Federal Trade Commission v. Hope for Car Owners, LLC et al

Filing 5

ORDER signed by Judge Garland E. Burrell, Jr on 3/28/2012 re 2 Notice of Related Case filed by Federal Trade Commission ORDERING that the actions involve different defendants and would involve different factual issues; therefore, the undersigned judge DECLINES to relate the actions. (Waggoner, D)

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION,
Plaintiff,

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v.

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HOPE FOR CAR OWNERS, LLC; and
PATRICK FREEMAN,

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Defendants.
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FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION,
Plaintiff,

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v.
NAFSO VLM, INC.; KORE SERVICES,
LLC; NAYTHEM NAFSO; and MICHAEL
KAMFIROOZIE,
Defendants.
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2:12-cv-00778-GEB-EFB
RELATED CASE ORDER

2:12-cv-00781-KJM-EFB

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Plaintiff filed a “Notice of Related Cases” on March 27, 2012,
in which it states:
[T]he instant case is related to the following
case, FTC v. NAFSO VLM, Inc., et al., Case No.
2:12-at-00393, that has also been filed in the
Eastern
District
of
California,
Sacramento
Division. The grounds for noticing these cases as
related cases is as follows: both actions involve
similar questions of fact and the same question of
law and their assignment to the same Judge or
Magistrate Judge is likely to effect a substantial
savings of judicial effort, either because the same
result should follow in both actions or otherwise.

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(ECF No. 2.) However, examination of the above-entitled actions does not

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indicate that their “assignment . . . to a single Judge is likely to

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effect a savings of judicial effort or economies[.]” E.D. Cal. R.

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123(c). While similar preliminary questions of law may exist, the

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actions involve different defendants and would involve different factual

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issues. Therefore, the undersigned judge declines to relate the actions.

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Dated:

March 28, 2012

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GARLAND E. BURRELL, JR.
United States District Judge

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