Hill, et al v. Jetblue Airways Corporation

Filing 51

ORDER RELATING CASES signed by Senior Judge William B. Shubb on 1/5/2021 ORDERING that actions denominated Phan v. JetBlue Airways Corporation, No. 2:16-2328 WBS DB, Hill v. JetBlue Airways Corporation, No. 2:17-1604 WBS DB, and Bohnel v. Jetblue Air ways Corporation, No. 2:18-cv-81 WBS DMC be, and the same hereby are, deemed RELATED. The case denominated Bohnel v. Jetblue Airways Corp., No. 2:18-cv-81 WBS DMC, shall remain with the Honorable William B. Shubb, but any pending motions noticed for hearing before the Honorable Dennis M. Cota must be reset and noticed for hearing before the Honorable Deborah Barnes. Henceforth, the captions on documents filed in the reassigned case shall be shown as Bohnel v. Jetblue Airways Corporation, No. 2:18-cv-81 WBS DB. (Kastilahn, A)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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XUAN THI PHAN, an individual,

No. 2:16-cv-2328 WBS DB

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Plaintiff,

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v.
ORDER RELATING CASES

JETBLUE AIRWAYS CORPORATION, a
Delaware corporation,

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Defendant.

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MICHELLE HILL, an individual,
and ARIEL EPSTEIN POLLACK, an
individual,

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No. 2:17-cv-1604 WBS DB

Plaintiffs,
v.
JETBLUE AIRWAYS CORPORATION, a
Delaware corporation,
Defendant.

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ERICKA BOHNEL, an individual,
and ROSA MARTINEZ, an
individual,

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No. 2:18-cv-81 WBS DMC

Plaintiffs,
v.
JETBLUE AIRWAYS CORPORATION, a
Delaware corporation,
Defendant.

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The court previously related Phan v. Jetblue Airways
Corporation, 2:16-cv-2328 WBS, and Hill v. Jetblue Airways
Corporation, 2:17-cv-1604 WBS, because both cases arose from
injuries allegedly incurred by each plaintiff while a passenger
on JetBlue Flight No. 429 on August 11, 2016 from Boston Logan
International Airport to Sacramento International Airport.
Similarly, the court finds that Bohnel v. Jetblue Airways
Corporation, Case No. 2:18-cv-81 WBS DMC, is related within the
meaning of Local Rule 123(a) to Phan and Hill because Bohnel
involves injuries allegedly incurred during the same Jetblue
flight.

judge is likely to effect a substantial saving of judicial effort
and is also likely to be convenient for the parties.1

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Accordingly, the assignment of the matters to the same

The parties should be aware that relating the cases
under Local Rule 123 merely has the result that all actions are

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Although the parties noted in their Joint Status Report
in Case No. 2:18-cv-81 WBS DMC that Bohnel and Hill were related
cases, they did not file a separate Notice of Related Case as
required by Local Rule 123(b).
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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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Phan v. JetBlue Airways Corporation, No. 2:16-2328 WBS DB, Hill

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v. JetBlue Airways Corporation, No. 2:17-1604 WBS DB, and Bohnel

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v. Jetblue Airways Corporation, No. 2:18-cv-81 WBS DMC be, and

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the same hereby are, deemed related.

The case denominated Bohnel

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v. Jetblue Airways Corp., No. 2:18-cv-81 WBS DMC, shall remain

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with the Honorable William B. Shubb, but any pending motions

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noticed for hearing before the Honorable Dennis M. Cota must be

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reset and noticed for hearing before the Honorable Deborah

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Barnes.

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reassigned case shall be shown as Bohnel v. Jetblue Airways

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Corporation, No. 2:18-cv-81 WBS DB.

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Henceforth, the captions on documents filed in the

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the Clerk of the Court make

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an appropriate adjustment in the assignment of cases to

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compensate for this reassignment.

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Dated:

January 5, 2021

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