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Nature of Suit Code: 385
Nature of Suit: Property Damage - Product Liability
Cause of Action: 28:1332 Diversity-Petition for Removal

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United States District Court

Northern District of California

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

JOSEPH MICHAEL BALERO, et al.,

Plaintiffs,

v.

LUMBER LIQUIDATORS, INC.,

Defendant.

Case No. 15-cv-01005-JST 

ORDER RELATING CASES

Re: Dkt. No. 35

JAMES SILVERTHORN,

Plaintiff,

v.

LUMBER LIQUIDATORS, INC., et al.,

Defendants.

Case No. 15-cv-01428-YGR 

An administrative motion to consider whether cases should be related has been filed by 

Plaintiff James Silverthorn. ECF No. 35. The time for filing an opposition or statement of 

support has passed. As the judge assigned to the earliest filed case below that bears my initials, I 

find that the more recently filed case that I have initialed below are related to the case assigned to 

me, and such case shall be reassigned to me. Any cases listed below that are not related to the 

case assigned to me are referred to the judge assigned to the next-earliest filed case for a related 

case determination.

3:15-cv-01005-JST Balero, et al, v. Lumber Liquidators, Inc.

15-cv-01428-YGR Silverthorn v. Lumber Liquidators, Inc. et al

I find the above case is related to the case assigned to me: 

The parties are instructed that all future filings in any reassigned case are to bear the initials of the 

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newly assigned judge immediately after the case number. Any case management conference in any 

reassigned case will be rescheduled by the Court. The parties shall adjust the dates for the 

conference, disclosures and report required by Federal Rules of Civil Procedure 16 and 26 

accordingly. Unless otherwise ordered, any dates for hearing noticed motions are vacated and 

must be re-noticed by the moving party before the newly assigned judge; any deadlines set by the 

ADR Local Rules remain in effect; and any deadlines established in a case management order 

continue to govern, except dates for appearance in court, which will be rescheduled by the newly 

assigned judge.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: April 7, 2015. 

______________________________________

JON S. TIGAR

United States District Judge

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