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Parties Involved:
Nicholas Hart
Plaintiff
Kenneth Hockett
Defendant
Darlene Hutchins
Defendant
Brian Machado
Defendant
Benjamin C. Oyarzo
Plaintiff
Toney Powers
Defendant
Tuolumne Fire District
Defendant
Tuolumne Fire Protection District
Defendant
Joseph Turner
Defendant

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

BENJAMIN C. OYARZO,

Plaintiff,

No. CIV. S-11-0754 FCD EFB

 v.

TUOLUMNE FIRE DISTRICT, aka RELATED CASE ORDER

TUOLUMNE FIRE PROTECTION 

DISTRICT, JOSEPH TURNER, 

DARLENE HUTCHINS, KENNETH 

HOCKETT, and BRIAN MACHADO, 

Defendants.

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NICHOLAS HART, 

Plaintiff,

No. CIV. S-11-0812 MCE GGH

 v.

TUOLUMNE FIRE DISTRICT, aka

TUOLUMNE FIRE PROTECTION 

DISTRICT, JOSEPH TURNER, 

TONEY POWERS, KENNETH 

HOCKETT, and BRIAN MACHADO,

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 

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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.

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 action denominated CIV. S-11-0812 MCE GGH 

is reassigned to District Judge Frank C. Damrell, Jr., and Magistrate Judge Edmund F. Brennan

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-11-0812 FCD EFB.

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

Report for the undersigned.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

DATED: March 28, 2011

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