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Nature of Suit Code: 899
Nature of Suit: Other Statutes - Administrative Procedure Act/Review or Appeal of Agency Decision
Cause of Action: 05:702 Administrative Procedure Act

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA ALLIANCE 

OF PUBLICLY OWNED TREATMENT 

WORKS; and CENTRAL VALLEY 

CLEAN WATER ASSOCIATION, 

Plaintiffs, 

v. 

UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENTAL 

PROTECTION AGENCY; and ALEXIS 

STRAUSS, ACTING REGIONAL 

ADMINISTRATOR, UNITED STATES 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY, REGION IX, 

Defendants. 

No. 2:14-cv-01513-MCE-DB 

RELATED CASE ORDER 

The Court has received the Notice of Related Case filed on January 5, 2017. 

Examination of the above-entitled civil actions reveals that these actions are 

related within the meaning of Local Rule 123(a) (E.D. Cal. 1997). The actions involve 

many of the same defendants and are based on the same or similar claims, the same 

property transaction or event, similar questions of fact and the same questions of law, 

and would therefore entail a substantial duplication of labor if heard by different judges. 

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Accordingly, the assignment of the matters to the same judge is likely to effect a 

substantial savings of judicial effort and is also likely to be convenient for the parties. 

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

has the result that both actions are assigned to the same judge; no consolidation of the 

action is effected. Under the regular practice of this court, related cases are generally 

assigned to the district judge and magistrate judge to whom the first filed action was 

assigned. 

IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED that the action denominated 2:16-cv-02960-JAMKJN be reassigned to Judge Morrison C. England, Jr. for all further proceedings, and 

any dates currently set in 2:16-cv-02960-JAM-KJN are hereby VACATED. The Clerk of 

the Court is to issue the Initial Pretrial Scheduling Order. Henceforth, the caption on 

documents filed in the reassigned shall be shown as 2:16-cv-02960-MCE-DB. 

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

adjustment in the assignment of cases to compensate for this reassignment. 

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Dated: January 17, 2017 

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