Chapman v. City of Lincoln

Filing 18

RELATED CASE ORDER signed by District Judge Morrison C. England, Jr on 10/6/17. (Kaminski, H)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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Byron Chapman,

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Plaintiff,

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City of Lincoln,

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Defendant.
Byron Chapman,

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No. 2:15-cv-00270-MCE-EFB
No. 2:17-cv-00123-MCE-EFB

v.

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No. 2:15-cv-02326-MCE-EFB

RELATED CASE ORDER
No. 2:17-cv-01234-TLN-AC

Plaintiff,

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v.

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City of Lincoln,

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Defendant.

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The Court has received the Notice of Related Case filed on September 27, 2017.

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

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transaction or event, similar questions of fact and the same questions of law, and would

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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
substantial savings of judicial effort and is also likely to be convenient for the parties.
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 2:17-cv-01234-TLNAC is reassigned to District Judge Morrison C. England, Jr. and Magistrate Judge

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Edmund F. Brennan for all further proceedings, and any dates currently set in 2:17-cv-

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01234-TLN-AC are hereby VACATED. The Clerk of the Court is to issue the Initial

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Pretrial Scheduling Order. Henceforth, the caption on documents filed in the reassigned

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case shall be shown as 2:17-cv-01234-MCE-EFB.

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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: October 6, 2017

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MORRISON C. ENGLAND, JR.
UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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