Worldslide, LLC v. Amazon.Com

Filing 14

RELATED CASE ORDER signed by Judge Morrison C. England, Jr on 10/1/12 relating case 2:11-cv-03352-MCE-GGH with member case 2:12-cv-00872-GEB-CKD, 2:12-cv-00873-LKK-KJN.(Kaminski, H)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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WORLDSLIDE, LLC,

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Plaintiff,

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No. 2:11-cv-01806-MCE-GGH
Related:

v.

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WAL-MART STORES, INC.,

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11-cv-03350-MCE
11-cv-03352-MCE
11-cv-03369-MCE

Defendant.
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WORLDSLIDE, LLC,

No. 2:12-cv-00872-GEB-CKD

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Plaintiff,
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RELATED CASE ORDER

v.
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BRIAN DUBINSKY, et al.,
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Defendants.
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WORLDSLIDE, LLC,

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No. 2:12-cv-00873-LKK-KJN

Plaintiff,

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v.

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BRIAN DUBINSKY, et al,

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Defendants.
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The Court has received the Notice of Related Case filed on
August 28, 2012.

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Examination of the above-entitled civil actions reveals that

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these actions are related within the meaning of Local Rule 123(a)

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(E.D. Cal. 1997).

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defendants and are based on the same or similar claims, the same

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property transaction or event, similar questions of fact and the

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same questions of law, and would therefore entail a substantial

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duplication of labor if heard by different judges.

The actions involve many of the same

Accordingly,

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the assignment of the matters to the same judge is likely to

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effect a substantial savings of judicial effort and is also

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likely to be convenient for the parties.

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The parties should be aware that relating the cases under

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Local Rule 123 merely has the result that both actions are

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assigned to the same judge; no consolidation of the action is

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effected.

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cases are generally assigned to the district judge and magistrate

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judge to whom the first filed action was assigned.

Under the regular practice of this court, related

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IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED that the actions denominated 2:12-

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cv-00872-GEB-CKD, Worldslide, LLC v. Dubinsky, et al. and 2:12-

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cv-00873-LKK-KJN, Worldslide, LLC v. Dubinsky, et al. are

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reassigned to Judge Morrison C. England, Jr. and Gregory G.

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Hollows for all further proceedings, and any dates currently set

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in these reassigned cases only are hereby VACATED.

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the Court is to issue an Order Requiring Joint Status Report.

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Henceforth, the caption on documents filed in the reassigned

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cases shall be shown as 2:12-cv-00872-MCE-GGH and 2:12-cv-00873-

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MCE-GGH.
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The Clerk of

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IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the Clerk of the Court make

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appropriate adjustment in the assignment of civil cases to

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compensate for this reassignment.

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IT IS SO ORDERED.
Dated: October 1, 2012

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MORRISON C. ENGLAND, JR.
UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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