RELATED CASE ORDER

TROY L. NUNLEY, District Judge.

On June 14, 2019, Plaintiff Taryn Bradley-Aboyade filed a Notice of Related Case in which counsel indicates the above-entitled civil actions are related because they involve the same underlying event, specifically, the death of Wayne Benjamin Bradley while he was incarcerated at Mule Creek State Prison. (ECF No. 4, Notice of Related Case.)

Upon review of both cases, the Court finds that these actions are related within the meaning of Local Rule 123(a) (E.D. Cal. 1997). Pursuant to Rule 123 of the Local Rules of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California, two actions are related when they involve the same parties and are based on a same or similar claim; when they involve the same transaction, property, or event; or when they "involve similar questions of fact and the same question of law and their assignment to the same Judge . . . is likely to effect a substantial savings of judicial effort." L.R. 123(a). Further,

L.R. 123(c).

Here, although the actions involve different parties, the two actions are indeed based on a single event. Additionally, while the claims differ, the Court finds there will likely be overlapping questions of fact and law. At a minimum, then, assignment to the same judge would "effect a substantial savings of judicial effort." L.R. 123(a).

The parties should be aware that relating the cases under Local Rule 123, however, merely has the result that both actions are assigned to the same judge, it does not consolidate the actions.

IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED that the action denominated 2:19-cv-01098-MCE-CKD is reassigned to District Judge Troy L. Nunley and Magistrate Judge Allison Claire, and the caption shall read 2:19-cv-01098-TLN-AC. Any dates currently set in 2:19-cv-01098-MCE-CKD are hereby VACATED. The Clerk of the Court is to issue the Initial Pretrial Scheduling Order.

IT IS SO ORDERED.