Drevaleva v. U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs

4 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 5 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA TATYANA DREVALEVA, Case No. 21-cv-00500-JCS Also Filed in Case No. 18-cv-03748-WHA Plaintiff, ORDER GRANTING APPLICATION 9 v. TO PROCEED IN FORMA PAUPERIS 10 JOSEPH GLAZER, et al., SUA SPONTE REFERRAL TO DETERMINE WHETHER CASES ARE 11 Defendants. RELATED Re: Dkt. No. 2 14 Plaintiff Tatyana Drevaleva, pro se, has applied to proceed in forma pauperis. Good cause having been shown, that application is GRANTED.

16 As Drevaleva acknowledges in her complaint and application to proceed in forma pauperis, her claims arise from essentially the same facts as a number of other cases she has filed, all of which were assigned to the Honorable William Alsup based on his determination that they were related cases. The Ninth Circuit recently issued a memorandum opinion remanding one of those cases (which was assigned case number 18-cv-03748-WHA in this Court) for further proceedings, although a mandate has not yet issued. See Drevaleva v. Dep’t of Veterans Affairs, __ F. App’x __, No. 19-16395, 2020 WL 6778779 (9th Cir. Nov. 18, 2020). This case is therefore REFERRED sua sponte under Civil Local Rule 3-12(c) to Judge Alsup to determine whether it is related to case number 18-cv-03748-WHA and the other cases related to that case.1 Any party The other cases are Drevaleva v. United States, No. 19-cv-01454-WHA (N.D. Cal.); Drevaleva v. U.S. Dep’t of Veterans Affairs, No. 19-cv-02665-WHA (N.D. Cal.); Drevaleva v. Dep’t of Veterans Affairs, No. 19-cv-05927-WHA (N.D. Cal.); Drevaleva v. Dep’t of Veterans Affairs, No. ] may file a response supporting or opposing finding the cases related no later than January 29, |} 2021. See Civ. L.R. 3-12(c), 3-12(e), 7-11(b).

3 Issues of the sufficiency of the complaint for the purpose of 28 U.S.C. § 1915(e)(2)(B) and || service of process will be resolved after determination of whether the cases are related.

5 IT ISSO ORDERED.

6 || Dated: January 25, 2021 7 c ao J PH C. SPERO 8 ief Magistrate Judge 1]

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