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Parties Involved:
City and County of San Francisco
Defendant
Contest Promotions, LLC
Plaintiff

Document Text:

United States District Court

For the Northern District of California

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

CONTEST PROMOTIONS, LLC,

Plaintiff,

 v.

 CITY AND COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO,

Defendant. /

No. C15-00093 CRB

ORDER OF SUA SPONTE 

REFERRAL AS TO WHETHER

CASES ARE RELATED

Northern District of California Civil Local Rule 3-12(c) provides: “Whenever a Judge

believes that a case pending before that Judge is related to another case, the Judge may refer

the case to the Judge assigned to the earliest-filed case with a request that the Judge assigned

to the earliest-filed case consider whether the cases are related.” 

In reviewing the Complaint in this case (dkt. 1), it has come to the Court’s attention

that this action might be related to the earlier-filed case, Contest Promotions LLC v. City &

County of San Francisco, No. CV 09-4434 SI (N.D. Cal.). Plaintiff Contest Promotions

describes the earlier case at length in its Complaint, and argues that the actions complained

of undermine the settlement in that case. See Compl. ¶¶ 16-33 (“the entire settlement was a

fraud from the beginning and designed from inception to put Contest Promotions out of

business in the City of San Francisco.”).

Accordingly, pursuant to Rule 3-12(c), this action is REFERRED to the Honorable 

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United States District Court

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Judge Susan Illston for a determination of whether this action is related to Contest

Promotions LLC v. City & County of San Francisco, No. CV 09-4434 SI (N.D. Cal.).

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: January 14, 2015 

CHARLES R. BREYER

UNITED STATES DISTRICT

JUDGE

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