Brown v. Select Media Services, LLC, et al.

Filing 39

RELATED CASE ORDER signed by District Judge Kimberly J. Mueller on 7/31/18: This action is related with member case 2:16-cv-02113 KJM AC.(Kaminski, H)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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JEANNETTE COOKS, an individual; and
ALWENA FRAZIER, an individual; for
themselves and on behalf of all others
similarly situated,
Plaintiffs,

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No. 2:16-cv-02113-KJM-KJN

v.
TNG GP, a Delaware General Partnership;
THE NEWS GROUP, INC., a Delaware
Corporation; SELECT MEDIA
SERVICES, L.L.C., a Delaware Limited
Liability Company, and, DOES 1 through
10, inclusive,

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Defendants.

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___________________________________

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AUDREY L. BROWN, et al,

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Plaintiffs,

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No. 2:16-cv-3036-KJM-AC

RELATED CASE ORDER

v.
SELECT MEDIA SERVICES, L.L.C., et
al.,
Defendants.

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

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meaning of Local Rule 123(a). Here, both actions involve the same defendants, “are based on the

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same or a similar claim,” and “both actions involve similar questions of fact and the same

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question[s] of law and their assignment to the same Judge or Magistrate Judge is likely to effect a

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substantial savings of judicial effort.” Local Rule 123(a)(1), (3). Additionally, not relating these

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actions would “entail substantial duplication of labor if the actions were heard by different . . . .

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Magistrate Judges.” Local Rule 123(a)(4). Accordingly, the assignment of these matters to the

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same magistrate judge is likely to effect a substantial savings of judicial effort and is likely to be

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convenient for the parties.

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The parties should be aware that relating cases under Rule 123 causes the actions

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to be assigned to the same judge—it does not consolidate the actions. Under Rule 123, related

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cases are generally assigned to the judge and magistrate judge to whom the first-filed action was

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assigned. Because Case No. 2:16-cv-3036-KJM-AC was related previously to Case No. 2:16-cv-

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1160-KJM-AC, the first-filed action here is 2:16-cv-1160-KJM-AC. See Cooks et al. v. Select

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Media Services, L.L.C. et al., No. 2:16-cv-1160-KJM-AC, ECF No 37.

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As a result, it is hereby ORDERED that Case No. 2:16-cv-2113-KJM-KJN is

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reassigned from Magistrate Judge Kendall J. Newman to Magistrate Judge Allison Claire. The

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caption on documents filed in the reassigned case shall be shown as: No. 2:16-cv-2113-KJM-AC.

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It is further ORDERED that the Clerk of the Court make appropriate adjustment in

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the assignment of civil cases to compensate for this reassignment.
IT IS SO ORDERED.
DATED: July 31, 2018.

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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