United States of America v. Kumar et al

Filing 55

Order by Hon. Lucy H. Koh Granting 54 Motion to Relate Case.(lhklc2S, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 4/17/2017)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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SAN JOSE DIVISION

United States District Court
Northern District of California

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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
Plaintiff,

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Case No. 15-CV-05780-LHK
ORDER RELATING CASES

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Re: Dkt. No. 54

MANOJ KUMAR, et al.,
Defendants.

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On April 17, 2017, the United States filed a motion to relate the case United States v.

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Kumar, Case No. 5:17-CV-1853-NC, filed April 3, 2017, to the instant case, United States v.

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Kumar, Case No. 5:15-CV-05780-LHK, filed December 15, 2017. The Court finds that the actions

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“concern substantially the same parties, property, transaction or event” and it is “likely that there

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will be an unduly burdensome duplication of labor and expense or conflicting results if the cases

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are conducted before different Judges.” Civil. L.R. 3-12(a).

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United States v. Kumar, Case No. 5:15-CV-05780-LHK, is the first-filed case and thus has

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the lowest case number. Under Civil L.R. 3-12(f)(3), “[i]f any Judge decides that any of the cases

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are related, . . . the Clerk shall reassign all related higher-numbered cases to that Judge.”

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Accordingly, the Clerk shall relate the later-filed case, United States v. Kumar, Case No. 5:17-CV-

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1853-NC, to the first-filed case, United States v. Kumar, Case No. 5:15-CV-05780-LHK.

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IT IS SO ORDERED.

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Dated: April 17, 2017
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LUCY H. KOH
United States District Judge

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United States District Court
Northern District of California

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