Icard v. Ecolab Inc.

Filing 7

JUDICIAL REFERRAL FOR PURPOSES OF DETERMINING RELATIONSHIP OF CASES. Signed by Judge Laurel Beeler on 11/1/2013. (lblc2, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 11/1/2013)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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Northern District of California

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San Francisco Division
JAMES M. ICARD,

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For the Northern District of California

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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No. C13-05097 LB
Plaintiff,

v.
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JUDICIAL REFERRAL FOR
PURPOSES OF DETERMINING
RELATIONSHIP OF CASES

ECOLAB, INC.,
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Defendant.
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On October 31, 2013, defendant Ecolab, Inc. removed a state court action to federal court. See

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Icard v. Ecolab, Inc., No. CGC-09-495344 (San Francisco Superior Court). It was assigned to the

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undersigned. Ecolab also filed an administrative motion asking the undersigned to relate this action

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to two other actions it previously removed and which were heard by Judge Hamilton.

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Administrative Motion, ECF No. 2; see Icard v. Ecolab, Inc., No. C10-00410 PJH (N.D. Cal. Jan.

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28, 2010); Icard v. Ecolab, Inc., No. C11-03258 PJH (N.D. Cal. June 30, 2011).

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Under Civil Local Rule 3-12(b), Ecolab should have filed its administrative motion in the

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earliest-filed case (i.e., Icard v. Ecolab, Inc., No. C10-00410 PJH (N.D. Cal. Jan. 28, 2010)). Ecolab

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instead filed its administration only in this action. Accordingly, the undersigned refers this action

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(and Ecolab’s administrative motion) to Judge Hamilton to determine whether it is related to either

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Icard v. Ecolab, Inc., No. C10-00410 PJH (N.D. Cal. Jan. 28, 2010); Icard v. Ecolab, Inc., No. C11-

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03258 PJH (N.D. Cal. June 30, 2011).
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IT IS SO ORDERED.
Dated: November 1, 2013
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LAUREL BEELER
United States Magistrate Judge

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