Silver v. Pennsylvania Higher Education Assistance Agency

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ORDER relating cases. Signed by Judge Hamilton on 10/2/2014. (pjhlc2, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 10/2/2014)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
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NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
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NEIL SILVER,
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Plaintiff,
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No. C 14-0652 PJH
No. C 14-4317 PJH

v.
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ORDER RELATING CASES

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PENNSYLVANIA HIGHER EDUCATION
ASSISTANCE AGENCY,

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Defendant.
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For the Northern District of California

United States District Court

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Before the court is defendant’s “Notice of Related Action,” filed in Silver v.

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Pennsylvania Higher Education Assistance Agency (C 14-0652 PJH) in which defendant

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seeks to relate a later-removed action involving the same parties (Silver v. Pennsylvania

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Higher Education Assistance Agency, C 14-4317 PJH). The local rules of this court have

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replaced the “notice of related case” procedure with one requiring an administrative motion

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to determine if cases are related. Civil Local Rule 3-12. The purpose of relating two cases

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is to bring them both before the same judge. Given that both cases at issue have already

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been randomly assigned to the undersigned judge, a motion is not really necessary and the

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court excuses defendant’s failure to comply with Rule 3-12.

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To the extent that there is any economy to be served by “relating” two cases already

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before the same judge, the request is GRANTED and the cases will be noted as related on

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the court’s docket. However, the earlier-filed case has been stayed until a March 12, 2015

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case management conference. The later-filed case will be set for case management

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conference in December 2014 by separate order. As it does not involve the TCPA, the stay

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will not automatically apply to it.

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IT IS SO ORDERED.
Dated: October 2, 2014
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PHYLLIS J. HAMILTON
United States District Judge