(HC) Ore-Falcon v. Wofford et al

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
ANDY ALEX ORE-FALCON,
Petitioner,
v.
M. WOFFORD, et al.,
Respondents.
No. 1:26-cv-06462-DAD-CSK
ORDER RELATING AND REASSIGNING
CASES AND DISMISSING DUPLICATIVE
PETITION
ANDY ALEX ORE-FALCON,
Petitioner,
v.
M. WOFFORD, et al.,
Respondents.
No. 1:26-cv-00181-WBS-EFB
New Case No. 1:26-cv-00181-DAD-CSK
An examination of the above-captioned actions reveals that they are related within the
meaning of Local Rule 123(a). Accordingly, assignment of the above-captioned actions to the
same district judge and magistrate judge will promote substantial efficiency and economy for the
court and is likely to be convenient for the parties. An order relating cases under this court’s
Local Rule 123 merely assigns them to the same district judge and magistrate judge—it does not
consolidate the cases. The local rules of this district authorize the judge to order the reassignment
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of cases to himself or herself, upon determining that this assignment is likely to effect a savings
of judicial effort. L.R. 123(c). Such good cause appearing here, the court will order that Case
No. 1:26-cv-00181-WBS-EFB shall be reassigned to the undersigned and Magistrate Judge Chi
Soo Ki. The caption on documents filed in the reassigned case shall be shown as: 1:26-cv-
00181-DAD-CSK.
Moreover, in light of the addition of claims which entitle petitioner to relief and the
pending, fully-briefed motion for temporary restraining order in the more recently filed petition
(1:26-cv-06462-DAD-CSK Doc. Nos. 1, 2), the court finds it appropriate to dismiss the earlier
petition (1:26-cv-00181-DAD-CSK Doc. No. 1). See M.M. v. Lafayette Sch. Dist., 681 F.3d
1082, 1091 (9th Cir. 2012) (“It is well established that a district court has broad discretion to
control its own docket, and that includes the power to dismiss duplicative claims.”); see also
Singh v. Warden of the California City Det. Facility, No. 1:26-cv-02074-DC-AC, 2026 WL
1071684, at *2 (E.D. Cal. Apr. 8, 2026) (recommending dismissal of an earlier filed petition for
writ of habeas corpus as duplicative when the requested relief was granted pursuant to a later filed
petition), report and recommendation adopted, 2026 WL 1069726 (E.D. Cal. Apr. 20, 2026).
For the reasons above,
1. Case No. 1:26-cv-00181-WBS-EFB shall be reassigned to the undersigned and
Magistrate Judge Chi Soo Kim;
a. The caption on documents filed in the reassigned case shall be
shown as: 1:26-cv-00181-DAD-CSK;
2. The Clerk of the Court is directed make appropriate adjustment in the assignment
of civil cases to compensate for this reassignment;
3. The action formerly identified as 1:26-cv-WBS-EFB and now identified as 1:26-
cv-00181-DAD-CSK, is DISMISSED as duplicative; and
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4. The Clerk of the Court is also directed to close the case formerly identified as
1:26-cv-WBS-EFB and now identified as 1:26-cv-00181-DAD-CSK.
IT IS SO ORDERED.
Dated: October 9, 2026
DALE A. DROZD
UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE
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