XTO Energy Inc. v. United States Department Of Justice et al

Filing 10

ORDER granting pltf's motion 7 for intra-district transfer to extent that Clrk of Ct is directed to REASSIGN case to Honorable A. Richard Caputo. (See order for complete details.) Signed by Chief Judge Christopher C. Conner on 2/4/16. (ki)

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE MIDDLE DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA
XTO ENERGY, INC.,

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Plaintiff
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v.
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UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF :
JUSTICE and PETER J. SMITH, in his :
official capacity as United States
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Attorney for the Middle District of
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Pennsylvania,
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Defendant
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CIVIL ACTION NO. 1:16-CV-77
(Chief Judge Conner)

ORDER
AND NOW, this 4th day of February, 2016, upon consideration of the motion
(Doc. 7) by plaintiff XTO Energy, Inc. (“XTO”), requesting an intra-district transfer
of the above-captioned matter from the undersigned to the Honorable A. Richard
Caputo, wherein XTO indicates that the matter sub judice is substantively and
inextricably intertwined with a grand jury matter pending before Judge Caputo,
and suggests that consolidation of the two proceedings may be appropriate, and
the court in agreement that this matter should be reassigned to Judge Caputo and
designated as related to the grand jury matter at Miscellaneous No. 3:MC-10-187,
but finding that any consolidation request should be raised before and addressed by
Judge Caputo, it is hereby ORDERED that the motion (Doc. 7) is GRANTED to the
extent that the Clerk of Court is directed to REASSIGN the above-captioned matter
to the Honorable A. Richard Caputo.
/S/ CHRISTOPHER C. CONNER
Christopher C. Conner, Chief Judge
United States District Court
Middle District of Pennsylvania