California Department of Toxic Substances Control et al v. Jim Dobbas, Inc. et al

Filing 208

ORDER RELATING CASES signed by Senior Judge William B. Shubb on 9/25/2019 ORDERING that cases 2:14-cv-0595 WBS EFB and 2:19-cv-1892 KJM AC are RELATED. Case No. 2:19-cv-1892, is reassigned to District Judge William B. Shubb and Magistrate Judge Edmund F. Brennan. (Becknal, R)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF TOXIC
SUBSTANCES CONTROL,
Plaintiff,

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No. 2:14-cv-595 WBS EFB

v.
ORDER RELATING CASES

JIM DOBBAS, INC., a California
corporation; CONTINENTAL RAIL,
INC., a Delaware corporation;
DAVID VAN OVER, individually;
PACIFIC WOOD PRESERVING, a
dissolved California
corporation; WEST COAST WOOD
PRESERVING, LLC., a Nevada
limited liability company; and
COLLINS & AIKMAN PRODUCTS, LLC,
a Delaware limited liability
company;,
Defendants.

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TRAVELERS INDEMNITY CO., a
Connecticut corporation,

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Plaintiff,

No. 2:19-cv-1892 KJM AC

v.
CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF TOXIC
SUBSTANCES CONTROL; TOXIC
SUBSTANCES CONTROL ACCOUNT; and
COLLINS & AIKMAN PRODUCTS, LLC,
a cancelled Delaware limited
liability company;,
Defendants.

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Examination of the above-entitled actions reveals that

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they are related within the meaning of Local Rule 123(a), because

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both involve liability for the costs of clean-up of the property

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located at 147A Street, Elmira, California.

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

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substantial saving of judicial effort and is also likely to be

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convenient for the parties.

Accordingly, the

The parties should be aware that relating the cases

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under Local Rule 123 merely has the result that both actions are

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

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effected.

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cases are generally assigned to the judge and magistrate judge to

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whom the first filed action was assigned.

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Under the regular practice of this court, related

IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED that the actions denominated

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California Department of Toxic Substances Control v. Jim Dobbas,

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Inc., Case No. 2:14-cv-595 WBS EFB, and Travelers Indemnity Co.

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v. California Department of Toxic Substances Control, Case No.
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2:19-cv-1892 KJM AC, be, and the same hereby are, deemed related.

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The case denominated Travelers Indemnity Co. v. California

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Department of Toxic Substances Control, Case No. 2:19-cv-1892 KJM

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AC, shall be reassigned to Judge WILLIAM B. SHUBB.

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currently set in the reassigned case only are hereby VACATED.

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Henceforth, the captions on documents filed in the reassigned

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case shall be shown as Travelers Indemnity Co. v. California

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Department of Toxic Substances Control, Case No. 2:19-cv-1892 WBS

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EFB.

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Any dates

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the Clerk of the Court make

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an appropriate adjustment in the assignment of cases to

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compensate for this reassignment.

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Dated:

September 25, 2019

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