, or Any Cloud ) On Plaintiff's Title Thereto and ) DOES 1 through 10 inclusive, ) ) Defendants. ) ) No. 2:09-cv-0458-GEB-DAD-PS RELATED CASE ORDER IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

No. 2:10-cv-00342-FCD-DAD-PS

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Defendant Countrywide Home Loans, Inc. ("Countrywide") contends the above civil actions are related within the meaning of Local Rule 123(a) and should be assigned to the same district judge. Countrywide argues the actions are related because they

involve "the same parties and are based on a similar claim," and involve "Plaintiffs' [same] property in Yuba City, California. (Not. Related Cases. 1:10-16.) Under the regular practice of this Court, related cases are generally assigned to the district judge to whom the first filed action was assigned. Since the actions appear related,

action No. 2:10-cv-00342-FCD-DAD is reassigned to Judge Garland E. Burrell, Jr. Henceforth the caption on documents filed in the

reassigned case shall show the initials "GEB" instead of "FCD." The Clerk of the Court shall make appropriate adjustment in the assignment of civil cases to compensate for this reassignment. Dated: April 7, 2010

GARLAND E. BURRELL, JR. United States District Judge

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