Drevaleva v. U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs et al

Filing 304

Order granting application to proceed in forma pauperis (dkt. 2) in case 21-cv-00500; sua sponte referral to determine whether case 21-cv-00500 is related to case 18-cv-03748. Signed by Chief Magistrate Judge Joseph C. Spero on January 25, 2021. (jcslc2S, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 1/25/2021)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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TATYANA DREVALEVA,

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Plaintiff,

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JOSEPH GLAZER, et al.,

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Defendants.

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United States District Court
Northern District of California

ORDER GRANTING APPLICATION
TO PROCEED IN FORMA PAUPERIS

v.

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Case No. 21-cv-00500-JCS
Also Filed in Case No. 18-cv-03748-WHA

SUA SPONTE REFERRAL TO
DETERMINE WHETHER CASES ARE
RELATED
Re: Dkt. No. 2

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Plaintiff Tatyana Drevaleva, pro se, has applied to proceed in forma pauperis. Good cause
having been shown, that application is GRANTED.

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As Drevaleva acknowledges in her complaint and application to proceed in forma pauperis,

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her claims arise from essentially the same facts as a number of other cases she has filed, all of

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which were assigned to the Honorable William Alsup based on his determination that they were

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related cases. The Ninth Circuit recently issued a memorandum opinion remanding one of those

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cases (which was assigned case number 18-cv-03748-WHA in this Court) for further proceedings,

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although a mandate has not yet issued. See Drevaleva v. Dep’t of Veterans Affairs, __ F. App’x

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__, No. 19-16395, 2020 WL 6778779 (9th Cir. Nov. 18, 2020). This case is therefore

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REFERRED sua sponte under Civil Local Rule 3-12(c) to Judge Alsup to determine whether it is

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related to case number 18-cv-03748-WHA and the other cases related to that case.1 Any party

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The other cases are Drevaleva v. United States, No. 19-cv-01454-WHA (N.D. Cal.); Drevaleva
v. U.S. Dep’t of Veterans Affairs, No. 19-cv-02665-WHA (N.D. Cal.); Drevaleva v. Dep’t of
Veterans Affairs, No. 19-cv-05927-WHA (N.D. Cal.); Drevaleva v. Dep’t of Veterans Affairs, No.
19-cv-06127-WHA (N.D. Cal.); and Drevaleva v. United States, No. 20-cv-00820-WHA (N.D.
Cal.).

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may file a response supporting or opposing finding the cases related no later than January 29,

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2021. See Civ. L.R. 3-12(c), 3-12(e), 7-11(b).

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Issues of the sufficiency of the complaint for the purpose of 28 U.S.C. § 1915(e)(2)(B) and
service of process will be resolved after determination of whether the cases are related.
IT IS SO ORDERED.
Dated: January 25, 2021
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JOSEPH C. SPERO
Chief Magistrate Judge

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United States District Court
Northern District of California

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