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Parties Involved:
Greyhound Lines, Inc
Cross Defendant
Kenneth Allen Leak
Plaintiff
Tu Phuoc Nguyen
Cross Claimant

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

BETHENE VALLES, 

 Plaintiff, 

v. 

TU PHUOC NGUYEN, et al., 

 Defendants. 

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No. 2:07-cv-02354-LKK-KJM 

RELATED CASE ORDER

MARIA SOTO, ET AL., 

 Plaintiffs, 

 v. 

GREYHOUND LINES, INC., et al., 

 Defendants. 

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

DUNBAR AITKENS, 

 Plaintiff, 

 v. 

GREYHOUND LINES, INC., et al., 

 Defendants. 

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

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JANICE KUESTER, et al., 

 Plaintiffs, 

 v. 

GREYHOUND LINES, INC., et al., 

 Defendants. 

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

YVONNE A. LA CLAIRE, 

 Plaintiff, 

 v. 

GREYHOUND LINES, INC., et al., 

 Defendants. 

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

OLGA MEADOR HERRERA, et al., 

 Plaintiffs, 

 v. 

GREYHOUND LINES, INC., et al., 

 Defendants. 

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No. 2:07-cv-01229-MCE-DAD 

SADIA PUDO AWOK, et al. 

 Plaintiffs, 

 v. 

GREYHOUND LINES, INC., et al., 

 Defendants. 

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

SHERMAN KINARD, et al., 

 Plaintiffs, 

 v. 

GREYHOUND LINES, INC., et al., 

 Defendants. 

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No. 2:07-cv-01255-MCE-DAD 

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KENNETH ALLEN LEAK, 

 Plaintiff, 

 v. 

GREYHOUND LINES, INC., et al., 

 Defendants. 

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No. 2:07-cv-01943-MCE-DAD 

FLORENCE MANEZ TEAGUE, 

 Plaintiff, 

 v. 

TU PHUOC NGUYEN, et al., 

 Defendants. 

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No. 2:07-cv-01630-MCE-DAD 

LARRY D. MARTIN, JR., 

 Plaintiff, 

 v. 

GREYHOUND LINES, INC., et al., 

 Defendants. 

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No. 2:07-cv-01934-MCE-DAD 

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. 

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The parties should be aware that relating the cases under 

Local Rule 83-123 merely has the result that these action are 

assigned to the same judge; no consolidation of the actions are 

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. 

IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED that the action denominated 2:07-cv02354-LKK-KJM, Bethene Valles v. Tu Phuoc Nguyen, et al., is 

reassigned to Judge Morrison C. England, Jr. and Magistrate Judge 

Dale A. Drozd for all further proceedings, and any dates currently 

set in this reassigned case only is hereby VACATED. The parties 

are referred to the attached Order Requiring Joint Status Report. 

Henceforth, the caption on documents filed in the reassigned case 

shall be shown as 2:07-cv-02354-MCE-DAD. 

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the Clerk of the Court make 

appropriate adjustment in the assignment of civil cases to 

compensate for this reassignment. 

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

DATED: February 15, 2008

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MORRISON C. ENGLAND, JR 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE 

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