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Parties Involved:
American Fire & Casualty Company
Plaintiff
Ford Motor Company
Defendant

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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AMERICAN FIRE & CASUALTY 

COMPANY,

Plaintiff, 

v.

FORD MOTOR COMPANY, a Delaware 

Corporation, and DOES 1 through 

25,

Defendants.

NO. 2:20-cv-116 WBS KJN

ORDER RELATING CASES

BYRON PAIZS,

Plaintiff, 

v.

FORD MOTOR COMPANY, a Delaware 

Corporation, and DOES 1 through 

25,

Defendants.

NO. 2:20-cv-325 KJM EFB

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Examination of the above-entitled actions reveals that

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they are related within the meaning of Local Rule 123(a), because 

both involve claims for property damage resulting from the same

motor vehicle fire that occurred on November 13, 2016. 

Accordingly, the assignment of the matters to the same judge is 

likely to effect a substantial saving 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 123 merely has the result that both 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

American Fire & Casualty Co. v. Ford Motor Co., Case No. 2:20-cv116 WBS KJN, and Paizs v. Ford Motor Co., Case No. 2:20-cv-325 

KJM EFB, be, and the same hereby are, deemed related. The case 

denominated Paizs v. Ford Motor Co., Case No. 2:20-cv-325 KJM 

EFB, shall be reassigned to the Honorable WILLIAM B. SHUBB. Any 

dates currently set in the reassigned case only are hereby 

VACATED. Henceforth, the captions on documents filed in the 

reassigned case shall be shown as Paizs v. Ford Motor Co., 20-cv325 WBS KJN.

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the Clerk of the Court make 

an appropriate adjustment in the assignment of cases to 

compensate for this reassignment.

Dated: February 13, 2020

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