Opinion
CV 9-03174 MMC CR 11-0195 CRB
10-24-2011
United States v. One Dell Computer (Serial No. 6VHBGD1) and Visual Depictions on the Hard Drive United States v. Growney
RELATED CASE ORDER
A Joint Notice of Related Case and Administrative Motion to Consider Whether Cases Should Be Related has been filed stating that the following cases are related within the meaning of Crim. L.R. 8-1(b):
ORDER
The time for filing a statement to support or oppose the Notice has passed. On the basis of the material submitted to the Court, as the Judge assigned to the earliest filed case, I find that the cases:
[ ] ARE NOT RELATED as defined by Crim. L.R. 8-1(b).
[ X ] ARE RELATED as defined by Crim. L.R. 8-1(b). I find, however, that reassignment to me of the action(s) currently assigned to another judge is not warranted.
[ ] ARE RELATED as defined by Crim. L.R. 8-1(b). Pursuant to Crim. L.R. 8-1(e), the Clerk of Court is ordered to reassign the later-filed action to the undersigned. Counsel are instructed that all future filings are to bear the initials MMC immediately after the case number. All matters presently scheduled for hearing in the reassigned case(s) before a district court judge are vacated and must be renoticed for hearing before the undersigned.
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UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE