Free Order - District Court of California - California

Case 3:08-cv-01532-MMC

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Filed 04/30/2008

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA RELATED CASE ORDER A Referral for Purpose of Determining Relationship has been filed requesting the undersigned determine whether the following cases are related within the meaning of Civil L.R. 3-12(a): C 98-4132 MMC C 08-1532 PJH Richards v. Apfel Richards v. Astrue ORDER 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 Civil L.R. 3-12(a).

[ X ] ARE RELATED as defined by Civil L.R. 3-12(a). Pursuant to Civil L.R. 3-12(f)(3), the Clerk of Court is ordered to reassign the later-filed action to the undersigned. The parties are instructed that all future filings are to bear the initials MMC immediately after the case numbers.

DATED: April 30, 2008 MAXINE M. CHESNEY United States District Judge