Saffold v. Hill

Full title: TONY EUGENE SAFFOLD, Petitioner, v. RICK HILL, Respondent.

Court: United States District Court, Ninth Circuit, California, E.D. California

Date published: Jun 11, 2013

2:13-cv-0833 KJM KJN P (E.D. Cal. Jun. 11, 2013)

Opinion

TONY EUGENE SAFFOLD, Petitioner, v. RICK HILL, Respondent. No. 2:13-cv-0833 KJM KJN P United States District Court, E.D. California. June 11, 2013

          ORDER

          KENDALL J. NEWMAN, Magistrate Judge.

         Examination of this action and the court's records reveals that the petitioner has previously filed a petition for relief in the same matter.¹ (No. 2:12-cv-3064 JAM DAD P.) Pursuant to Local Rule 190(d), the above-captioned action will be reassigned to the Judge and Magistrate Judge who considered the prior petition.

1 A court may take judicial notice of court records. See MGIC Indem. Co. v. Weisman, 803 F.2d 500, 505 (9th Cir. 1986); United States v. Wilson, 631 F.2d 118, 119 (9th Cir. 1980).

         The parties should be aware that reassigning this action under Local Rule 190(d) merely has the result that the action is assigned to the Judge and Magistrate Judge who considered the prior petition; no consolidation of the actions is effected.

         Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that:

         1. This action is reassigned to Judge John A. Mendez, Jr., and Magistrate Judge Dale A. Drozd for all further proceedings; henceforth, the caption on documents filed in this action shall be shown as Case No. 2:13-cv-0833 JAM DAD P; and

         2. The Clerk of the Court shall make appropriate adjustment in the assignment of civil cases to compensate for this reassignment.