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Nature of Suit Code: 370
Nature of Suit: Other Fraud
Cause of Action: 28:1332 Diversity-Fraud

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Case No. 15-CV-04879-LHK 

RELATED CASE ORDER (COTTRELL)

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United States District Court

Northern District of California

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SAN JOSE DIVISION

WILLIAM SCOTT PHILLIPS, et al.,

Plaintiffs,

v.

APPLE INC.,

Defendant.

Case No. 15-CV-04879-LHK 

RELATED CASE ORDER (COTTRELL)

Re: Dkt. Nos. 27, 28

Before the Court is an administrative motion to consider whether Cottrell v. Apple, Inc., 

No. 15-CV-05205-EJD (“Cottrell”), should be related to Phillips, et al. v. Apple Inc., No. 15-CV04879-LHK (“Phillips”). ECF No. 27.1

 The time for filing an opposition or statement of support 

has passed. Pursuant to Civil Local Rule 3-12, the Court finds that these two actions “concern 

substantially the same parties, property, transaction or event” and “[i]t appears likely that there 

will be an unduly burdensome duplication of labor and expense or conflicting results if the cases 

are conducted before different Judges.” Civil L.R. 3-12. The Court therefore GRANTS the 

administrative motion to relate.

 

1 On November 23, 2015, Apple filed a second, substantially similar motion to relate. ECF No. 

28. In light of the Court’s decision in the instant Order, this second motion is DENIED as moot. 

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Case No. 15-CV-04879-LHK 

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Accordingly, Cottrell shall be reassigned to the undersigned judge. All future filings are to 

bear the initials “LHK.” Unless otherwise ordered, any dates for hearing noticed motions are 

vacated and must be renoticed by the moving party before the newly assigned judge; any deadlines 

set by the ADR Local Rules remain in effect; and any deadlines established in a case management 

order continue to govern, except dates for appearance in court, which will be rescheduled by the 

newly assigned judge. A copy of this Order shall be filed in the Cottrell docket.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: December 1, 2015

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LUCY H. KOH

United States District Judge

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