Opinion
No. CIV S-09-2445 KJM-EFB No. CIV S-11-0346 MCE-JFM No. CIV S-12-1489 JAM-DAD
07-06-2012
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff, v. SIERRA PACIFIC INDUSTRIES; et al., Defendants. SIERRA PACIFIC INDUSTRIES, Plaintiff, v. AMERICAN STATES INSURANCE CO., Defendant. AMERICAN STATES INSURANCE CO., Plaintiff, v. INSURANCE COMPANY OF THE STATE OF PENNSYLVANIA, Defendant.
RELATED CASE ORDER
Examination of the above-captioned actions reveals that they are not related within the meaning of Local Rule 123(a). Here, although the actions numbered 11-0346 and 12-1489 stem from the same event as the action numbered 09-2445, the three actions are not based on a similar claim, nor do they involve similar questions of fact or law such that "their assignment to the same Judge or Magistrate Judge is likely to effect a substantial savings of judicial effort." Local Rule 123(a)(1)-(3). Moreover, 11-0346 and 12-1489 would not "entail substantial duplication of labor" if these actions are heard by different judges from 09-2445. Accordingly, the assignment of these matters to the same judge will not effect a substantial savings of judicial effort or be convenient for the parties.
As a result, these three cases shall not be related. The undersigned expresses no opinion regarding the relation of 11-0346 and 12-1489 to each other.
IT IS SO ORDERED.
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UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE