Lennar Mare Island, LLC v. Steadfast Insurance Company

Filing 350

RELATED CASE ORDER signed by District Judge Kimberly J. Mueller on 2/22/16 relating this action with member case 2:16-cv-00291-KJM-CKD. (Kaminski, H)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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LENNAR MARE ISLAND, LLC,

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Plaintiff,

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No. 2:12-cv-02182-KJM-KJN

v.
STEADFAST INSURANCE COMPANY,

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Defendant.

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AND RELATED CROSS-ACTIONS
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LENNAR MARE ISLAND, LLC,

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Plaintiff,

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No. 2:16-cv-00291-KJM-CKD

v.
STEADFAST INSURANCE COMPANY,

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RELATED CASE ORDER

Defendant.

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

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

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

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

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

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likely to be convenient for the parties.

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

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

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

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assigned.

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As a result, it is hereby ORDERED that 2:16-cv-00291-KJM-CKD is reassigned
from Magistrate Judge Carolyn K. Delaney to Magistrate Judge Kendall J. Newman.1

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Henceforth, the caption on documents filed in the reassigned case shall be shown as: 2:16-cv-

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00291-KJM-KJN.

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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.

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IT IS SO ORDERED.
DATED: February 22, 2016

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE
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The undersign is presently assigned to 2:16-cv-00291 and thus a reassignment is not required.

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