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Nature of Suit Code: 442
Nature of Suit: Civil Rights Employment
Cause of Action: 28:1442 Petition for Removal

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United States District Court 

Northern District of Californi

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

MATTHEW JOHNSON, 

Plaintiff, 

v. 

COMCAST OF 

CALIFORNIA/COLORADO/ 

WASHINGTON I, INC, 

Defendant. 

Case No. 10-cv-04147-JSW 

DUSTIN POOLE, 

Plaintiff, 

v. 

COMCAST CORPORATION, et al., 

Defendants. 

Case No. 13-cv-03772-JSW 

DANIEL CANADAY, et al., 

Plaintiffs, 

v. 

COMCAST CORPORATION, et al., 

Defendants. 

EDMUNDO ORTEGA, JR., et al., 

Plaintiffs, 

v. 

COMCAST CORPORATION, et al., 

Defendants. 

Case No. 15-cv-04648-JSW 

Case No. 15-cv-04676-JSW 

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JASON WILLIAMS, et al., 

Plaintiffs, 

v. 

COMCAST CORPORATION, et al., 

Defendants. 

LAMBERTO VALENCIA, et al., 

Plaintiffs, 

v. 

COMCAST CORPORATION, et al., 

Defendants. 

JEFFREY COLEMAN, et al., 

Plaintiffs, 

v. 

COMCAST CORPORATION, et al., 

Defendants. 

RICHARD NELSON, et al., 

Plaintiffs, 

v. 

COMCAST CORPORATION, et al., 

Defendants. 

CALEB DUBOIS, et al., 

Plaintiffs, 

v. 

COMCAST CORPORATION, et al., 

Defendants. 

Case No. 15-cv-04732-JSW 

Case No. 15-cv-04771-JSW 

Case No. 15-cv-04782-JSW 

Case No. 15-cv-04793-JSW 

Case No. 15-cv-04809-JSW 

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GREGORY PETERS, et al., 

Plaintiffs, 

v. 

COMCAST CORPORATION, et al., 

Defendants. 

Case No. 15-cv-04869-JSW 

LUPE LANDIN, JR., et al., 

Plaintiffs, 

v. 

COMCAST CORPORATION, et al., 

Defendants. 

Case No. 16-cv-04174-JSW 

CORY BARRETT HALL, 

Plaintiff, 

v. 

COMCAST OF CONTRA COSTA, INC., et 

al., 

Defendants. 

Case No. 16-cv-04175-JSW 

FRANCISCO FLORES, et al., 

Plaintiffs, 

v. 

COMCAST CORPORATION, et al., 

Defendants. 

Case No. 16-cv-04176-JSW 

JOSEPH JOSHUA DAVIS, et al., 

Plaintiffs, 

v. 

COMCAST CORPORATION, et al., 

Defendants. 

Case No. 16-cv-04177-JSW 

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JAMES K. GRIMES, et al., 

Plaintiffs, 

v. 

COMCAST CORPORATION, et al., 

Defendants. 

Case No. 16-cv-04178-JSW 

STEPHEN MCBRIDE, et al., 

Plaintiffs, 

v. 

COMCAST CORPORATION, et al., 

Defendants. 

Case No. 16-cv-04179-JSW 

LAWRENCE ELKINS, et al., 

Plaintiffs, 

v. 

COMCAST CORPORATION, et al., 

Defendants. 

Case No. 16-cv-04180-JSW 

HERNAN PAEZ, et al., 

Plaintiffs, 

v. 

COMCAST CORPORATION, et al., 

Defendants. 

Case No. 16-cv-04181-JSW 

KRIS COOK, et al., 

Plaintiffs, 

v. 

COMCAST CORPORATION, et al., 

Defendants. 

Case No. 16-cv-04182-JSW 

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KEVIN HUFFMAN, et al., 

Plaintiffs, 

v. 

COMCAST CORPORATION, et al., 

Defendants. 

Case No. 16-cv-04183-JSW 

ORDER RELATING 

TRANSFERREDCASES;CONTINUING 

CASE MANAGEMENT 

CONFERENCES IN RELATED CASES; 

DEFERRING RULING ON WHETHER 

STAYED CASES ARE RELATED; AND 

REQUIRING STATUS REPORT RE 

STAYED CASES 

1. The Transferred Cases Are Related. 

On July 21, 2016, the Eastern District of California transferred ten cases to this Court. See 

Landin v. Comcast Corp., 16-cv-04174-JSW; Hall v. Comcast Corp., 16-cv-04175-JSW; Flores v. 

