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Nature of Suit Code: 440
Nature of Suit: Other Civil Rights
Cause of Action: 42:1983 Civil Rights Act

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

HURTADO, 

Plaintiff, 

v.

COUNTY OF SACRAMENTO, et al., 

Defendants.

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TEJEDA-PUENTES, 

Plaintiff, 

v.

COUNTY OF SACRAMENTO, et al., 

Defendants.

No. 2:14-cv-00323-KJM-KJN 

No. 2:15-cv-00870-TLN-KJN 

RELATED CASE ORDER 

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

meaning of Local Rule 123(a). Both actions arise from the same gathering and service calls to 

the Sacramento County Sheriff’s Department on April 20, 2013, involve defendant Deputy David 

Cuneo, and bring claims under 42 U.S.C. section 1983, and would therefore entail a substantial 

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duplication of labor if heard by different judges. See Local Rule 123(a)(3). Accordingly, the 

assignment of these matters to the same judge is likely to effect a substantial savings of judicial 

effort and is likely to be convenient for the parties. 

 The parties should be aware that relating cases under Rule 123 causes the actions 

to be assigned to the same judge – it does not consolidate the actions. Under Rule 123, related 

cases are generally assigned to the judge and magistrate judge to whom the first filed action was 

assigned.

 As a result, it is hereby ORDERED that the action denominated 2:15-cv-00870-

TLN-KJN is reassigned from Judge Troy L. Nunley to the undersigned. The action is already 

assigned to the same magistrate judge as the first filed action, Magistrate Judge Kendall J. 

Newman. Henceforth, the caption on documents filed in the reassigned case shall be shown as: 

2:15-cv-00870-KJM-KJN.

 It is further ORDERED that the Clerk of the Court make appropriate adjustment in 

the assignment of civil cases to compensate for this reassignment. 

 IT IS SO ORDERED. 

DATED: November 11, 2015. 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE 

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