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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 

CHARLENE STITH, 

Plaintiff, 

v. 

STATE OF CALIFORNIA, et al., 

Defendants. 

Case No.: 1:23-cv-00947-NODJ-GSA 

ORDER RELATING AND REASSIGNING 

CASES 

VICTORIA GREEN, 

Plaintiff, 

v. 

STATE OF CALIFORNIA, et al., 

Defendants. 

Old Case No.: 1:23-cv-00973-JLT-EPG 

New Case No. 1:23-cv-00973-NODJ-GSA 

TREMAINE CARROLL, 

Plaintiff, 

v. 

STATE OF CALIFORNIA, et al., 

Defendants. 

Case No.: 1:23-cv-00974-NODJ-GSA 

(Unchanged) 

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JONATHAN ROBERTSON, 

Plaintiff, 

v. 

STATE OF CALIFORNIA, et al., 

Defendants. 

Old Case No.: 1:23-cv-00975-NODJ-SAB 

New Case No. 1:23-cv-00975-NODJ-GSA 

FANCY MOORE LIPSEY, 

Plaintiff, 

v. 

STATE OF CALIFORNIA, et al., 

Defendants. 

Old Case No.: 1:23-cv-00976-NODJ-SAB 

New Case No. 1:23-cv-00976-NODJ-GSA 

RAYSHAWN HART, 

Plaintiff, 

v. 

STATE OF CALIFORNIA, et al., 

Defendants. 

Old Case No.: 1:23-cv-00977-JLT-BAM 

New Case No. 1:23-cv-00977-NODJ-GSA 

CRYSTAL GRAHAM, 

Plaintiff, 

v. 

STATE OF CALIFORNIA, et al., 

Defendants. 

Old Case No.: 1:23-cv-01323-JLT-BAM 

New Case No. 1:23-cv-01323-NODJ-GSA 

ROXANNE PURDAGONE, 

Plaintiff, 

v. 

STATE OF CALIFORNIA, et al., 

Defendants. 

Old Case No.: 1:23-cv-01324-NODJ-SKO 

New Case No. 1:23-cv-01324-NODJ-GSA 

 Pursuant to Local Rule 123, the Court finds the above-captioned actions are related. A 

review of the complaints in these cases shows they are related within the meaning of Local Rule 

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123(a), as they involve overlapping or similar parties and claims, related questions of fact or law, 

and would likely entail substantial duplication of labor if heard by different judges. Accordingly, 

assignment of the actions to the same district judge and magistrate judge will promote 

convenience, efficiency, and economy for the Court and the parties. An order relating cases 

under this Court’s Local Rule 123 merely assigns them to the same district judge and magistrate 

judge and does not consolidate the cases. Under Rule 123, related cases are generally assigned to 

the judge and magistrate judge to whom the first filed action was assigned. Local Rule 123(c) 

provides that “the Chief Judge or a Judge designated by the Chief Judge may, by special order, 

reassign either action to any Judge or Magistrate Judge sitting in the Eastern District of California 

as the situation may dictate.” 

 Good cause appearing, this Court finds the above-captioned cases are related and 

ORDERS that the following actions be reassigned to No District Judge and United States 

Magistrate Judge Gary S. Austin. Going forward, all documents filed shall bear the following new 

case numbers: 

Green v. State of California, et al., Case No. 23-cv-00973-NODJ-GSA 

Robertson v. State of California, et al., Case No. 23-cv-00975-NODJ-GSA 

Lipsey v. State of California, et al., Case No. 23-cv-00976-NODJ-GSA 

Hart v. State of California, et al., Case No. 23-cv-00977-NODJ-GSA 

Graham v. State of California, et al., Case No. 23-cv-01323-NODJ-GSA 

Purdagone v. State of California, et al., Case No. 23-cv-01324-NODJ-GSA

 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: December 11, 2023. 

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