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Nature of Suit Code: 350
Nature of Suit: Motor Vehicle Personal Injury
Cause of Action: 28:1331 Fed. Question: Personal Injury

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

MARIA SOTO, ET AL.,

Plaintiffs,

v.

GREYHOUND LINES, INC., ET

AL.,

Defendants.

___________________________/

DUNBAR AITKENS,

Plaintiff,

v.

GREYHOUND LINES, INC., ET

AL.,

Defendants.

___________________________/

JANICE KUESTER, ET AL. ,

Plaintiffs,

v.

GREYHOUND LINES, INC., ET

AL.,

Defendants.

___________________________/

No. 2:06-cv-01612-MCE-JFM

RELATED CASE ORDER

No. 2:06-cv-02077-MCE-DAD 

No. 2:07-cv-00398-MCE-DAD

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YVONNE A. LA CLAIRE, 

Plaintiff, 

v.

GREYHOUND LINES, INC., 

ET AL., 

Defendants. 

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SADIA PUDO AWOK, ET AL., 

Plaintiff, 

v. 

GREYHOUND LINES, INC., 

ET AL.,

Defendants. 

___________________________/

No. 2:07-cv-00989-MCE-DAD

No. 2:07-cv-01231-MCE-JFM

Examination of the above-entitled civil actions reveals that 

these actions are related within the meaning of Local Rule 83-

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 83-123 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. 

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IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED that the actions denominated 

No. 2:06-cv-01612-MCE-JFM, Maria Soto, et al. v. Greyhound Lines,

Inc., et al., and No. 2:07-cv-01231-MCE-JFM, Sadia Pudo Awok, et

al. v. Greyhound Lines, Inc., et al. are reassigned to Judge

Morrison C. England, Jr. and Judge Dale A. Drozd for all further

proceedings, and any dates currently set in these reassigned

cases only are hereby VACATED. The parties are referred to the

attached Order Requiring Joint Status Report. Henceforth, the

caption on documents filed in the reassigned cases shall be shown

as, 2:06-cv-01612-MCE-DAD and No. 2:07-cv-01231-MCE-DAD. 

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the Clerk of the Court make

appropriate adjustment in the assignment of civil cases to

compensate for these reassignments. 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: July 10, 2007

_____________________________

MORRISON C. ENGLAND, JR.

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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