Gemini Insurance Company v. Western Marine Insurance Services Corporation

Filing 63

RELATED CASE ORDER signed by Judge Kimberly J. Mueller on 4/23/13 ORDERING that this case 2:12-cv-2959 MCE EFB is REASSIGNED to Judge Kimberly J. Mueller and Magistrate Judge John F. Moulds for all further proceedings. The Caption on documents filed in the reassigned case shall be shown as 2:12-cv-2959 KJM JFM. It is further ORDERED that the Clerk make appropriate adjustment in the assignment of civil cases to compensate for this reassignment.(Mena-Sanchez, L)

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT COURT OF CALIFORNIA

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GEMINI INSURANCE CO.,

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Plaintiff,

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2:10-cv-3172-KJM-JFM

vs.
WESTERN MARINE INSURANCE SERVICES
CORP.,
Defendant.

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SCOTTSDALE INDEMNITY CO.,
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Plaintiff,

2:12-cv-2959-MCE-EFB

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vs.
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GEMINI INSURANCE CO., ALLIANT
INSURANCE SERVICES, INC., DAVID
CRAMNER, MARINE CLAIMS SERVICES,
INC., and WESTERN MARINE INSURANCE
SERVICES CORP.,

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Defendants.
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RELATED CASE ORDER

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Examination of the above-captioned actions reveals that they are related within

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the meaning of Local Rule 123(a). Here, “both actions involve similar questions of fact and the

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same question of law and their assignment to the same Judge or Magistrate Judge is likely to

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effect a substantial savings of judicial effort.” Local Rule 123(a)(3). Accordingly, the

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assignment of these matters to the same judge is likely to effect a substantial savings of judicial

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effort and is likely to be convenient for the parties.

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The parties should be aware that relating cases under Rule 123 causes the

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actions to be assigned to the same judge -- it does not consolidate the actions. Under Rule 123,

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related cases are generally assigned to the judge and magistrate judge to whom the first filed

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action was assigned.
As a result, it is hereby ORDERED that 12-cv-2959 is reassigned from Judge

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Morrison C. England, Jr. to the undersigned and from Magistrate Judge Edmund F. Brennan to

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Magistrate Judge John F. Moulds. Henceforth, the caption on documents filed in the

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reassigned case shall be shown as 12-cv-2959-KJM-JFM.

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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.
DATED: April 23, 2013.

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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