Habtemariam v. PNC Bank, National Association, et al.

Filing 15

RELATED CASE ORDER signed by District Judge Morrison C. England, Jr. on 8/5/2016; FINDING that this action is related to the action denominated 2:16-cv-01836 WBS GGH within the meaning of Local Rule 123(a); REASSIGNING the action denominated 2:16-cv- 01836 WBS GGH to Judge Morrison C. England, Jr. and Magistrate Judge Gregory G. Hollows 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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GENET HABTEMARIAM,

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Plaintiff,

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v.

No. 2:16-cv-01189-MCE-GGH

RELATED CASE ORDER

VIDA CAPITAL GROUP, LLC, et al.,

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Defendants.

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VIDA CAPITAL GROUP, LLC,
Plaintiff,

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No. 2:16-cv-01836-WBS-GGH

v.
GENET HABTEMARIAM,
Defendant.

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The Court has received the Notice of Related Case filed on August 4, 2016.

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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 2:16-cv-01836-WBSGGH, Vida Capital Group, LLC v. Genet Habtemariam is reassigned to District Judge

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Morrison C. England, Jr. and Magistrate Judge Gregory G. Hollows 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 Initial Pretrial Scheduling Order. The

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caption on documents filed in the reassigned case shall be shown as 2:16-cv-01836-

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MCE-GGH.

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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 5, 2016

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