Martinelli v. Marrone Bio Innovations, Inc. et al

Filing 33

RELATED CASE ORDER signed by Chief Judge Morrison C. England, Jr. on 12/1/2014 ORDERING that cases 2:14-cv-02055 MCE-KJN, 2:14-cv-02072 MCE-KJN, 2:14-cv-02105 TLN-EFB, 2:14-cv-02130 WBS-DAD, 2:14-cv-02571 KJM-EFB are RELATED and REASSIGNED to Chief J udge Morrison C. England, Jr. and Magistrate Judge Kendall J. Newman for all further proceedings. Any dates currently set in the reassigned cases only are hereby VACATED. The Clerk of the Court is to issue an Order Requiring Joint Status Report. (Zignago, K.)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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JOANN N. MARTINELLI, individually
and on behalf of all others similarly
situated,

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Plaintiff,

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MARRONE BIO INNOVATIONS, INC.,
et al.,
Defendants.
PAUL SAUSMAN, individually and on
behalf of all others similarly situated,

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No. 2:14-cv-02072 MCE-KJN

Plaintiff,

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RELATED CASE ORDER

v.

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No. 2:14-cv-02055 MCE-KJN

v.
MARRONE BIO INNOVATIONS, INC.,
et al.,

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Defendants.

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SSUCHIA CHEN, individually and on
behalf of all others similarly situated,

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No. 2:14-cv-02105 TLN-EFB

Plaintiff,
v.
MARRONE BIO INNOVATIONS, INC.,
et al.,
Defendants

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KENT OLDHAM, individually and on
behalf of all others similarly situated,

No. 2:14-cv-02130 WBS-DAD

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Plaintiff,
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v.
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MARRONE BIO INNOVATIONS, INC.,
et al.,

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Defendants

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SPECIAL SITUATIONS FUND III QP,
L.P., AND SPECIAL SITUATIONS
CAYMAN FUND, L.P., individually and
on behalf of all others similarly situated,

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Plaintiffs,

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No. 2:14-cv-02571 KJM-EFB

v.
MARRONE BIO INNOVATIONS, INC.,
et al.,
Defendants

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The Court has received the Notice of Related Case filed on November 4, 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.
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 above-captioned actions are reassigned

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to Chief Judge Morrison C. England, Jr. and Magistrate Judge Kendall J. Newman for all

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further proceedings, and any dates currently set in the reassigned cases 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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Further, the caption on documents filed in the reassigned cases shall be shown as

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follows:

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Chen v. Marrone Bio Innovations, Inc., et al., No. 2:14-cv-2105-MCE-KJN

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2.

Oldham v. Marrone Bio Innovations, Inc., et al.,
No. 2:14-cv-02130-MCE-KJN

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Special Situations Fund III QP, L.P. et al. v. Marrone Bio Innovations,
Inc., et al., No. 2:14-cv-02571-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: December 1, 2014

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