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Parties Involved:
Byron Chapman
Plaintiff
City of Lincoln
Defendant

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

BYRON CHAPMAN,

Plaintiff,

v.

CITY OF LINCOLN,

Defendant.

BYRON CHAPMAN,

Plaintiff,

v.

CITY OF LINCOLN,

 Defendant.

No. 2:15-cv-00270-GEB-EFB

RELATED CASE ORDER

No. 2:15-cv-02326-WBS-CKD

Plaintiff filed a “Notice of Related Cases” in which he 

states:

[T]he [above-captioned] matters . . . [both] 

involve claims for violation of Title II of 

the Americans with Disabilities Act (“ADA”), 

42 U.S.C. § 12101, et seq., California Civil 

Code §§ 51, 51.5, and 54, et seq., resulting 

from defendant’s failure to provide proper 

legal access to the Lincoln’s City Counsel’s 

Meeting Venue or provide an “alternative 

site.” Plaintiff BYRON CHAPMAN is the same 

individual in both actions, and the principle 

defendant in the above-entitled action is 

CITY OF LINCOLN.

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Plaintiff BYRON CHAPMAN believes that 

consolidation and assignment of these actions 

to a single Judge would be in the best 

interest of the parties and would promote 

judicial economy.

(Notice of Related Cases, ECF No. 18.)

Examination of the above-captioned cases reveals that 

they are related within the meaning of Local Rule 123. Under the 

regular practice of this Court, related cases are generally 

assigned to the judge and magistrate judge to whom the first 

filed case was assigned. Therefore, case no. 2:15-cv-02326-WBSCKD is reassigned to Judge Garland E. Burrell, Jr., and 

Magistrate Judge Edmund F. Brennan for all further proceedings, 

and any date currently set in the reassigned case is VACATED. 

Henceforth the caption on documents filed in the reassigned case 

shall show the initials “GEB-EFB.” 

Further, a Status Conference is scheduled in case no. 

2:15-cv-02326 before the undersigned judge on February 29, 2016,

at 9:00 a.m. A joint status report shall be filed no later than 

fourteen (14) days prior.1

The Clerk of the Court shall make appropriate 

adjustment in the assignment of civil cases to compensate for 

this reassignment.

Dated: December 18, 2015

 

1 The failure of one or more of the parties to participate in the 

preparation of the Joint Status Report does not excuse the other parties from 

their obligation to timely file a status report in accordance with this Order. 

In the event a party fails to participate as ordered, the party timely 

submitting the status report shall include a declaration explaining why it was 

unable to obtain the cooperation of the other party or parties.

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