Dickerson v. Community West Bank

Filing 11

ORDER: Defendant's Motion to Reassign Case to Judge Kovachevich 10 is GRANTED. The Clerk is directed to reassign this case to Judge Kovachevich, with her consent, for all further proceedings. Signed by Judge Virginia M. Hernandez Covington on 4/27/2010. (KAK)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT MIDDLE DISTRICT OF FLORIDA TAMPA DIVISION MICHAEL D. DICKERSON, Plaintiff, v. COMMUNITY WEST BANK, Defendant. _____________________________/ ORDER This matter comes before the Court pursuant to Case No. 8:10-cv-729-T-33AEP

Defendant's Motion to Reassign Case to Judge Kovachevich (Doc. # 10), which was filed on April 23, 2010. Defendant seeks an

order transferring this case to the Judge Kovachevich pursuant to Local Rules 1.03(d) and 1.04(a), M.D. Fla., because Judge Kovachevich presided over the related case of No. 8:09-cv-963T-17TGW.1 Defendant remarks, "Judge Kovachevich is familiar with the allegations of Plaintiff's Complaint and the procedural history, which will avoid the need for the litigants to spend Local Rule 1.03(d), M.D. Fla, states, "The judge to whom any case is assigned may, at any time, reassign the case to any other consenting judge for any limited purpose or for all further purposes." Local Rule 1.04(a), M.D. Fla., states in pertinent part, "Whenever a case, once docketed and assigned, is terminated by any means and is thereafter refiled without substantial change in issues or parties, it shall be assigned, or reassigned if need be, to the judge to whom the original case was assigned."
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significant additional effort familiarizing the Court with the allegations and prior proceedings." (Doc. # 10 at 2). This

Court agrees. With the consent of Judge Kovachevich, and upon consideration of Local Rules 1.03(d) and 1.04(a), M.D. Fla., this Court hereby transfers this case to Judge Kovachevich for all further proceedings. Accordingly, it is now ORDERED, ADJUDGED, and DECREED: (1) Defendant's Motion to Reassign Case to Judge Kovachevich (Doc. # 10) is GRANTED. (2) The Clerk is directed to reassign this case to Judge Kovachevich, proceedings. DONE and ORDERED in Chambers, in Tampa, Florida, this 27th day of April 2010. with her consent, for all further

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