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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

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

NATHANIEL MARCUS GANN, et al.,

 Plaintiffs,

 vs.

VALLEY STATE PRISON, et al.,

 Defendants.

Case No. 1:19-cv-01797-GSA-PC

New Case No. 1:19-cv-01797-DAD-GSA-PC

NOTICE OF RELATED CASES AND 

ORDER ASSIGNING CASE TO DISTRICT 

JUDGE DALE A. DROZD

Nathaniel Marcus Gann (“Plaintiff Gann”) is a state prisoner proceeding pro se and in 

forma pauperis with this civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Plaintiff Gann and 

fourteen co-plaintiffs filed the Complaint commencing this action on December 26, 2019, against 

Valley State Prison (VSP), et al., for subjecting them to adverse conditions of confinement in 

violation of the Eighth Amendment by serving substandard food in Kosher meals at VSP. (ECF 

No. 1.)

On January 7, 2020, the court issued an order severing the co-plaintiffs’ claims from 

Plaintiff Gann’s claims and opening new cases for each of the co-plaintiffs. (ECF No. 10.) All 

of the new cases are related to this case under Local Rule 123 as all of the cases are based on the 

same underlying facts and involve overlapping questions of law and fact. By separate orders, 

each of the co-plaintiffs’ cases shall be related to this case, and all of the cases shall be assigned

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to District Judge Dale A. Drozd and Magistrate Judge Gary S. Austin. Accordingly, this case 

shall be assigned to the docket of District Judge Dale A. Drozd.

Accordingly, based on the foregoing, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that:

1. The Clerk is directed to assign this case to the docket of District Judge Dale A. 

Drozd;

2. The new case number shall be:

1:19-cv-01797-DAD-GSA-PC 

and all future pleadings and/or correspondence must be so numbered. Use of an 

incorrect case number or incorrect judge’s initials may result in delay in 

processing documents and notification to the judges assigned.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: March 4, 2020 /s/ Gary S. Austin 

 UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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