Matlock v. United Healthcare Services, Inc.

Filing 32

ORDER signed by Chief Judge Morrison C. England, Jr on 9/3/14 ORDERING that the action denominated 2:14-cv-01792 JAM DAD, Andy Humphrey v. United Healthcare Services, Inc. is REASSIGNED to Judge Morrison C. England, Jr. and Magistrate Judge Edmund F. Brennan for all further proceedings, and any dates currently set in this reassigned case only are VACATED. The Clerk is to issue an Order Requiring Joint Status Report. The caption on documents filed in the reassigned case shall be shown as 2:14-cv-01792-MCE-EFB. 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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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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JACK MATLOCK,

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Plaintiff,
v.

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Defendant.
ANDY HUMPHREY, individually and
on behalf of others similarly situated,

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No. 2:14-cv-01792 JAM-DAD

Plaintiff,

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RELATED CASE ORDER

UNITED HEALTHCARE SERVICES,
INC.,

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No. 2:13-cv-02206 MCE-EFB

v.
UNITED HEALTHCARE SERVICES,
INC.,
Defendant.

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The Court has received the Notice of Related Case filed on July 30, 2014.

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Examination of the above-entitled civil actions reveals that these actions are

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related within the meaning of Local Rule 123(a) (E.D. Cal. 1997). The actions involve

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many of the same 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 same questions of law,
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and would therefore entail a substantial duplication of labor if heard by different judges.

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Accordingly, the assignment of the matters to the same judge is likely to effect a

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substantial savings of judicial effort and is also likely to be convenient for the parties.

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

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has the result that both actions are assigned to the same judge; no consolidation of the

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action is effected. Under the regular practice of this court, related cases are generally

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assigned to the district judge and magistrate judge to whom the first filed action was

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assigned.

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IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED that the action denominated 2:14-cv-01792 JAM-

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DAD, Andy Humphrey v. United Healthcare Services, Inc. is reassigned to Judge

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Morrison C. England, Jr. and Magistrate Judge Edmund F. Brennan for all further

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proceedings, and any dates currently set in this reassigned case only are hereby

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VACATED. The Clerk of the Court is to issue an Order Requiring Joint Status Report.

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Henceforth, the caption on documents filed in the reassigned case shall be shown as

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2:14-cv-01792-MCE-EFB.

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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: September 3, 2014

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