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Nature of Suit Code: 360
Nature of Suit: Other Personal Injury
Cause of Action: 31:3729 False Claims Act

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 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

 FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

GENE L. ROGERS, M.D., ex rel 

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

Plaintiff,

v. CIV. NO. S-03-1658 LKK/DAD PS

COUNTY OF SACRAMENTO, et al.,

Defendants.

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GENE L. ROGERS, M.D., ex rel

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

Plaintiff,

v. CIV. NO. S-05-1999 GEB/PAN PS

SACRAMENTO COUNTY BOARD OF

SUPERVISORS, et al., RELATED CASE ORDER

Defendants.

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Examination of the above-entitled actions reveals that 

the two (2) actions are related within the meaning of Local Rule

83-123(a) (E.D. Cal. 1997). The actions involve the same parties,

and are based on the same or similar claims, similar questions of

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fact and the same question of law. 

Accordingly, the assignment of the matters to the same judge

and magistrate judge is likely to effect a substantial savings of

judicial effort and is also likely to be convenient for the

parties.

The parties should be aware that relating the cases under

Local Rule 83-123 merely has the result that the two (2) actions

are assigned to the same judge and magistrate judge; no

consolidation of the actions is effected. Under the regular

practice of this court, related cases are generally assigned to the

judge and magistrate judge to whom the first filed action was

assigned. 

IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED that the action denominated CIV. NO.

S-05-1999 GEB/PAN be, and the same hereby is, reassigned to Judge

Lawrence K. Karlton and Magistrate Judge Dale A. Drozd for all

further proceedings, and any dates currently set in this reassigned

case only are hereby VACATED. Henceforth, the caption on documents

filed in the reassigned case shall be shown as CIV. NO. S-05-1999

LKK/DAD PS. 

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the Clerk of the Court make

appropriate adjustment in the assignment of civil cases to

compensate for this reassignment.

DATED: October 20, 2005.

 

/s/Lawrence K. Karlton 

LAWRENCE K. KARLTON

SENIOR JUDGE

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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