RELATED AND CONSOLIDATED CASE ORDER

MORRISON C. ENGLAND, Jr., District Judge.

The Court has reviewed the parties' April 13, 2017, Stipulation and Proposed Order for Consolidation. The Court construes the stipulation as both a notice of related cases regarding Case No. 2:16-cv-02992-MCE-GGH and Case No. 2:17-cv-00552-KJM-CKD and a stipulation to consolidate those cases.

Examination of the above-entitled civil actions reveals that these actions are related within the meaning of Eastern District Local Rule 123(a). The actions involve the same parties and are based on the same or similar claims, the same property transaction or event, similar questions of fact and law, and would therefore entail a substantial duplication of labor if heard by different judges.

Accordingly, the assignment of the matters to the same judge is likely to affect a substantial savings of judicial effort and resources. Relation of the cases is also likely to be more convenient for the parties. Under the regular practice of this court, related cases are generally assigned to the district judge and magistrate judge to whom the first filed action was assigned.

IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED that the action denominated 2:17-cv-00552-KJM-CKD is reassigned to District Judge Morrison C. England, Jr. and Magistrate Judge Gregory G. Hollows for all further proceedings, and any dates currently set in 2:17-cv-00552-KJM-CKD are hereby VACATED.

Additionally, pursuant to the stipulation of the parties (ECF No. 17), because of the common issues of fact and law between the two cases, see Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 42(a)(2), and in the further interest of judicial economy, the above captioned cases shall be consolidated.

Case No. 2:16-cv02992-MCE-GGH is designated as the "master file." The Clerk of the Court is directed to add all complaints and answers filed in Case No. 2:17-cv-00552-KJM-CKD to the master case, and to administratively close Case No. 2:17-cv-00552-KJM-CKD. The parties are directed to file a Joint Status Report within thirty (30) days of the filing of this Order, and to file all future pleadings, motions, and other filings ONLY in Case No. 2:16-cv-02992-MCE-GGH.

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

IT IS SO ORDERED.