A. et al v. Oroville Hospital et al

Filing 24

RELATED CASE ORDER signed by District Judge Morrison C. England, Jr on 3/28/2018 ORDERING that this case be RELATED to case number 2:17-cv-2478-MCE-CMK. (Washington, S)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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D.A., et al.,

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Plaintiffs,
v.

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Defendant.
ESTATE OF LESLIE CRAMBLIT,
et al.,

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No. 2:17-cv-02478-KJM-DB

Plaintiffs,

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RELATED CASE ORDER

OROVILLE HOSPITAL,

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No. 2:17-cv-00337-MCE-CMK

v.
JONNYRAE MOUNTAIN WITT, et al.,
Defendants.

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The Court has received the Notice of Related Case filed on March 12, 2018.

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Examination of the above-entitled civil actions reveals that these actions are related

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within the meaning of Local Rule 123(a) (E.D. Cal. 1997). The actions involve many of

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the same defendants 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-02478-KJM-

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

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M. Kellison for all further proceedings, and any dates currently set in 2:17-cv-02478-

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KJM-DB are hereby VACATED. The Clerk of the Court is to issue the Initial Pretrial

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

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shall be shown as 2:17-cv-02478-MCE-CMK.

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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: March 28, 2018

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