Allied World Insurance Company v. New Paradigm Property Management, LLC

Filing 19

RELATED AND CONSOLIDATED CASE ORDER signed by District Judge Morrison C. England, Jr. on 4/24/2017 RELATING CASE(S) 2:16-CV-2992 MCE GGH and 2:17-CV-552 KJM CKD; Case No. 2:17-CV-552 is REASSIGNED to District Judge Morrison C. England, Jr. and Magist rate Judge Gregory G. Hollows for all further proceedings; any dates currently set in 2:17-CV-552 KJM CKD are hereby VACATED; 2:16-CV-2992 MCE GGH is designated as the MASTER FILE and 2:17-CV-552 is ADMINISTRATIVELY CLOSED; Joint Status Report due 30 days of the filing of this Order; District Judge Kimberly J. Mueller, Magistrate Judge Carolyn K. Delaney no longer assigned to case. New Case Number: 2:17-CV-552 MCE GGH.(Reader, L)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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ALLIED WORLD INSURANCE
COMPANY, a Delaware Corporation,
Plaintiff,

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v.

No. 2:16-cv-02992-MCE-GGH

RELATED AND CONSOLIDATED CASE
ORDER

NEW PARADIGM PROPERTY
MANAGEMENT, LLC, a California
Corporation, and DOES 1 through 20,
inclusive,

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Defendants.

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NEW PARADIGM PROPERTY
MANAGEMENT, LLC, a California
Corporation,
Plaintiff,

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No. 2:17-cv-00552-KJM-CKD

v.
ALLIED WORLD INSURANCE
COMPANY, a Delaware Corporation,
and DOES 1 through 200, inclusive,
Defendant.

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The Court has reviewed the parties’ April 13, 2017, Stipulation and Proposed
Order for Consolidation. The Court construes the stipulation as both a notice of related
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cases regarding Case No. 2:16-cv-02992-MCE-GGH and Case No. 2:17-cv-00552-KJM-

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CKD and a stipulation to consolidate those cases.

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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 Eastern District Local Rule 123(a). The actions involve the

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same parties and are based on the same or similar claims, the same property

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transaction or event, similar questions of fact and law, and would therefore entail a

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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 affect a
substantial savings of judicial effort and resources. Relation of the cases is also likely to

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be more convenient for the parties. Under the regular practice of this court, related

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cases are generally assigned to the district judge and magistrate judge to whom the first

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filed action was assigned.

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IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED that the action denominated 2:17-cv-00552-KJM-

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CKD is reassigned to District Judge Morrison C. England, Jr. and Magistrate Judge

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Gregory G. Hollows for all further proceedings, and any dates currently set in 2:17-cv-

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00552-KJM-CKD are hereby VACATED.

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Additionally, pursuant to the stipulation of the parties (ECF No. 17), because of

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the common issues of fact and law between the two cases, see Federal Rule of Civil

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Procedure 42(a)(2), and in the further interest of judicial economy, the above captioned

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cases shall be consolidated.

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Case No. 2:16-cv02992-MCE-GGH is designated as the “master file.” The Clerk

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of the Court is directed to add all complaints and answers filed in Case No. 2:17-cv-

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00552-KJM-CKD to the master case, and to administratively close Case No. 2:17-cv-

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00552-KJM-CKD. The parties are directed to file a Joint Status Report within thirty (30)

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days of the filing of this Order, and to file all future pleadings, motions, and other filings

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ONLY in Case No. 2:16-cv-02992-MCE-GGH.

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IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the Clerk of the Court make appropriate
adjustment in the assignment of cases to compensate for this reassignment.
IT IS SO ORDERED.
Dated: April 24, 2017

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