Herguan University v. Kanno et al

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Order Relating Cases. Signed by Judge Lucy H. Koh on 12/12/16. (lhklc2S, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 12/12/2016)

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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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HERGUAN UNIVERSITY,
Plaintiff,

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ORDER RELATING CASES

v.

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Case No. 16-CV-03619-LHK

Re: Dkt. No. 23

JASON KANNO, et al.,

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Defendants.

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On December 2, 2016, the court in Herguan University v. ICE, Case No. 5:16-CV-06656-

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BLF, filed a sua sponte Referral for Purpose of Determining Relationship (“Referral”) pursuant to

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Civil L.R. 3-12. The Referral requested this Court to determine whether to relate Herguan

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University v. ICE, Case No. 5:16-CV-06656-BLF, filed November 16, 2016, to Herguan

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University v. Kanno, Case No. 16-CV-03619-LHK, filed June 27, 2016.

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The Court finds that the actions “concern substantially the same parties, property,

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transaction or event” and it is “likely that there will be an unduly burdensome duplication of labor

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and expense or conflicting results if the cases are conducted before different Judges.” Civil. L.R.

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3-12(a).

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Herguan University v. Kanno, Case No. 16-CV-03619-LHK, is the first-filed case and thus
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has the lowest case number. Under Civil L.R. 3-12(f)(3), “[i]f any Judge decides that any of the

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cases 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, Herguan University v. ICE, Case No. 5:16-

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CV-06656-BLF, to the first-filed case, Herguan University v. Kanno, Case No. 16-CV-03619-

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LHK.

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IT IS SO ORDERED.

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Dated: December 12, 2016
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LUCY H. KOH
United States District Judge

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United States District Court
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