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Nature of Suit Code: 864
Nature of Suit: Social Security - SSID Title XVI
Cause of Action: 42:405 Review of HHS Decision (SSID)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

ALLISON PIERCE,

Plaintiff(s),

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JO ANNE B. BARNHART,

Defendant(s).

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No. C00-0742 BZ

ORDER DENYING ADMINISTRATIVE

MOTION TO RELATE CASES

Plaintiff’s administrative motion to relate Pierce v.

Astrue, C09-2713 to this case is DENIED.

Plaintiff’s motion is untimely. Plaintiff filed the new

action on June 18, 2009. The motion to relate was not filed

until January 7, 2010. Local Rule 3-12(b) requires that the

motion be filed “promptly.” Plaintiff has provided no

explanation for why she failed to do so. Absent an adequate

explanation, permitting untimely requests to relate cases

creates a risk that the motion will used for improper

purposes. 

In any event, the action of which plaintiff now complains

was taken many years after this Court’s earlier ruling and by

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a different Administrative Law Judge, such that the criteria

of Local Rule 3-12(a)(2) are not satisfied. 

Dated: January 21, 2010

 Bernard Zimmerman 

 United States Magistrate Judge

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