Whitsitt v. West Valley Staffing Group et al

Filing 6

RELATED CASE ORDER. Case No. 16-7234 is related to Case No. 16-0797. Signed by Judge Maxine M. Chesney on 01/18/17. (mmclc2, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 1/18/2017) (Additional attachment(s) added on 1/18/2017: # 1 Certificate/Proof of Service) (tlS, COURT STAFF).

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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WILLIAM J. WHITSITT,
Plaintiff,

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United States District Court
Northern District of California

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Case No. 16-cv-00797-MMC
RELATED CASE ORDER

v.

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WEST VALLEY STAFFING GROUP, et
al.,

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Defendants.

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A Sua Sponte Judicial Referral for Purpose of Determining Relationship of Cases

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has been filed, requesting the undersigned determine whether the following cases are

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related within the meaning of Civil L.R. 3-12(a):

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C 16-0797 MMC

William J. Whitsitt v. West Valley Staffing Group, et al.

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C 16-7234 JSC

William J. Whitsitt v. West Valley Staffing Group, et al.

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The time for filing a statement to support or oppose the Referral has passed. On

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the basis of the material submitted to the Court, as the Judge assigned to the earliest

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filed case, I find that the cases:

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[

] ARE NOT RELATED as defined by Civil L.R. 3-12(a).

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[ X ] ARE RELATED as defined by Civil L.R. 3-12(a). Pursuant to Civil L.R.

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3-12(f)(3), the Clerk of Court is ordered to reassign the later-filed action to the

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undersigned. The parties are instructed that all future filings in the later-filed action are to

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bear the initials MMC immediately after the case number. All matters presently

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scheduled for hearing in the reassigned case are vacated and must be renoticed for

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hearing before the undersigned.

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IT IS SO ORDERED.

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Dated: January 18, 2017
MAXINE M. CHESNEY
United States District Judge

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United States District Court
Northern District of California

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