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Nature of Suit Code: 290
Nature of Suit: Other Real Property Actions
Cause of Action: 28:1441 Petition for Removal

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United States District Court

Northern District of California

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

ESPERANZA CORRAL, et al.,

Plaintiffs,

v.

SELECT PORTFOLIO SERVICING, INC., 

et al.,

Defendants.

Case No. 14-cv-02251-MEJ 

ORDER RE: REFERRAL FOR 

PURPOSE OF DETERMINING 

WHETHER CASES ARE RELATED

Re: Dkt. No. 36

The above-captioned case was previously settled, and the Court dismissed it with prejudice 

on January 13, 2015. See Dkt. Nos. 34-35. On June 1, 2015, the Honorable Edward M. Chen

referred Corral v. Select Portfolio Servicing, Inc., et al., No. 15-1542-EMC (N.D. Cal. filed Apr. 

3, 2015) to the undersigned for consideration of whether it is related to the above-captioned case. 

Pursuant to Civil Local Rule 3-12, the Court finds that these cases are related. In such 

circumstances, the 15-1542 case would ordinarily be reassigned to the undersigned as the 

presiding judge in the lower-numbered case. However, after Judge Chen’s referral, Defendant 

Select Portfolio Servicing filed a declination to proceed before a magistrate judge in the 15-1542 

case. Thus, the undersigned is without jurisdiction to conduct dispositive proceedings and, if the 

Clerk of Court were to reassign the 15-1542 case, it would be reassigned to a random district court 

judge. Such reassignment is unnecessary as the case is already properly before Judge Chen and 

the 14-2251 case has been dismissed. Accordingly, no reassignment shall occur and the 15-1542 

case shall remain with Judge Chen.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: June 3, 2015

______________________________________

MARIA-ELENA JAMES

United States Magistrate Judge

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