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Nature of Suit Code: 190
Nature of Suit: Other Contract Actions
Cause of Action: 28:1332 Diversity-Other Contract

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United States District Court

For the Northern District of California

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

GUY TODD WILLIAMS,

Plaintiff,

v.

SUGAR HILL MUSIC PUBLISHING,

Defendants.

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No. C 05-3155 JL

REFERRAL

Plaintiffs in this case seek to enforce the terms of a settlement in a previous case, C00-2249 CRB, Williams, et al. v. Smith, et al. The earlier-filed case was dismissed by the

district court (Hon. Charles R. Breyer) after the parties settled. Defendants in this case

filed a motion to dismiss Plaintiffs’ complaint for lack of jurisdiction. Defendants contend

that this Court lacks jurisdiction over the enforcement action for a number of reasons, one

of them being that the court in the earlier-filed case in its dismissal order did not retain

jurisdiction to enforce the settlement.

Whenever a Judge believes that a case pending before him or her is related to

another case, the Judge may refer the case to the Judge assigned to the earliest-filed case

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United States District Court

For the Northern District of California

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with a request that he or she consider whether the cases are related. The referring Judge

shall file and send a copy of the referral to all parties in all affected cases. The parties must

file any response in opposition to or support of relating the cases pursuant to Civil L.R. 3-

12(d). 

Accordingly, this Court hereby refers this case to Judge Breyer for the purpose of

determining the relationship between this case and the earlier-filed case.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

DATED: January 17, 2006 

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 James Larson

 Chief United States Magistrate Judge

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