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Nature of Suit Code: 442
Nature of Suit: Civil Rights Employment
Cause of Action: 29:623 Job Discrimination (Age)

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United States District Court

Northern District of California

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

WILLIAM J. WHITSITT,

Plaintiff,

v.

WEST VALLEY STAFFING GROUP, et 

al.,

Defendants.

Case No. 16-cv-00797-MMC 

RELATED CASE ORDER

A Sua Sponte Judicial Referral for Purpose of Determining Relationship of Cases 

has been filed, requesting the undersigned determine whether the following cases are 

related within the meaning of Civil L.R. 3-12(a):

C 16-0797 MMC William J. Whitsitt v. West Valley Staffing Group, et al.

C 16-7234 JSC William J. Whitsitt v. West Valley Staffing Group, et al.

The time for filing a statement to support or oppose the Referral has passed. On 

the basis of the material submitted to the Court, as the Judge assigned to the earliest 

filed case, I find that the cases:

[ ] ARE NOT RELATED as defined by Civil L.R. 3-12(a).

[ X ] ARE RELATED as defined by Civil L.R. 3-12(a). Pursuant to Civil L.R. 

3-12(f)(3), the Clerk of Court is ordered to reassign the later-filed action to the 

undersigned. The parties are instructed that all future filings in the later-filed action are to 

bear the initials MMC immediately after the case number. All matters presently 

scheduled for hearing in the reassigned case are vacated and must be renoticed for 

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hearing before the undersigned.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: January 18, 2017

MAXINE M. CHESNEY

United States District Judge

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