Ramachandran

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA SAN JOSE DIVISION 6 SATISH RAMACHANDRAN, Case No. 20-cv-03693-BLF

Plaintiff,

ORDER DETERMINING CASES ARE

v. NOT RELATED

KIRK BALLARD, et al., [Re: ECF No. 129] Defendants.

12 On July 14, 2023, the City Defendants in Ramachandran v. City of Los Altos et al., No. 5:23-cv-02928-SVK (“Ramachandran III”) moved under Civil Local Rules 3-12 and 7-11 to have Ramachandran III related to this case, Ramachandran v. Best Best & Krieger, City of Los Altos et al., No. 5:20-cv-03693-BLF (“Ramachandran II”). ECF No. 129. City Defendants are the City of Los Altos, Kirk Ballard, and Christopher Jordan. Id. Defendant Pamela Jacobs filed a statement in support of the motion. ECF No. 130. City Defendants argue that the cases should be related because Ramachandran II and Ramachandran III involve substantially the same parties and events, and they also argue that finding these cases are related will avoid an…