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Parties Involved:
Hat World, Inc.
Plaintiff
Kevin Kelly
Defendant
Lids Team Sports
Plaintiff

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

HAT WORLD, INC., d/b/a

LIDS TEAM SPORTS,

NO. CIV. S-12-01591 LKK/EFB

Plaintiff,

v.

KEVIN KELLY,

Defendant.

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HAT WORLD, INC., d/b/a

LIDS TEAM SPORTS,

NO. CIV. S-12-02921 GEB/DAD

Plaintiff,

v.

GREGG PISTOCHINI and RELATED CASE ORDER

EASTBAY, INC.,

Defendants.

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Examination of the two above-entitled actions reveals that

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

involve some of the same parties, are based on similar claims, and

involve similar questions of fact and some of the same questions of

law. Accordingly, the assignment of the matters to the same judge

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and magistrate 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 the two actions are

assigned to the same judge and magistrate 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, pursuant to Local Rule 123(c),

the action denominated 2:12-CV-02921-GEB-DAD is hereby REASSIGNED

to Judge Lawrence K. Karlton 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 2:12-CV02921-LKK-EFB.

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: January 2, 2013.

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