NDX Advisors, Inc. et al v. Balistreri et al

Filing 148

JUDICIAL REFERRAL FOR PURPOSES OF DETERMINING RELATIONSHIP OF CASES. Case Management Statement due by 5/30/2012. Case Management Conference set for 6/6/2012 02:00 PM. Signed by Judge Claudia Wilken on 5/7/2012. (ndr, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 5/7/2012)

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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NDX ADVISORS INC,
No. C 11-3234 SBA
Plaintiff,

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JUDICIAL REFERRAL
FOR PURPOSES OF
DETERMINING
RELATIONSHIP OF
CASES

v.
ADVISORY FINANCIAL CONSULTANTS,
Defendant.
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United States District Court
For the Northern District of California

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No. C 12-0309 CW
NDX ADVISORS INC, et al.,

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Plaintiffs,
v.
ANDREW BALISTRERI, et al.,

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Defendants.

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Pursuant to Civil Local Rule 3-12(c), this Court, sua sponte,

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refers the above referenced cases to Judge Saundra Brown Armstrong

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to consider whether they are related.

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this referral, opposing or supporting relating the cases, within

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The parties may respond to

four days of the date of this order, in briefs submitted in

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accordance with the requirements set forth in Civil Local Rule 723
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11(b).
The Court notes that the cases were separately transferred to

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the Northern District of California from the Northern District of

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Illinois.

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Although the two cases had not been administratively

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related in that District, in deciding to transfer the Balistreri

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matter, Judge Norgle found that, because the Advisory Financial

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Consultants matter had already been transferred to this District,

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“the interests of justice would be better served by” transferring

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the Balistreri case here as well, to avoid duplication and

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possible conflicts.

Docket No. 131, Balistreri, Case No. 12-309,

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The case management conference previously set for Wednesday,

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United States District Court
For the Northern District of California

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May 9, 2012, is continued to Wednesday, June 6, 2012, at 2:00

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p.m., to allow time to determine whether these cases will be

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related.

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joint or separate case management conference statements for the

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May 9 conference.

The Court notes that the parties had not timely filed

Statements for the continued conference are due

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May 30, 2012.

If the cases are related, the conference may be

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rescheduled.
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IT IS SO ORDERED.

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Dated: 5/7/2012

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cc:

CLAUDIA WILKEN
United States District Judge

SBA

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