Sassman v. Brown et al

Filing 76

RELATED CASE ORDER signed by Chief Judge Morrison C. England, Jr. on 8/31/2015 FINDING that this matter is related to the action denominated 2:15-cv-01722 JAM AC within the meaning of Local Rule 123(a); REASSIGNING the related case to Chief Judge Morrison C. England, Jr. and Magistrate Judge Kendall J. Newman for all further proceedings; 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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WILLIAM A. SASSMAN,

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Plaintiff,

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v.

Defendants.
MICHAEL S. BERMAN, et al.,

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RELATED CASE ORDER

EDMUND G. BROWN, JR., Governor
of California, et al.,

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No. 2:14-cv-01679 MCE-KJN

No. 2:15-cv-01722 JAM-AC

Plaintiffs,
v.
EDMUND G. BROWN, JR., Governor
of California, et al.,
Defendants.

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The Court has received the Notice of Related Case filed on August 13, 2015.

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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 2:15-cv-01722 JAMAC, Michael S. Berman, et al. vs. Edmund G. Brown, Jr., et al.. is reassigned to Chief

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Judge Morrison C. England, Jr. and Magistrate Judge Kendall J. Newman 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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2:15-cv-01722-MCE-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.
IT IS SO ORDERED.
Dated: August 31, 2015

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