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Nature of Suit Code: 355
Nature of Suit: Motor Vehicle Product Liability
Cause of Action: 28:1332 Diversity-Auto Negligence

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

DUNBAR AITKENS, ET AL.,

Plaintiffs,

v.

GREYHOUND LINES, INC., ET

AL.,

Defendants.

___________________________/

YVONNE A. LA CLAIRE,

Plaintiff,

v.

GREYHOUND LINES, INC., ET

AL.,

Defendants.

___________________________/

MARIA SOTO, ET AL.,

Plaintiffs,

v.

GREYHOUND LINES, INC., ET

AL.,

Defendants.

___________________________/

No. 2:06-cv-02077-MCE-DAD

RELATED CASE ORDER

No. 2:07-cv-00989-LKK-KJM

No. 2:06-cv-01612-MCE-DAD

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JANICE KUESTER, ET AL. 

Plaintiffs, 

v. 

GREYHOUND LINES, INC., ET AL.

Defendants. 

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No. 2:07-cv-00398-MCE-DAD

Examination of the above-entitled civil actions reveals that

these actions are related within the meaning of Local Rule 83-

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. 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 83-123 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. 

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IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED that the actions denominated 

2:07-cv-00989-LKK-KJM, Yvonne A. La Claire v. Greyhound Lines,

Inc., et al., 2:06-cv-01612-MCE-DAD, Maria Soto, et al. v.

Greyhound Lines, Inc., et al., and 2:07-cv-00398-MCE-DAD, Janice

Kuester, et al. v. Greyhound Lines, Inc., et al. are reassigned

to Judge Morrison C. England, Jr. and Dale A. Drozd for all

further proceedings, and any dates currently set in these

reassigned cases only are hereby VACATED. The parties are

referred to the attached Order Requiring Joint Status Report. 

Henceforth, the caption on documents filed in the reassigned

cases shall be shown as 2:07-cv-00989-MCE-DAD, 2:06-cv-01612-MCEDAD, and 2:07-cv-00398-MCE-DAD.

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the Clerk of the Court make

appropriate adjustment in the assignment of civil cases to

compensate for this reassignment. 

Dated: June 11, 2007

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MORRISON C. ENGLAND, JR.

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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