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Nature of Suit Code: 840
Nature of Suit: Trademark
Cause of Action: 28:1338 Trademark Infringement

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

KENNETH CURTZWILER, et al.,

Plaintiffs,

v.

CLARK VANDEVENTER, et al.,

Defendants.

No. 2:16-cv-00315 MCE-AC

RELATED CASE ORDER

CLARK VANDEVENTER, et al.,

Plaintiffs,

v.

KENNETH CURTZWILER, et al.,

Defendants.

No. 2:16-cv-00382 MCE-KJN

The Court has received the Notice of Related Case filed on February 22, 2016.

Examination of the above-entitled civil actions reveals that these actions are 

related within the meaning of Local Rule 123(a) (E.D. Cal. 1997). The actions involve 

many of the same defendants and are based on the same or similar claims, the same 

property transaction or event, similar questions of fact and the same questions of law, 

and would therefore entail a substantial duplication of labor if heard by different judges. 

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Accordingly, the assignment of the matters to the same judge is likely to effect a 

substantial savings of judicial effort and is also likely to be convenient for the parties. 

The parties should be aware that relating the cases under Local Rule 123 merely 

has the result that both actions are assigned to the same judge; no consolidation of the 

action is effected. Under the regular practice of this court, related cases are generally 

assigned to the district judge and magistrate judge to whom the first filed action was 

assigned. 

Because the cases are already assigned to the same district judge, this Order is 

issued to reassign the case from Magistrate Judge Kendall J. Newman to Magistrate 

Judge Allison Claire for all further proceedings. 

IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED that the action denominated No. 2:16-cv-00382

MCE-KJN, Clark Vandeventer, et al. vs. Kenny Curtzwiler, et al. is reassigned from 

Magistrate Judge Newman to Magistrate Judge Allison Claire. Henceforth, the caption 

on documents filed in the reassigned case shall be shown as No. 2:16-cv-00382-MCEAC.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: March 15, 2016

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