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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

Northern District of California

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

ANTONIO CORTEZ BUCKLEY,

Plaintiff,

v.

STEPHEN M WAGSTAFFE, et al.,

Defendants.

Case No. 15-cv-06231-JCS 

ORDER OF SUA SPONTE REFERRAL 

AS TO WHETHER CASES ARE 

RELATED

Civil Local Rule 3-12(c) provides that “[w]henever a Judge believes that a case pending 

before that Judge is related to another case, the Judge may refer the case to the Judge assigned to 

the lowest-numbered case with a request that the Judge assigned to the lowest-numbered case 

consider whether the cases are related.” 

One week before Plaintiff Antonio Cortez Buckley filed this action against several 

prosecutors in the San Mateo District Attorney’s office, he filed an action against several 

Redwood City police officers, which was assigned to the Honorable Donna Ryu. See Buckley v. 

Gomez, No. 4:15-cv-5961-DMR (N.D. Cal.). The undersigned finds that this case might be 

related to Gomez. Buckley alleges in Gomez that the police officer defendants prepared a false 

and incomplete report and failed to take appropriate action against four individuals who assaulted 

Buckley, and alleges here that the prosecutor defendants failed to adequately prosecute the 

attackers and relied on the false police report in order to shield the officers. 

Accordingly, this action is REFERRED to Judge Ryu pursuant to Rule 3-12(c) for a 

determination of whether this action is related to Gomez. Any party may file a response, 

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opposition, or statement in support of relating the cases no later than March 28, 2016. The case 

management conference set for April 1, 2016 is VACATED.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: March 22, 2016

______________________________________

JOSEPH C. SPERO

Chief Magistrate Judge

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