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Nature of Suit Code: 890
Nature of Suit: Other Statutory Actions
Cause of Action: 31:3729 False Claims Act

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, and the 

STATES OF CALIFORNIA, 

COLORADO, CONNECTICUT, 

DELAWARE, GEORGIA, INDIANA, 

LOUISIANA, MARYLAND, 

MASSACHUSETTS, MICHIGAN, 

NEVADA, NEW JERSEY, NEW YORK, 

NORTH CAROLINA, RHODE ISLAND, 

TENNESSEE, VIRGINIA, 

WASHINGTON, and the DISTRICT OF 

COLUMBIA ex rel. LOYD F. 

SCHMUCKLEY, JR., 

 Plaintiff, 

 v. 

RITE AID CORPORATION, 

 Defendant, 

___________________________________ 

UNITED STATES OF AMERICAN, 

STATE OF CALIFORNIA, ex rel. DEBBIE G. RINEHART, 

Plaintiffs 

v. 

WALGREEN CO., 

Defendants. 

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No. 2:12-cv-1699 KJM EFB 

 No. 2:14-cv-00148-WBS-DB 

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Examination of the above-captioned actions following a status conference in the 

earliest filed case reveals that they are related within the meaning of Local Rule 123(a). These 

actions involve the same claims, albeit against different defendants and different relators, and 

involve similar questions of fact and law. These overlapping issues would entail a substantial 

duplication of labor if heard by different judges. See Local Rule 123(a)(3). Accordingly, the 

assignment of these matters to the same judge and 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 cases under Rule 123 causes the actions 

to be assigned to the same 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: 

1. The action denominated 2:14-cv-00148 WBS DB is reassigned from Senior 

Judge William B. Shubb to the undersigned and from Magistrate Judge 

Deborah Barnes to Magistrate Judge Edmund F. Brennan; 

2. The action denominated 2:14-cv-02350 KJM CKD is reassigned from 

Magistrate Judge Carolyn K. Delaney to Magistrate Judge Edmund F. 

Brennan; 

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; and 

4. Henceforth, the caption on documents filed in the reassigned cases shall be 

shown as: 2:14cv00148 KJM EFB, 2:14-cv02350 KJM EFB and 

. 

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: August 22, 2016 

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