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Nature of Suit Code: 550
Nature of Suit: Prisoner - Civil Rights (U.S. defendant)
Cause of Action: 42:1983 Prisoner Civil Rights

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

PAUL SAMUEL JOHNSON, 

Plaintiff, 

v. 

RUIZ, et al., 

Defendants. 

No. 2:20-cv-0293 AC P 

NOTICE OF RELATED CASES 

Plaintiff, a state prisoner proceeding pro se, seeks relief pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and 

has requested authority pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915 to proceed in forma pauperis. ECF Nos. 1, 

2. This proceeding was referred to this court by Local Rule 302 pursuant to 28 U.S.C. §

636(b)(1)(B).

A review of this case indicates that it is related to the earlier-filed case Johnson v. Ruiz, 

No. 2:20-0291 EFB (“Ruiz I”), as relation is defined in Local Rule 123. Specifically, this case 

involves: (1) the same parties and is based on the same claims as Ruiz I; (2) the same events as 

Ruiz I, and (3) similar questions of fact and the same question of law as Ruiz I. See L.R. 

123(a)(1)-(3). 

The assignment of the two cases to the same magistrate judge is likely to effect a 

substantial savings of judicial effort because if the two actions were heard by different magistrate 

judges, a substantial duplication of labor would occur. See L.R. 123(a)(3)-(4). Therefore, this 

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case should be reassigned in accord with Local Rule 123(c).

Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY DETERMINED that this case is related to Johnson v. Ruiz, 

No. 2:20-0291 EFB as defined in Local Rule 123(a)(1)-(4). 

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that this matter be reassigned accordingly, pursuant to Local 

Rule 123(c). 

DATED: February 18, 2020 

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