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Nature of Suit Code: 440
Nature of Suit: Other Civil Rights
Cause of Action: 42:1983 Civil Rights Act

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United States District Court 

Northern District of Californi

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

DAVID KHAN, ET AL., 

Plaintiffs, 

v. 

CITY OF PINOLE POLICE DEPARTMENT, ET 

AL., 

Defendants. 

Case No. 19-cv-06316-YGR 

ORDER DENYING MOTION TO RELATE 

CASE 17-CV-5548 FOR SPEEDY PROCESS

Re: Dkt. No. 23 

Before the Court is a motion to relate case 17-cv-5548 for speedy process filed by pro se 

plaintiffs. (Dkt. No. 23.) The Court is guided by the law and the Court’s established rules. First, 

pursuant to Civil Local Rule 3-12(b), a motion to relate must be filed in the lower-case number, 

which here is 17-cv-5548. Thus, the request to relate the case with a lower-case number is 

DENIED as such an order would violate Civil Local Rule 3-12(b). 

Second, the Court previously issued a sua sponte judicial referral to Judge Richard Seeborg 

under Local Rule 3-12(c) to determine whether this case was related to 17-cv-5548. (Dkt. No. 11.) 

Judge Seeborg denied the motion.1 (Dkt. No. 13.) 

Accordingly, as no legal basis exists to grant the motion, the motion is DENIED. 

This Order terminates the motion at Docket Number 23. 

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Dated: December 20, 2019 

 

YVONNE GONZALEZ ROGERS

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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 The Court further notes that under Civil Local Rule 3-12(f) when cases are related, any 

higher number related cases are reassigned to the judge who has the lowest number related case. 

Here, this case is the higher number of the two cases that plaintiffs seek to relate, and so this case 

would have been reassigned to Judge Seeborg had the earlier referral been granted. 

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