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Parties Involved:
Country Market
Defendant
Philip Morris USA Inc.
Plaintiff
Mohammed Nagi Saad
Defendant

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 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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PHILIP MORRIS USA INC.,

CIV. NO. 1:06-CV-1173 OWW SMS

Plaintiff,

v.

MOHAMMED NAGI SAAD, individually

and doing business as COUNTRY 

MARKET, et al.,

Defendants.

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PHILIP MORRIS USA INC.,

Plaintiff,

 v.

Related Cases Nos.

MUNIR YASIN, et al., CIV. NO. S-02-2315 WBS DAD

DENNIS ROGERS, et al., S-02-2619 WBS DAD

RALPH G. GREER, JR., et al., S-03-0409 WBS DAD

DUC C. DUONG, et al., S-03-0825 WBS DAD

HAN TRAN, et al., S-03-1504 WBS DAD

CHEAP CIGARETTES, et al., S-03-2203 WBS DAD

HARMANDAR GILL, et al., S-04-0323 WBS DAD

SAAD SOUS, et al., S-04-0524 WBS DAD

ELOISE S. ESCANDON, et al., S-05-1337 WBS DAD

M&S MARKET, et al., S-06-0133 WBS DAD

Defendant.

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 RELATED CASE ORDER

 Examination of the above-entitled actions reveals that

these actions are related within the meaning of Local Rule 83-

123, E.D. Cal. (1997). The cases all have the same plaintiff and

have similar issues of law. Accordingly, the assignment of the

matters to the same judge is likely to effect a substantial

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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 83-123 merely has the result that these actions

are assigned to the same judge and the same magistrate judge; no

consolidation of the actions is effected. 

IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED that the action denominated

1:06-CV-1173 OWW SMS should be, and the same hereby is,

reassigned to the Honorable WILLIAM B. SHUBB and Magistrate Judge

Dale A. Drozd for all further proceedings. Any dates currently

set in the reassigned case only are hereby VACATED.

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the action be transferred to

the Sacramento Division of the U.S. District Court. Henceforth,

the caption on documents filed in the reassigned case shall be

shown as Case No. Civ. S-06-1989 WBS DAD. 

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the Clerk of the Court make

appropriate adjustments in the assignment of civil cases to

compensate for this reassignment.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

DATED: September 6, 2006

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