Watkins v. Ditech Financial LLC, et al

Filing 10

RELATED CASE ORDER signed by District Judge Morrison C. England, Jr. on 3/14/2018 RELATED with case(s) 2:17-CV-2247 MCE EFB and 2:18-CV-512 KJM CKD; Case 2:18-CV-512 is REASSIGED to District Judge Morrison C. England, Jr. and Magistrate Judge Edmund F. Brennan for all further proceedings, and any dates currently set in the reassigned case only are hereby VACATED; District Judge Kimberly J. Mueller, Magistrate Judge Carolyn K. Delaney no longer assigned to case. New Case Number: 2:18-CV-512 MCE EFB. (Reader, L)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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CHANELL S. WATKINS,

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Plaintiff,

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v.

No. 2:17-cv-02247-MCE-EFB

RELATED CASE ORDER

DITECH FINANCIAL LLC, et al.,

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Defendants.

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FEDERAL NATIONAL MORTGAGE
ASSOCIATION,

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No. 2:18-cv-00512-KJM-CKD

Plaintiff,
v.
CHANELL S. WATKINS and DOES I
through X, inclusive,
Defendants.

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The Court construes paragraph 4 of the Notice of Removal in Case
No. 18-cv-00512 (ECF No. 1) as a Notice of Related Cases.
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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many of the same defendants and are based on the same or similar claims, the same
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property transaction or event, similar questions of fact and the same questions of law,

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and would 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

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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.

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IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED that the action denominated 2:18-cv-00512-KJM-

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CKD, Federal National Mortgage Association v. Chanell S. Watkins. is reassigned to

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District Judge Morrison C. England, Jr. and Magistrate Judge Edmund F. Brennan for all

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further proceedings, and any dates currently set in this reassigned case only are hereby

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VACATED. The Clerk of the Court is to issue an Initial Pretrial Scheduling Order. The

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caption on documents filed in the reassigned case shall be shown as 2:18-cv-00512-

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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: March 14, 2018

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