Chapman v. City of Lincoln

Filing 33

RELATED CASE ORDER signed by District Judge Morrison C. England, Jr on 8/9/2018 ORDERING cases 2:17-cv-1234-MCE-EFB, 2:15-cv-270-MCE-EFB, 2:15-cv-2326-MCE-EFB, 2:17-cv-123-MCE-EFB and 2:18-cv-1059-WBS-KJN are RELATED. (Washington, S) Modified on 8/10/2018

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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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2:15-cv-00270-MCE-EFB
2:15-cv-02326-MCE-EFB
2:17-cv-00123-MCE-EFB

v.

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CITY OF LINCOLN,
Defendant.

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BYRON CHAPMAN,

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RELATED CASE ORDER
No. 2:18-cv-01059-WBS-KJN

Plaintiff,

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No. 2:17-cv-01234-MCE-EFB
and previously related cases

v.
CITY OF LINCOLN,

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Defendant.

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The Court has received the Notice of Related Case filed on August 6, 2018.

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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).

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The actions involve the same defendant and are based on the same or similar claims,

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the same property transaction or event, similar questions of fact and the same questions

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of law, and would therefore entail a substantial duplication of labor if heard by different

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judges. Accordingly, the assignment of the matters to the same judge is likely to effect a

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substantial savings of judicial effort and is also likely to be convenient for the parties.

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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.
IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED that the action denominated 2:18-cv-01059-WBS-

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KJN 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 this

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reassigned case only are hereby VACATED. The Clerk of the Court is to issue an Initial

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Pretrial Scheduling Order. The caption on documents filed in the reassigned case shall

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be shown as 2:18-cv-01059-MCE-EFB.

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IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the Clerk of the Court make appropriate
adjustment in the assignment of civil cases to compensate for this reassignment.
IT IS SO ORDERED.
Dated: August 9, 2018

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