Local Rule LCvR3.7: Notice of Related or Companion Cases

LCvR3.7 Notice of Related or Companion Cases.

(a) Attorneys for the plaintiff and defendant, as well as any pro se litigant, shall file a written notice with the court if they are aware, after reasonable inquiry, of any companion or related case(s) filed in any court involving (1) common property, (2) common issues of fact or growing out of the same transaction, or (3) validity or infringement of the same patent, copyright, or trademark. The notice of related or companion case should provide the name of the court, the judge, and the case number(s) of the related or companion case(s).

(b) The term "companion case" includes: a case refiled after dismissal; a case involving the identical legal issue in the same or similar factual setting as one previously dismissed though now brought by different counsel with different parties; cases arising out of the same accident, incident, or transaction involving the same or similar proof; a case filed for recovery of judgment after an earlier case brought to perpetuate testimony; a case transferred to or refiled in this district following enforcement of a foreign subpoena in the case within this district; appeals arising out of the same bankruptcy proceeding; civil litigation arising out of a criminal activity where the criminal case has already been tried (including a motion filed pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2255).