Comcast Corp., 16-cv-04176-JSW; Davis v. Comcast Corp., 16-cv-04177-JSW; Grimes v. 

Comcast Corp., 16-cv-04178-JSW; McBride v. Comcast Corp., 16-cv-04179-JSW; Elkins v. 

Comcast Corp., 16-cv-04180-JSW; Paez v. Comcast Corp., 16-cv-04181-JSW; Cook v. Comcast 

Corp., 16-cv-04182-JSW; Huffman v. Comcast Corp., 16-cv-04183-JSW (collectively, the 

“transferred cases”). By order of the Executive Committee of this Court, all ten cases were 

assigned to the undersigned. 

On January 15, 2016, the Eastern District of California had ordered that these ten 

transferred cases were related to each other within the meaning of Eastern District of California 

Local Rule 123(a). Following transfer of the ten cases to this Court, Plaintiffs filed a motion to 

relate the ten cases to eight related cases already pending before the undersigned: Canaday v. 

Comcast Corp., 15-cv-04648-JSW; Ortega v. Comcast Corp., 15-cv-04676-JSW; Williams v. 

Comcast Corp., 15-cv-04732-JSW; Valencia v. Comcast Corp., 15-cv-04771-JSW; Coleman v. 

Comcast Corp., 15-cv-04782-JSW; Nelson v. Comcast Corp., 15-cv-04793-JSW; DuBois v. 

Comcast Corp., 15-cv-04809-JSW; and Peters v. Comcast Corp., 15-cv-04869-JSW. Defendants 

responded that they do not believe that the cases meet the definition set forth in Civil Local Rule 

3-12(a), but that they have no objection to coordination of the cases for purposes of discovery or 

deciding common legal issues. 

Upon review of the record, the Court finds that each of the ten transferred cases IS 

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RELATED to Canaday v. Comcast Corp., 15-cv-04648-JSW, and all other cases related to 

Canaday, as defined by Civil Local Rule 3-12. Accordingly, the Court GRANTS the motion to 

relate the cases. Because the cases are already assigned to the undersigned, further reassignment 

is not necessary. 

2. The Court Continues the Case Management Conferences in the Related Cases. 

Case management conferences in all eighteen related cases are currently scheduled for 

September 9, 2016, at 11:00 a.m. On August 1 and 2, 2016, the parties filed a stipulation and 

proposed order in the ten transferred cases only, requesting that the case management conferences 

in the ten transferred cases be moved to September 23, 2016 at 11:00 a.m. The Court GRANTS 

this request. The initial case management conferences in the following cases are HEREBY 

RESCHEDULED to September 23, 2016 at 11:00 a.m.: Landin v. Comcast Corp., 16-cv-04174-

JSW; Hall v. Comcast Corp., 16-cv-04175-JSW; Flores v. Comcast Corp., 16-cv-04176-JSW; 

Davis v. Comcast Corp., 16-cv-04177-JSW; Grimes v. Comcast Corp., 16-cv-04178-JSW; 

McBride v. Comcast Corp., 16-cv-04179-JSW; Elkins v. Comcast Corp., 16-cv-04180-JSW; Paez 

v. Comcast Corp., 16-cv-04181-JSW; Cook v. Comcast Corp., 16-cv-04182-JSW; Huffman v. 

Comcast Corp., 16-cv-04183-JSW. 

Additionally, the Court sua sponte RESCHEDULES the further case management 

conferences in the other eight related cases to September 23, 2016 at 11:00 a.m. See Canaday v. 

Comcast Corp., 15-cv-04648-JSW; Ortega v. Comcast Corp., 15-cv-04676-JSW; Williams v. 

Comcast Corp., 15-cv-04732-JSW; Valencia v. Comcast Corp., 15-cv-04771-JSW; Coleman v. 

Comcast Corp., 15-cv-04782-JSW; Nelson v. Comcast Corp., 15-cv-04793-JSW; DuBois v. 

Comcast Corp., 15-cv-04809-JSW; and Peters v. Comcast Corp., 15-cv-04869-JSW. 

The joint case management statement in each of the related cases is due September 16, 

2016. The parties are encouraged to file a single joint case management statement in all of the 

related cases, which may have separate subsections for case-specific topics. The parties may also 

file case-specific joint statements as necessary. If the parties file the same case management 

statement in multiple cases, the parties should file only a single chambers copy, not a duplicate 

chambers copy for each case. 

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