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Nature of Suit Code: 360
Nature of Suit: Other Personal Injury
Cause of Action: 28:1332 Diversity-Personal Injury

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

MATTHEW PETERSON, et al.,

Plaintiffs,

v.

THOMSON INTERNATIONAL, 

INCORPORATED,

Defendant.

Case No. 1:22-cv-00701-DAD-BAK

ORDER REQUIRING PARTIES TO SHOW 

CAUSE IN WRITING WHY CASES SHOULD 

NOT BE RELATED

ORDER CONTINUING SCHEDULING 

CONFERENCE 

DEADLINE: AUGUST 12, 2022

Plaintiffs Matthew Peterson, Sadie Floding, Colin Strub, Brenda Carson, Jody Barry, 

Teischa Benson, Lynnetta Klam, and Lori Davies (collectively, “Plaintiffs”) initiated this civil 

action on June 10, 2022, against Defendant Thomson International, Incorporated (“Defendant”). 

(ECF No. 1.) The matter is currently set for an initial scheduling conference on August 18, 2022. 

(ECF No. 4.) On August 4, 2022, the parties filed a joint scheduling report. (ECF No. 9.) Per 

the scheduling report, the parties indicate this matter is related to nine other cases currently 

pending before the Eastern District of California, in which plaintiffs allege injury arising from 

consumption of onions grown or packed by Thomson. (Id. at 7–8.) 

To date, however, the parties have not filed a notice of related cases, despite the 

requirement to do so pursuant to Local Rule 123(b). E.D. Cal. L.R. 123(b). The Court shall 

therefore require the parties to show cause why this action should not be related to the

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aforementioned cases. Or, in the alternative, the parties may file a notice of related cases, in 

compliance with the Local Rules. Further, the Court shall continue the scheduling conference 

currently set for August 18, 2022. 

Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that:

1. No later than August 12, 2022, the parties shall either: (a) show cause in writing 

why this action should not be related to the cases identified in the parties’ joint 

scheduling report; or (b) file a notice of related cases in compliance with Local 

Rule 123(b); 

2. The scheduling conference set for August 18, 2022, is CONTINUED to 

September 8, 2022, at 9:00 a.m., in Courtroom 9; and 

3. Absent further order of the Court, the parties shall not be required to file a new 

joint scheduling report prior to the conference.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: August 8, 2022 

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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