Anderson v. Duran et al

Filing 259

ORDER RE OPPOSITION TO MOTION TO RELATE CASES. Signed by Judge Richard Seeborg on 10/8/14. (cl, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 10/8/2014)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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JOHN P. ANDERSON,

Case No. 13-cv-04825-RS

Plaintiff,
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United States District Court
Northern District of California

v.

ORDER RE OPPOSITION TO MOTION
TO RELATE CASES

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JACK DURAN, et al.,
Defendants.

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The belated opposition filed by defendants in this case to the motion to relate Picayune

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Rancheria of Chukchansi Indians v. Department of Interior, 14-4273, hereto appears to be based

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on a fundamentally flawed premise—that by relating the two matters the earlier-filed action,

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already closed, will somehow be revived. Defendants mistakenly suggest that they must now

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participate in the newly-filed action even though judgment has been entered here, and they have

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not been named in the new case, merely because two matters have been “related.” To the

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contrary, an order relating cases under Civil Local Rule 3-12 does no more than cause

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reassignment of the later-filed case to the same judicial officer who presided over the former

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litigation. As the act of relating the two cases, in and of itself, creates no new burdens or

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obligations for defendants in this case, their opposition is without logical basis, and the order

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relating cases shall remain in effect.

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IT IS SO ORDERED.

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Dated: 10/8/14
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RICHARD SEEBORG
United States District Judge

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United States District Court
Northern District of California

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ORDER RE OPPOSITION TO MOTION RELATE CASES
CASE NO. 13-cv-04825-RS

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