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Parties Involved:
Champion Shipping AS
Defendant
Champion Tankers AS
Defendant
Masao Kinjo
Plaintiff
Yoji Mori
Plaintiff

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

MASAO KINJO and YOJI MORI,

Plaintiffs,

No. CIV.S-09-3603 FCD DAD

 v.

CHAMPION SHIPPING AS and RELATED CASE ORDER

CHAMPION TANKERS AS,

Defendants.

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THOMAS COOK, et. al.,

Plaintiffs, No. CIV.S-09-3605 JAM KJN

 v.

CHAMPION SHIPPING AS and

CHAMPION TANKERS AS,

Defendants.

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Examination of the above-entitled actions reveals that they are related within the meaning

of Local Rule 123(a) (E.D. Cal. 1997). The actions involve the same parties, 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.

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The parties should be aware that relating the cases under Local Rule 123 merely has the

result that these actions are assigned to the same judge; no consolidation of the actions is

effected. Under the regular practice of this court, related cases are generally assigned to the

judge and magistrate judge to whom the first filed action was assigned.

IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED that the actions denominated, CIV. S-09-3605 JAM

KJN is reassigned to District Judge Frank C. Damrell, Jr., and Magistrate Judge Dale A. Drozd

for all further proceedings, and any dates currently set in this reassigned case only are hereby

VACATED. Henceforth, the caption on documents filed in the reassigned case shall be shown

as: CIV. S-09-3605 FCD DAD.

IT IS FURTHER ORDER that the Clerk of Court issue an Order Requiring a Joint Status

Report for the undersigned.

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the Clerk of Court make appropriate adjustment in the

assignment of civil cases to compensate for this reassignment.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

DATED: April 15, 2010

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