Woodruff et al v. Eli Lilly and Company

Filing 30

ORDER signed by Judge Garland E. Burrell, Jr on 5/15/15 DECLINING 29 Notice of Related Case - ATY filed by Eli Lilly and Company, 28 Notice of Related Case - ATY filed by Eli Lilly and Company. (Meuleman, A)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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DEANNA CHESHIER,

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No.

1:14-cv-01265-GEB-SKO

Plaintiff,
v.

ORDER

ELI LILLY AND COMPANY, an
Indiana corporation,
Defendant.

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CARL WOODRUFF and PENNY
WOODRUFF,

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No. 2:14-cv-01890-GEB-SKO

Plaintiffs,
v.
ELI LILLY AND COMPANY, an
Indiana corporation,
Defendant.

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JENNIFER NELSON-DEVLIN, et
al.,

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No.

Plaintiffs,
v.
ELI LILLY AND COMPANY, an
Indiana corporation,
Defendant.

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2:14-cv-02811-KJM-EFB

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2:14-cv-02914-MCE-AC

Plaintiffs,

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No.

RACHEL ANNE BEN, et al.,

v.
ELI LILLY AND COMPANY, an
Indiana corporation,
Defendant.

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The

Notices

of

Related

Cases

concerning

the

above-

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captioned cases, filed April 22, 2015, and May 5, 2015, (ECF Nos.

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31 and 32), have been considered. See E.D. Cal. R. 123. However,

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in light of the different and numerous plaintiffs involved in

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Case

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cases”),

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cases compared to Case Nos. 1:14-cv-1265 and 2:14-cv-01890 (the

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earlier

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commencement date), and the addition of factual allegations and

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legal theories in the later-filed cases, Defendant has not shown

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that assignment of the later-filed cases to the undersigned judge

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is likely to effect a substantial saving of judicial effort.

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Therefore, the undersigned judge declines to order reassignment

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of the later-filed cases.

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Dated:

Nos.

2:14-cv-02811

the

different

filed

cases

and

2:14-cv-02914

procedural

are

fully

May 15, 2015

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posture

scheduled

(“the
of

and

the

later-filed
later-filed

have

a

trial