Source: s3://data.kl3m.ai/documents/govinfo/USCOURTS/USCOURTS-cand-3_16-cv-02018/USCOURTS-cand-3_16-cv-02018-1/pdf.json

Nature of Suit Code: 470
Nature of Suit: Civil (Rico)
Cause of Action: 18:1962 Racketeering (RICO) Act

---

ORDER (Nos. 16-cv-02018-LB and 16-cv-02278-LB)

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

United States District Court

Northern District of California

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

San Francisco Division

CHARLES KINNEY,

Plaintiff,

v.

TYSON TAKEUCHI, et al.,

Defendants.

Case No. 16-cv-02018-LB 

ORDER REGARDING RELATED 

CASES

Re: ECF No. 23

CHARLES KINNEY,

Plaintiff,

v.

JUDGE PHILLIP GUTIERREZ, et al.,

Defendants.

Case No. 16-cv-02278-LB 

ORDER REGARDING RELATED 

CASES

Mr. Kinney objects to the court’s prior order relating case number 16-cv-02018-LB to cases 

that the court previously decided. (See ECF No. 20.) The court deemed this case related to case 

number 16-cv-01260-LB, and it also is related to case number 14-cv-02187-LB. The court 

transferred both cases to the Central District of California. Mr. Kinney points out that there is an 

earlier-numbered case: case number 13-cv-01396-MMC. That case primarily involved Mr. 

Kinney’s efforts to enjoin the State Bar from conducting proceedings against him. By contrast, his 

latest lawsuits focus on state-court lawsuits he lost. Considering the local rules, and how recently 

Case 3:16-cv-02018-LB Document 28 Filed 08/04/16 Page 1 of 2
ORDER (Nos. 16-cv-02018-LB and 16-cv-02278-LB) 2

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

United States District Court

Northern District of California

the undersigned addressed similar issues, the court does not reconsider its related case order. The 

court appreciates Mr. Kinney’s point but the interests of judicial economy that underlie the 

related-case rule militate in favor of the court’s decision. The same analysis applies to the court’s 

order relating case number 16-cv-02778-HSG. 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: August 4, 2016

______________________________________

LAUREL BEELER

United States Magistrate Judge

Case 3:16-cv-02018-LB Document 28 Filed 08/04/16 Page 2 of 2