Bonin v. Provident Life and Accident Insurance Company

Filing 24

ORDER DENYING DEFENDANTS MOTION TO RELATE CASES 11 (Illston, Susan) (Filed on 4/24/2014)

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
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FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
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JOHN E. BONIN,

No. C 14-00614 SI

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Plaintiff,

ORDER DENYING DEFENDANT’S
MOTION TO RELATE CASES

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United States District Court
For the Northern District of California

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v.
PROVIDENT LIFE AND ACCIDENT
INSURANCE COMPANY,
Defendant.

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On April 9, 2014, defendant filed an administrative motion to relate cases under Civil Local Rule

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3-12. Docket No. 11. In the motion, defendant requests that the Court relate the present action to Bonin

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v. Provident Life and Accident Insurance Co., No. 14-cv-331-WBS-AC (E.D. Cal., filed Feb. 3, 2014).

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Id. Under the Northern District of California’s Civil Local Rule 3-12, a court may determine that an

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action is related to another action that is pending or was pending in this district. Because the other

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pending action identified by defendant in its motion was filed in the Eastern District of California, not

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this district, this Court may not relate the two actions under Local Rule 3-12. Accordingly, the Court

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DENIES defendant’s motion to relate cases. Docket No. 11.

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IT IS SO ORDERED.

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Dated: April 24, 2014
SUSAN ILLSTON
United States District Judge