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Nature of Suit Code: 550
Nature of Suit: Prisoner - Civil Rights (U.S. defendant)
Cause of Action: 42:1983 Prisoner Civil Rights

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

RICKY GRAY, 

Plaintiff, 

v. 

JAMES TILTON, et al., 

Defendants. 

No. 2:14-cv-0473 KJN P 

RICKY GRAY, 

Plaintiff, 

v. 

JAMES TILTON, et al., 

Defendants. 

No. 2:11-cv-2103 KJM EFB P 

ORDER 

 Examination of the above-entitled actions reveals that these cases are related within the 

meaning of Local Rule 123(a). The actions involve the same property, transaction or event and 

similar questions of fact and the same question of law. Accordingly, assignment of the matters to 

the same judge is likely to effect a substantial saving of judicial effort and is also likely to be 

convenient for the parties. 

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 The parties should be aware that relating the cases under Local Rule 123 merely has the 

result that the actions are assigned to the same 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. 

 Therefore, IT IS ORDERED that the action denominated as 2:14-cv-0473 KJN is 

reassigned to District Judge Kimberly J. Mueller and Magistrate Judge Edmund F. Brennan for all 

further proceedings, and any dates currently set in the reassigned case only are hereby 

VACATED. Notwithstanding the consent to magistrate judge jurisdiction filed by plaintiff in 

case no. 2:14-cv-0473, the undersigned declines to refer the case to the magistrate judge in light 

of her familiarity with the earlier 2011 case. Henceforth, the caption on documents filed in the 

reassigned case shall be shown as No. 2:14-cv-0473 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 11, 2015. 

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