Bruzzone et al v. Intel Corporation et al

Filing 44

ORDER DENYING 43 MOTION TO RELATE CASE. SIGNED BY JUDGE ALSUP. (whalc2, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 12/9/2022)Any non-CM/ECF Participants have been served by First Class Mail to the addresses of record listed on the Notice of Electronic Filing (NEF)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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MICHAEL A. BRUZZONE, et al.,
Plaintiffs,

United States District Court
Northern District of California

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No. C 13-03729 WHA

v.
INTEL CORPORATION, et al.,
Defendants.

ORDER RE MOTION TO RELATE
CASE

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Pursuant to Civil Local Rule 3-12, the United States Attorney for the Northern District of

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California moves to relate a recently-filed case to the above-captioned case. See Bruzzone v.

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U.S. Att’y for N. Dist. Cal., No. C 22-06412 HSG. Since final judgment was entered in the

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above-captioned case, plaintiff Michael Bruzzone has filed several complaints against the

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undersigned. See, e.g., Bruzzone v. Alsup, No. C 17-04558 JD; Bruzzone v. McManis,

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No. C 18-01235 PJH. Although the undersigned is not named as a defendant in plaintiff’s

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recently-filed case, he is cast with more than a “bit part” in the complaint. The undersigned

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would have to recuse himself if assigned the recently-filed case. See 28 U.S.C. 455(a). Thus,

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it does not “appear[] likely that there will be an unduly burdensome duplication of labor and

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expense or conflicting results if the cases are conducted before different Judges[,]” per Civil

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Local Rule 3-12(a)(2). The same holds true for the other apparently-related cases that the

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undersigned presided over: Bruzzone v. Intel Corp., No. C 14-01279 WHA and Bruzzone v.

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Arm Inc., No. C 17-02943 WHA (see Br. at 3).

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This order notes that the United States Attorney for the Northern District of California

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names other apparently-related cases assigned to different judges: Alsup, No. C 17-04558 JD

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and McManis, No. C 18-01235 PJH. Pursuant to Civil Local Rule 3-12(f)(2), the Clerk shall

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present this matter to the judges assigned to the other apparently-related cases in order of

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filing. The motion to relate the recently-filed case to the above-captioned case is DENIED.

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IT IS SO ORDERED.

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Dated: December 9, 2022.

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WILLIAM ALSUP
UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

United States District Court
Northern District of California

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