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Nature of Suit Code: 362
Nature of Suit: Medical Malpractice
Cause of Action: 28:1441 Petition for Removal- Medical Malpractice

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

LAURA KAVALAUSKAS, as Executor 

and Trustee of the Lewis W. Muir 

Revocable Trust; LAURA 

KAVALAUSKAS; LOREN D. MUIR; 

HALLIE CORDES; and LEWIS B. 

MUIR, as Successor-in-Interest of 

Decedent LEWIS W. MUIR, 

Plaintiffs, 

v. 

U.C. DAVIS MEDICAL CENTER; 

ELIZABETH DAVID, M.D.; PAUL 

PERRY, M.D.; MEGAN DALY, M.D., 

Defendants. 

No. 2:14-cv-02716 MCE-CKD 

RELATED CASE ORDER 

LAURA KAVALAUSKAS, as Executor 

and Trustee of the Lewis W. Muir 

Revocable Trust; LAURA 

KAVALAUSKAS; LOREN D. MUIR; 

HALLIE CORDES; and LEWIS B. 

MUIR, as Successor-in-Interest of 

Decedent LEWIS W. MUIR, 

Plaintiffs, 

v. 

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, 

Defendant. 

No. 2:15-cv-01655 MCE-DAD 

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The Court has received the Notice of Related Case filed on October 16, 2015. 

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. 

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 Dale A. Drozd to Magistrate Judge 

Carolyn K. Delaney for all further proceedings. 

IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED that the action denominated No. 2:15-cv-01655 

MCE-DAD, Laura Kavalauskas, et al. vs. United States is reassigned from Magistrate 

Judge Drozd to Magistrate Judge Carolyn Delaney. Henceforth, the caption on 

documents filed in the reassigned case shall be shown as No. 2:15-cv-001655-MCECKD. 

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Dated: November 10, 2015 

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