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Nature of Suit Code: 350
Nature of Suit: Motor Vehicle Personal Injury
Cause of Action: 28:2671 Federal Tort Claims Act

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

21ST CENTURY INSURANCE 

COMPANY,

Plaintiff,

v.

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, et al.,

Defendants.

No. 2:16-cv-01524-TLN-KJN

ORDER RELATING CASES

STEVEN JAMES McDANIEL and 

LINDA McDANIEL,

Plaintiffs,

v.

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, et al.,

Defendants.

No. 2:16-cv-02267-MCE-EFB

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

of Local Rule 123(a)(2) and 123(a)(3). The actions involve the same underlying event and the 

same questions of law, and would therefore entail a substantial duplication of labor if heard by 

different judges. Accordingly, the assignment of the matters to the same judge is likely to affect a 

substantial savings of judicial effort.

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

result that these actions are assigned to the same judge. No consolidation of the actions is 

affected. 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.

IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED that the action denominated 2:16-cv-02267-MCE-EFB is

hereby reassigned to District Judge Troy L. Nunley and Magistrate Judge Kendall J. Newman for 

all further proceedings. Any dates currently set in the reassigned case only are hereby 

VACATED. Henceforth, the caption on documents filed in the reassigned case shall be shown 

as: 2:16-cv-02267-TLN-KJN.

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the Clerk of Court make appropriate adjustments in the 

assignment of civil cases to compensate for this reassignment.

Dated: November 16, 2016

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