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Nature of Suit Code: 350
Nature of Suit: Motor Vehicle Personal Injury
Cause of Action: 28:1346 Tort Claim

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United States District Court

For the Northern District of California

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

CURTIS LYNN STEELE,

Plaintiff,

v.

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

Defendant.

NO. C05-2511 TEH 

ORDER RELATING AND

CONSOLIDATING CASES

B.I.S.,

Plaintiff,

v.

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

Defendant.

NO. C05-4305 JSW

JOHN DEMARTINI, as Guardian Ad

Litem for B.I.S., R.A.D., and C.M.S.,

Plaintiffs,

v.

LAKE COUNTY TRIBAL HEALTH

CONSORTIUM, et al.,

Defendants.

NO. C05-4399 WHA

The Court is in receipt of sua sponte judicial referrals to consider whether the above

three cases are related and the stipulation of the parties in all three cases to relate, reassign,

and consolidate the cases. After carefully reviewing the complaints in each case, as well as

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the parties’ stipulation, the Court finds good cause to relate all three cases under Civil Local

Rule 3-12. The Court also finds good cause to grant the parties’ stipulation to consolidate

these actions. Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the above three cases are

related, and that Case Nos. C05-4305 JSW and C05-4399 WHA should be reassigned to this

Court. 

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that these three cases shall be consolidated for all

purposes, including trial, without prejudice to any party’s filing a motion to bifurcate. All

parties should be aware that trial has already been scheduled to begin in Case No. C05-2511

on Tuesday, March 27, 2007. Counsel shall access the docket in Case No. C05-2511 to

retrieve copies of this Court’s standing orders and order for pretrial preparation. Counsel in

all cases shall also register to receive notice of filings in Case No. C05-2511, as that case

shall be designated the lead case. In addition, counsel are instructed that all future filings in

the reassigned cases are to bear the initials “TEH” immediately after the case number.

A case management conference for all three cases shall be held on Monday,

February 6, 2006, at 1:30 PM. The parties shall file a joint case management conference

statement on or before January 30, 2006.

Counsel in the two reassigned cases shall meet and confer regarding initial

disclosures, early settlement, ADR process selection, and discovery plan on or before

January 16, 2006. Counsel shall also file by January 16, 2006, a joint ADR certification

with stipulation to ADR process or notice of need for ADR phone conference. Counsel shall

complete initial disclosures or state objections in the Rule 26(f) report and file and serve their

Rule 26(f) reports on or before January 30, 2006. The currently pending motion in Case

No. C05-4305 must be re-noticed by the moving party for hearing in this Court.

Finally, the Court reminds counsel in all three cases of their obligation to protect

personal privacy under Civil Local Rule 3-17. In particular, Civil Local Rule 3-17(a)(2)

provides that “[i]f the involvement of a minor child must be mentioned in a pleading or other

paper filed in the public file, only the initials of that child should be used.” Counsel and the

parties are solely responsible for redacting the personal identifiers listed in Civil Local Rule

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3-17(a), and “[t]he Clerk will not review each pleading or other paper for compliance with

this rule.” Civ. L.R.3-17(e).

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: 11/15/05 

THELTON E. HENDERSON, JUDGE

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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