Douglas v. Rath

Filing 4

ORDER RELATING CASES signed by District Judge Troy L. Nunley on 12/28/16 ORDERING that action denominated 2:16-cv-02953-KJM-GGH is hereby reassigned to District Judge Troy L. Nunley and Magistrate Judge Allison Claire for all further proceedings. Any dates currently set in the reassigned case only are hereby VACATED. Henceforth, the caption on documents filed in the reassigned case shall be shown as: 2:16-cv-02953-TLN-AC. The Clerk shall make appropriate adjustments in the assignment of civil cases to compensate for this reassignment.(Kastilahn, A)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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RAYMOND M. DOUGLAS,

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Plaintiff,
ORDER RELATING CASES
v.
RATH, Sacramento Police Officer – Badge
number 610,
Defendant.

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RAYMOND M. DOUGLAS,

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No. 2:16-cv-02953-KJM-GGH

Plaintiff,

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No. 2:16-cv-02952-TLN-AC

v.
HUFFMAN, Sacramento County Sheriff’s
Deputy – Badge number 458,
Defendant.

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Examination of the above-entitled actions reveals that they are related within the meaning

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of Local Rule 123(a). The actions involve the same underlying event, the same questions of fact

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and similar questions of law, and would therefore entail a substantial duplication of labor if heard

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by different judges. Accordingly, the assignment of the matters to the same judge is likely to

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affect a substantial savings of judicial effort.
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The parties should be aware that relating the cases under Local Rule 123 merely has the

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result that these actions are assigned to the same judge. No consolidation of the actions is

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affected. Under the regular practice of this court, related cases are generally assigned to the judge

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and magistrate judge to whom the first filed action was assigned.

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IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED that the action denominated 2:16-cv-02953-KJM-GGH

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is hereby reassigned to District Judge Troy L. Nunley and Magistrate Judge Allison Claire for all

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further proceedings. Any dates currently set in the reassigned case only are hereby VACATED.

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

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02953-TLN-AC.

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IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the Clerk of Court make appropriate adjustments in the
assignment of civil cases to compensate for this reassignment.

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Dated: December 28, 2016

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Troy L. Nunley
United States District Judge

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