Welday v. Rite Aid Corporation

Filing 27

RELATED CASE ORDER signed by Judge John A. Mendez on 3/6/2015 RELATING this case to the case denominated 2:15-cv-00429 MCE DAD; REASSIGNING the related case to Judge John A. Mendez and Magistrate Judge Edmund F. Brennan for all further proceedings; VACATING all dates currently set in the reassigned case; DIRECTING the Clerk of Court to make the appropriate adjustment in the assignment of civil cases to compensate for this reassignment. (Michel, G.)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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KEITH WELDAY, an individual,

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Plaintiff,

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v.
RITE AID, CORPORATION, and DOES
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Defendants.
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KEVIN LEWIS,
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Plaintiff,
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v.
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RITE AID CORP.,
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Defendant.
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Case No. 2:13-CV-02428 JAM-EFB

RELATED CASE ORDER

Case No. 2:15-CV-00429 MCE-DAD

Examination of the above-entitled actions reveals that these

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actions are related within the meaning of Local Rule 123 (E.D. Cal.

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2005).

Accordingly, the assignment of the matters to the same
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judge is likely to affect a substantial savings of judicial effort

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and is also 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 these actions are

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assigned to the same judge and magistrate judge; no consolidation

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of the actions is effected.

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court, related cases are generally assigned to the judge and

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magistrate judge to whom the first filed action was assigned.

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IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED that the action denominated

Under the regular practice of this

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2:15-CV-00429 MCE-DAD be reassigned to Judge John A. Mendez and

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Magistrate Judge Edmund F. Brennan for all further proceedings, and

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any dates currently set in this reassigned case only are hereby

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VACATED.

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reassigned cases shall be shown as 2:15-CV-00429 JAM-EFB.

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Henceforth, the caption on documents filed in the

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.

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DATED: March 6, 2015
/s/ John A. Mendez________________
JOHN A. MENDEZ
United States District Court Judge

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