Advanced Home Health, Inc. v. Stellar Health Systems, Inc. et al

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ORDER signed by District Judge Kimberly J. Mueller on 4/1/2011 re 10 Notice of Related Cases ORDERING that pursuant to the stipulation of parties, the Stellar action (2:11-cv-666 KJM GGH) is consolidated with the instant action and is reassigned to the Honorable Kimberly J. Mueller for all purposes.(Waggoner, D)

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STEPHENS FRIEDLAND LLP 4695 MacArthur Court Suite 1550 Newport Beach, California 92660 Telephone: [phone] Facsimile: [phone]

STEPHENS FRIEDLAND LLP TODD G. FRIEDLAND, SBN 187022 [e-mail] LAURA A. FORBES, SBN 151071 [e-mail] 4695 MacArthur Court, Suite 1550 Newport Beach, CA 92660 [phone] Fax: [phone] Attorneys for Defendants ADVANCED HOME HEALTH, INC. and ANGELA ALLEN UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA, SACRAMENTO STELLAR HEALTH SYSTEMS, INC. AND NESTOR Z. LIM Plaintiffs, vs. ADVANCED HOME HEALTH, INC., a California Corporation authorized to do business in Nevada; ANGELA ALLEN, an individual; DOES 1 through 20, inclusive and ROES 1 through 20, inclusive, Defendants.

Case No.: 2:11-cv-0666 KJM GGH 2:10-CV-03160-KJM-GGH

STIPULATION TO CONSOLIDATE RELATED CASES; ORDER

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Stipulation to Consolidate Related Cases; Order

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STEPHENS FRIEDLAND LLP 4695 MacArthur Court Suite 1550 Newport Beach, California 92660 Telephone: [phone] Facsimile: [phone]

Plaintiffs Stellar Health Systems, Inc. and Nestor Z. Lim (collectively, "Stellar Parties") and defendants Advanced Home Health, Inc. and Angela Allen (collectively, "Advanced Parties") hereby submit the following Stipulation to Consolidate Related Cases: WHEREAS, Advanced Home Health, Inc. previously filed an action in this district against the Stellar Parties, captioned Advanced Home Health, Inc. v. Stellar Health Systems and Nestor Lim, E.D. Cal. Case No. 2:10-CV-03160-FCD-GGH (the "Advanced action"); WHEREAS, the Advanced action is currently pending and is assigned to the Honorable Kimberly J. Mueller; WHEREAS, the Stellar Parties commenced the instant action, captioned Stellar Health Systems, Inc. and Nestor Z. Lim v. Advanced Home Health, Inc. and Angela Allen (the "Stellar action") in state court in Clark County, Nevada; WHEREAS, the Advanced Parties petitioned for removal of the Stellar action to U.S. District Court for the District of Nevada, and the Stellar action was so removed on November 18, 2010; WHEREAS, on the Advanced Parties' Motion to Dismiss for Improper Venue or, in the Alternative, to Transfer to the Eastern District of California in Accordance with Forum Selection Clause, the Stellar action was transferred to this Court on March 10, 2011 as Case No. 2:11-CV-00666-MCE­GGH; and WHEREAS, the Stellar action involves substantially the same parties, similar claims, the same transaction, and similar questions of fact and law as the Advanced action, such that assignment of these cases to the same judge would result in a substantial savings of judicial effort. //// //// ////
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STEPHENS FRIEDLAND LLP 4695 MacArthur Court Suite 1550 Newport Beach, California 92660 Telephone: [phone] Facsimile: [phone]

NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED AND AGREED by and between the Stellar Parties and the Advanced Parties, through their respective counsel of record herein, that the Stellar action be consolidated with the Advanced action and assigned to the Honorable Kimberly J. Mueller for all purposes. DATED: March 28, 2011 TODD G. FRIEDLAND STEPHENS FRIEDLAND LLP /s/ Todd G. Friedland By: _________________________________ Todd G. Friedland Attorneys for Defendants ADVANCED HOME HEALTH, INC. and ANGELA ALLEN

DATED: March 24, 2011

DONALD J. GREEN LAW OFFICES OF DONALD J. GREEN /s/ Donald J. Green By: _________________________________ Donald J. Green Attorneys for Plaintiffs STELLAR HEALTH SYSTEMS, INC. and NESTOR Z. LIM

IT IS SO ORDERED. DATED: April 1, 2011.
UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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