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Nature of Suit Code: 190
Nature of Suit: Other Contract Actions
Cause of Action: 28:1441 Petition For Removal--Other Contract

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

MICHAEL ASHKER,

Plaintiff,

v.

FORTRESS NORTH AMERICA, L.L.C., 

et al.,

Defendants.

No. 2:24-cv-03297-DC-CSK

ORDER RELATING AND REASSIGNING 

CASE

ROBERT BURNHAM, et al.,

Plaintiffs,

v.

FORTRESS NORTH AMERICA, L.L.C., 

et al.,

Defendants.

No. 2:24-cv-03298-SCR

New Case No. 2:24-cv-03298-DC-CSK

An examination of the above-captioned actions reveals that they are related within the 

meaning of Local Rule 123(a). Accordingly, assignment of the above-captioned actions to the 

same district judge and magistrate judge will promote substantial efficiency and economy for the 

court and is likely to be convenient for the parties.

An order relating cases under this court’s Local Rule 123 merely assigns them to the same 

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district judge and magistrate judge—it does not consolidate the cases. The local rules of this 

district authorize the judge with the lowest numbered case to order the reassignment of any higher 

numbered cases to himself or herself, upon determining that this assignment is likely to effect a 

savings of judicial effort. L.R. 123(c). Such good cause appearing here, the court orders that Case 

No. 2:24-cv-03298-SCR is reassigned to the undersigned and Magistrate Judge Chi Soo Kim. The 

caption on documents filed in the reassigned case shall be shown as: 2:24-cv-03298-DC-CSK. 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 18, 2024 ___________________________

Dena Coggins

United States District Judge

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