WILLIAM B. SHUBB, District Judge.

Examination of the above-entitled actions reveals that they are related within the meaning of Local Rule 123(a), because both cases allege claims against Party City Corporation for violations of the Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act ("FACTA"), 15 U.S.C. §§ 1681 et seq., based upon the printing of the expiration date of a credit card on customer receipts. Accordingly, the assignment of the matters to the same judge is likely to effect a substantial saving of judicial effort and is also likely to be convenient for the parties.

The parties should be aware that relating the cases under Local Rule 123 merely has the result that both actions are assigned to the same judge; no consolidation of the actions is effected. Under the regular practice of this court, related cases are generally assigned to the judge and magistrate judge to whom the first filed action was assigned.

IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED that the actions denominated Medrano v. Party City Corp., Case No. 2:16-cv-2996 WBS EFB, and Pasini v. Party City Corp., Case No. 2:17-cv-962 TLN CKD, be, and the same hereby are, deemed related. The case denominated Pasini v. Party City Corp., Case No. 2:17-cv-962 TLN CKD, shall be reassigned to the Honorable WILLIAM B. SHUBB. Any dates currently set in the reassigned case only are hereby VACATED. Henceforth, the captions on documents filed in the reassigned case shall be shown as Pasini v. Party City Corp., Case No. 2:17-cv-962 WBS EFB.

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the Clerk of the Court make an appropriate adjustment in the assignment of cases to compensate for this reassignment.