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Nature of Suit Code: 440
Nature of Suit: Other Civil Rights
Cause of Action: 42:1983 Civil Rights Act

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

AMERICAN BANKERS 

MANAGEMENT COMPANY, 

Plaintiff, 

v. 

ERIC L. HERYFORD, et al., 

Defendants. 

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ERIC L. HERYFORD, 

Plaintiff, 

v. 

DISCOVER FINANCIAL SERVICES, et 

al., 

Defendant. 

No. 2:16-cv-00312-KJM-KJN 

No. 2:16-cv-00468-KJM-CMK 

 RELATED CASE ORDER 

Examination of the above-captioned actions reveals that they are related within the 

meaning of Local Rule 123(a). Both actions arise from American Bankers Management 

Company’s marketing, selling, and administering various fee-based ancillary products and 

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services to its California credit cardholders, and both actions require the court to determine 

whether District Attorney Heryford can retain contingency-fee counsel to bring suit against 

American Bankers. These overlapping issues would entail a substantial duplication of labor if 

discovery disputes are heard by different magistrate judges. See Local Rule 123(a)(3). 

Accordingly, the assignment of these matters to the same magistrate 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 the cases under Rule 123 as ordered here 

causes the actions to be assigned to the same magistrate 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. 

As a result, it is hereby ORDERED that the action denominated 2:16-cv-00468-

KJM-CMK is reassigned from Magistrate Judge Craig M. Kellison to Magistrate Judge Kendall J. 

Newman. Henceforth, the caption on documents filed in the reassigned case shall be shown as: 

2:16-cv-00468-KJM-KJN. 

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

the assignment of civil cases to compensate for this reassignment of the magistrate judge. 

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

DATED: May 5, 2016 

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