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Nature of Suit Code: 440
Nature of Suit: Other Civil Rights
Cause of Action: 42:1981 Civil Rights

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

CHRISTOPHER WHITE, et al., 

Plaintiffs, 

v. 

CITY OF VALLEJO, 

Defendant. 

No. 2:14-cv-01603-MCE-AC 

ORDER 

 This matter is before the undersigned pursuant to Local Rule 203(c)(21). Plaintiffs, 

proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis, bring suit against the City of Vallejo for violation of 

their Fourth Amendment rights under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. This matter is on for a status 

(scheduling) conference. 

The court scheduled the parties’ initial scheduling conference and directed them to file 

status reports in advance of the hearing on September 19, 2014. ECF No. 11. On January 14, 

2015, defendant filed a status report asserting, among other things, that the facts of this case are 

related to Creer v. City of Vallejo, Case No. 2:14-cv-1428-JAM-DAD (E.D. Cal. June 16, 2014). 

ECF No. 18 at 3. Local Rule 123(b) requires counsel who have reason to believe that “an action 

. . . may be related to another action” to “promptly file in each action and serve on all parties in 

each action a Notices of Related Cases.” Accordingly, as defendant has indicated that it has 

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reason to believe that Creer is related to this action within the meaning of the rule, THE COURT 

HEREBY ORDERS that: 

1. Defendant SHALL FILE a notice of related cases within five days of the service of this 

order; and 

2. The status conference now set for January 28, 2015, is hereby VACATED, to be reset 

following determination of whether this latter filed case should be reassigned. 

DATED: January 23, 2015 

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