United States of America v. George

Filing 8

ORDER signed by Senior Judge William B. Shubb on 6/21/16: The actions denominated United States v. George, No. 2:02-CR-00325 WBS and United States v. Principal Life Insurance Company, 2:16-MC-00107 MCE EFB, be, and the same hereby are, deemed related. This case shall be reassigned to the Honorable WILLIAM B. SHUBB. Henceforth, the captions on documents filed in the reassigned cases shall be shown as 2:16-MC-00107 WBS EFB. (Kaminski, H)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

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NO. 2:02-CR-00325 WBS

Plaintiff,
v.
JOSEPH RAYMOND GEORGE,
Defendant.

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Plaintiff,

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NO. 2:16-MC-00107 MCE EFB

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

v.
PRINCIPAL LIFE, INSURANCE
COMPANY, PRINCIPAL FINANCIAL
GROUP, and their Successors and
Assignees,
Garnishee.

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Examination of the above-entitled actions reveals that

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the garnishee action is related to the criminal case within the

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meaning of Local Rule 123(a) because the garnishee action was

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filed to enforce the criminal restitution order imposed against

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Joseph Raymond George in the criminal action.

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assignment of the matters to the same judge is likely to effect a

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substantial saving of judicial effort and is also likely to be

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convenient for the parties.

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Accordingly, the

The parties should be aware that relating the cases

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under Local Rule 123 merely has the result that both actions are

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assigned to the same judge; no consolidation of the actions is

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effected.

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cases are generally assigned to the judge and magistrate judge to

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whom the first filed action was assigned.

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Under the regular practice of this court, related

IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED that the actions denominated

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United States v. George, No. 2:02-CR-00325 WBS and United States

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v. Principal Life Insurance Company, et al., 2:16-MC-00107 MCE

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EFB, be, and the same hereby are, deemed related.

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denominated United States v. Principal Life Insurance Company, et

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al., 2:16-MC-00107 MCE EFB shall be reassigned to the Honorable

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WILLIAM B. SHUBB.

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cases only are hereby VACATED.

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documents filed in the reassigned cases shall be shown as United

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States v. Principal Life Insurance Company, et al., 2:16-MC-00107

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WBS EFB.

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The case

Any dates currently set in the reassigned
Henceforth, the captions on

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the Clerk of the Court

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make appropriated adjustment in the assignment of civil cases to

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compensate for this reassignment.
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Dated:

June 21, 2016

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