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Nature of Suit Code: 367
Nature of Suit: TORTS - Personal Injury - Health Care/Pharmaceutical Personal Injury/Product Liability
Cause of Action: 28:1332 Diversity-Personal Injury

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

JENNIFER NELSON-DEVLIN, et al., 

Plaintiffs, 

v. 

ELI LILLY & COMPANY, 

Defendant. 

No. 2:14-cv-02811-KJM-EFB 

No. 2:14-cv-02914-MCE-AC 

No. 2:14-cv-03004-WBS-EFB 

RELATED CASE ORDER 

 

 Examination of the above-stated case numbers reveals that the cases are related 

within the meaning of Local Rule 123(a). Here, the “actions involve similar questions of fact and 

the same question of law and their assignment to the same Judge or Magistrate Judge is likely to 

effect a substantial savings of judicial effort.” Local Rule 123(a)(3). Accordingly, the 

assignment of these matters to the same judge is likely to effect a substantial savings of judicial 

effort and is likely to be convenient for the parties. 

 The parties should be aware that relating cases under Rule 123 causes the actions 

to be assigned to the same judge – it does not consolidate the actions. Under Rule 123, related 

cases are generally assigned to the judge and magistrate judge to whom the first filed action was 

assigned. 

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 As a result, it is hereby ORDERED that the following cases, Ben v. Eli Lilly & Co., 

2:14-cv-02914-MCE-AC, and Wolff v. Eli Lilly & Co., 2:14-cv-03004-WBS-EFB, are reassigned 

to the undersigned and to Magistrate Judge Edmund F. Brennan. Henceforth, the case numbers 

on documents filed in the reassigned cases shall be shown as: 2:14-cv-02914-KJM-EFB and 2:14-

cv-03004-KJM-EFB. 

 It is further ORDERED that the Clerk of the Court make appropriate adjustment in 

the assignment of civil cases to compensate for this reassignment. 

 IT IS SO ORDERED. 

DATED: May 19, 2015. 

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