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Nature of Suit Code: 890
Nature of Suit: Other Statutory Actions
Cause of Action: 28:2201 Constitutionality of State Statute(s)

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REFERRAL FOR RELATIONSHIP DETERMINATION

UNITED 

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COURT

For the Northern District of California

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

Northern District of California

San Francisco Division

ABDULLAH BYANOONI, individually and

on behalf of a class and subclass of similarly

situated individuals,

Plaintiff,

v.

BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATION, et

al.,

Defendant.

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No. C12-05483 LB

SUA SPONTE JUDICIAL REFERRAL

FOR PURPOSES OF DETERMINING

RELATIONSHIP OF CASES

On August 17, 2012, Plaintiff Abdullah Byanooni filed the instant putative class action against

Defendants Bank of America Corporation and Bank of America, N.A. for violations of California’s

Invasion of Privacy Act, Cal. Penal Code § 630 et seq. Notice of Removal, ECF No. 1, ¶ 1. 

Defendants removed the action to federal court on October 26, 2012. See id. The action is assigned

to the undersigned.

On August 17, 2012, Mr. Byanooni also filed a putative class action against Defendants Merrill

Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith and Bank of America Corporation for violations of the same law. 

Byanooni v. Merrill Lynch, No. C12-05270 MEJ, Notice of Removal, ECF No. 1, ¶ 1. Defendants

removed this action to federal court on October 11, 2012. See id. This action is assigned to Judge

James.

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After reviewing the complaints in these cases, it appears that the actions concern substantially

the same parties (Mr. Byanooni; Bank of America Corporation) and types of events (alleged

violations of California’s Invasion of Privacy Act due to Defendants’ allegedly surreptitious

recording of Mr. Byanooni’s telephone calls). Also, counsel for Mr. Byanooni (Orshansky and

Yeremian LLP) and Defendants (Reed Smith) are involved in both cases. Accordingly, pursuant to

N.D. Cal. Civil L.R. 3-12(c), the undersigned respectfully refers the above-captioned action to Judge

James for the purposes of determining relationship to Byanooni v. Merrill Lynch, No. C12-05270

MEJ.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: November 9, 2012 _______________________________

LAUREL BEELER

United States Magistrate Judge

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