Sussex et al v. Turnberry/MGM Grand Towers, LLC et al

Filing 212

ORDER re 2:08-cv-00773-MMD-PAL consolidated with 2:11-cv-01007-MMD-PAL. It is hereby ordered that the Clerk of Court is directed to transfer Case No. 2:16-cv-00252-RFB-VCF to District Judge Miranda M. Du and Magistrate Judge Peggy Leen. Signed by Judge Miranda M. Du on 03/03/2016. (Copies have been distributed pursuant to the NEF - NEV)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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DISTRICT OF NEVADA

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MARY ANN SUSSEX, et al,

Case No. 2:08-cv-00773-MMD-PAL
Consolidated with 2:11-cv-01007-MMD-PAL

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Plaintiff,
v.

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TURNBERRY MGM GRAND TOWERS,
LLCA. et al,

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Defendants.
and related case

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KJH & RDA INVESTOR GROUP, LLC,

Case No. 2:16-cv-00252-RFB-VCF

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Plaintiffs,
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Transfer Order

v.
TURNBERRY/MGM GRAND TOWNERS,
LLC, et al.,

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Defendants.
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Defendants KJH & RDA Investor Group, LLC et al, v. Turnberry/MBM Grand

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Towers, LLC, et al., Case No. 2:16-cv-00252-RFB-VCF, filed a notice of related cases

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(dkt. no.7) in case 2:08-cv-00773-MMD-PAL, alerting the Court that the above-

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captioned cases “(a) Both involve the same or substantially the same parties; (b) Both

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actions relate to the Chapter 11 cases of the Debtors pending before the Honorable August

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B. Landis, United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Nevada; (c) Both actions raise

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questions involving the jurisdiction of the Bankruptcy Court and the forum of the underlying

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litigation between the parties; (d) the above-captioned case involves the same or

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substantially similar facts as were before the Court in the Referred Case in connection with

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Turnberry/MGM Grand Towers, LLC’s Motion to Refer all Claims and Causes of Action to

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the Bankruptcy Court [ECF No. 191]; and (e) Movants in the above-captioned case before

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this Court seek relief contrary to the Order entered in the Referred Case on January 19,

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2016 [ECF No. 208], which referred the case to the Bankruptcy Court.” (Dkt. no. 7.)

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In the interest of judicial economy, the presiding district judges in these actions

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have preliminarily determined that these cases are related and that good cause exists to

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transfer Case No. 2:16-cv-00252-RFB-VCF to District Judge Miranda M. Du and

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Magistrate Judge Peggie Leen under Local Rule 7-2.

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Accordingly, it is hereby ordered that the Clerk of Court is directed to transfer

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Case No. 2:16-cv-00252-RFB-VCF to District Judge Miranda M. Du and Magistrate

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Judge Peggie Leen.

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DATED THIS 3rd day of March 2016.
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MIRANDA M.
MIRANDA M DU

RICHARD F. BOULWARE II
CHARD BOULWARE,

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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