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Nature of Suit Code: 350
Nature of Suit: Motor Vehicle Personal Injury
Cause of Action: 28:1441 Petition for Removal- Tort/Motor Vehicle (P.I.)

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE DISTRICT OF ARIZONA

Adar Elmi, et al.,

Plaintiffs,

v. 

Estate of Abdi Ahmed Mohamed, et al.,

Defendants.

No. CV-24-08094-PCT-DLR

ORDER 

Two wrongful death cases, both of which arise from the same motor vehicle crash,

have recently been removed to this Court from Coconino County Superior Court. Both 

cases plead as follows: On March 8, 2022, Abdi Mohamed and Abdiaziz Elmi Omar were 

operating a tractor-trailer vehicle that rear-ended Defendant HNS Trucking LLC’s 

(“HNS”) tractor-trailer truck. As a result, Mohamed and Omar’s trailer caught fire, and 

both men died. 

In the first case—Case No. 3:24-CV-8086-DJH, currently assigned to Judge 

Humetewa—Plaintiffs Sumaya Abdi Mohamed et al., allege that Omar was the driver of 

the tractor trailer at the time of the accident. In the second case—Case No. 3:24-CV-8094-

DLR, pending before this Court—Plaintiffs Adar Elmi et al., allege that Mohamed was the 

driver. Other than the identity of the driver of the tractor trailer, the facts of the cases are 

virtually identical. Additionally, the cases involve overlapping claims and name many of 

the same defendants, including NRG Trucking Co., Nolan Transportation Group LLC, 

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FedEx Ground Package System, Inc., Mussie Mesfun, and HNS. Both cases are in the early 

stages of litigation. 

Rule 42.1(e)(3) of the Local Rules of Civil Procedure provides that “a Judge may 

transfer a case to another Judge with that Judge’s consent and with notice to the Chief 

Judge” for “reasons of judicial economy and the availability of judicial resources.” Given 

the substantial overlap in facts, law, and parties, it would be in the interest of judicial 

economy to have both cases before the same judge. Thus, pursuant to LRCiv. 42.1(e), the 

judges assigned to the cases have conferred and have given consent to the reassignment of 

Case No. 3:24-CV-08094 to Judge Humetewa. The Court has given notice to the Chief 

Judge. Accordingly, 

IT IS ORDERED that the Clerk of the Court shall directly reassign this action, 

Case No. 3:24-CV-08094, to the Honorable Diane J. Humetewa pursuant to LRCiv. 

42.1(e)(3). All future pleadings and papers submitted for filing shall bear the following 

complete case number: CV-24-08094-PCT-DJH.

Dated this 21st day of May, 2024.

Douglas L. Rayes

United States District Judge

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