24 Hour Fitness USA, Inc. Fontenot
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ORDER OF SUA SPONTE REFERRAL AS TO WHETHER CASES ARE RELATED. Signed by Judge Nathanael M. Cousins on 06/14/2012. (nclc2, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 6/14/2012)
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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
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NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
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SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION
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24 HOUR FITNESS USA, INC., a California
corporation dba 24 HOUR FITNESS,
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Plaintiff,
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ORDER OF SUA SPONTE
REFERRAL AS TO WHETHER
CASES ARE RELATED
v.
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Case No. 12-cv-02878 NC
KIRK FONTENOT,
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Defendant .
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Northern District Civil Local Rule 3-12(c) provides: “Whenever a Judge believes
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that a case pending before that Judge is related to another case, the Judge may refer the
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case to the Judge assigned to the earliest-filed case with a request that the Judge assigned
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to the earliest-filed case consider whether the cases are related.”
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Upon reviewing of the papers in connection with the order transferring this case
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from the Western District of Texas, it has come to the Court’s attention that this action
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might be related to Beauperthuy v. 24 Hour Fitness, Case No. 06-cv-0715 SC. See Pet. to
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Compel Arbitration at 2-3, Dkt. No. 1 (“Claimant was formerly an opt-in plaintiff in an
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FLSA collective action entitled Beauperthuy v. 24 Hour Fitness, Case No. C 06 0715
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(SC), pending in the Northern District of California.”).
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Case No. 12-cv-02878 NC
ORDER REFERRAL RE
CASES RELATED
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In accordance with Rule 3-12(c), this action is referred to the Honorable Judge
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Samuel Conti for a determination of whether this action relates to Beauperthuy v. 24
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Hour Fitness, Case No. 06-cv-0715 SC.
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IT IS SO ORDERED.
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DATED: June 14, 2012
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NATHANAEL M. COUSINS
United States Magistrate Judge
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