White v. Madison County Illinois et al

Filing 4

ORDER REASSIGNING CASE. Case reassigned to Judge Michael J. Reagan for all further proceedings. Chief Judge David R. Herndon no longer assigned to case. Signed by Chief Judge David R. Herndon on 11/4/10. (klh, )

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT F O R THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS V E R N O N C. WHITE, Plaintiffs, v. M A D IS O N COUNTY, ILLINOIS e t al., D e fe n d a n t s . ORDER H E R N D O N , Chief Judge: O n November 2, 2010, Plaintiff filed this 42 U.S.C. § 1983 civil rights suit (Doc. 2 ). The case was randomly assigned to the undersigned Chief Judge. A review of the No. 10-0876-DRH

p l e a d i n g s indicates that this case is related to a case that was previously assigned to District J u d g e Michael J. Reagan. See White v. Madison County, Illinois, 07-CV-716-MJR.. Cognizant of the Seventh Circuit's position that related cases filed within the same U.S. D i s t r i c t Court should be transferred to (or consolidated before) a single District Judge, see, e . g . Smith v. Check-N-Go of Illinois, Inc., 200 F.3d 511, 513 n.1 (7th Cir. 1999); Blair v . Equifax Check Services, Inc., 181 F.3d 832, 839 (7th Cir. 1999), the Court T R A N S F E R S this case to Judge Reagan for further proceedings. All further pleadings shall b e a r the cause number 10-0876-MJR. IT IS SO ORDERED. Signed this 4th day of November, 2010.

David R. Herndon 2010.11.04 13:08:46 -05'00'
C h ie f Judge U n it e d States District Court