Desert Mechanical, Inc. v. Travelers Casualty and Surety Company of America

Filing 95

ORDER Transferring Cases; 2:14-cv-00869, 2:17-cv-03032, 2:20-cv-02341; 2:21-cv-00402. Cases reassigned to Judge Gloria M. Navarro and Magistrate Judge Daniel J. Albregts for all further proceedings. Signed by Judges Gloria M. Navarro, Andrew P. Gordon and Jennifer A. Dorsey on 4/27/2021. (Copies have been distributed pursuant to the NEF - DRS)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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DISTRICT OF NEVADA

3 Gallagher-Kaiser Corporation,
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Plaintiff

Case No.: 2:14-cv-00869-JAD-NJK

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6 Liberty Duct, LLC, et al.
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Defendants

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Desert Mechanical, Inc.,
Plaintiff

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Case No.: 2:15-cv-02298-GMN-DJA

v.

Travelers Casualty and Surety Co. of
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Defendant

14 Archer Western Contractors, LLC,
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Plaintiff

Case No.: 2:17-cv-03032-GMN-NJK

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17 The Erection Company, Inc., et al.,
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Defendants
Fisk Electric Company,

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Plaintiff
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Archer Western Contractors, LLC,
Defendant

Case No.: 2:20-cv-02341-APG-BNW

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Archer Western Contractors, LLC,
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Case No.: 2:21-cv-00402-APG-DJA
Plaintiff

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4 Gallagher-Kaiser Corporation, et al.,
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and all other claims and parties

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TRANSFER ORDER

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These five cases, spread across three United States District Judges and two United States

11 Magistrate Judges, 1 relate to the same construction projects: an air-traffic control tower and
12 terminal radar approach control at McCarran International Airport. Motions to consolidate these
13 cases into the earliest-filed action, Gallagher-Kaiser Corporation v. Liberty Duct, LLC, Case No.
14 2:14-cv-00869-JAD-NJK, have been filed, but a conflict prevents the judge assigned to that case
15 from accepting transfer of some of the later-filed actions. Nevertheless, the undersigned judges
16 have determined that assignment of these actions to a single district and magistrate judge would
17 save substantial duplication of labor and is likely to effect a substantial savings of judicial effort.
18 Therefore, Local Rule 42-1(a) permits the assigned judges to transfer these five cases to the
19 jurists assigned the next-oldest related action, Desert Mechanical, Inc. v. Travelers Casualty &
20 Surety Company of America, Case No.: 2:15-cv-02298-GMN-DJA.
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Two other seemingly related cases (2:12-cv-00612-MMD-NJK and 2:15-cv-02150-RFB-PAL)
have already terminated and are not part of this transfer order.
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IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED that Case Nos. 2:14-cv-00869-JAD-NJK; 2:20-cv-

2 02341-APG-BNW; and 2:21-cv-00402-APG-DJA are TRANSFERRED to United States
3 District Judge Gloria M. Navarro and United States Magistrate Judge Daniel J. Albregts.
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Dated April 27, 2021

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U.S. District Judge Gloria M. Navarro

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U.S. District Judge Andrew P. Gordon

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U.S. District Judge Jennifer A. Dorsey

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