. Local Civil Rule 40.1(e) states that the disposition of-any request for reallocation “shall be upon order of the Chief Judge."

. Counsel for Plaintiff has filed three additional civil actions, (1) Boyenger v. RCI, LLC, Civil Action No. 3:15-cv-07789 (filed on October 29, 2015); (2) Nowlin v. RCI, LLC, Civil Action No. 3:15-cv-07997 (filed on November 9, 2015); and (3) Tuhowski, v. RCI, LLC, Civil Action.No. 3:15-cv-08396 (filed on December 1, 2015), all of which, like this case, have been assigned to Judge Sheridan (hereinafter, the "related RCI actions”), In its papers, RCI claims that the circumstances of the related RCI actions equally favor reallocation, but states it will rely upon the Court's decision in this action, in determining whether to seek reallocation of these additional cases. (.See RCI’s Br. at 1 n.l.) Given the substantive similarities between all of the RCI actions (and the identity of counsel in all cases), the Court will address the pending"motión as if filed in all of the pending actions.

. Although the arguments advanced by RCI in the pending motion would appear to apply equally to the Barton action, RCI did not seek reallocation of that action, which proceeded (for nearly 5 years) on the merits before Judge Sheridan.

. The plaintiffs in the related RCI actions make identical representations- concerning the basis for their claims. (See, e.g., Tuhowski Compl. at ¶ 1.)

. Local Civil Rule 40.1(c) provides, in relevant part, that when a civil action "grows out of the same transaction as any case,already pending in this Court... such action shall [ordinarily] be assigned to the same Judge to whom the pending related action is assigned.” Although Plaintiff filed her Complaint in this action on December 1, 2015, after Judge Sheridan dismissed Barton with prejudice, counsel filed the first related RCI action, Boyenger v. RCI, LLC, Civil Action No. 3:15-cv-07789, prior to this dismissal. Beyond this, Judge Sheridan’s lengthy involvement in the Barton action — an action from which the related RCI actions all arise — invariably provided him with a unique knowledge of the disputed issues of fact and law.

. Local Civil Rule 40.1(a) specifically provides that civil actions shall be allocated through consideration of "the residence of the defendant, the convenience of litigants, counsel and witnesses, and the place where the cause of action arose.” This analysis must, however, also- account for the efficient “administration of justice.” Spagnola v. City of Patterson, No. 07-1813, 2009 WL 2448496, at *1 (D.N.J. Aug. 10, 2009). Here, the efficient administration of justice favors the continued assignment of these actions to Judge Sheridan, for the reasons stated above.