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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

JEROME CORSI, 

Plaintiff, 

v. Civil Case No. 18-2885 (RJL)

ROBERT MUELLER, et al. 
I 
Defendants. DEC 1 2 2018

fr;? Clerk. US. District and
ORDER Bankruptcy Courts

(December L, 2018)

On December 9, 2018, Jerome Corsi (?plaintiff") ?led this action against Special
Counsel Robert Mueller, the Department of Justice, the Federal Bureau of Investigation,
the National Security Agency, and the Central Intelligence Agency (collectively,
?defendants?). See Complaint [Dkt. Pursuant to Local Rule plaintiff
simultaneously filed a Notice of Related Case, which states that this action ?involves
common issues of fact? to a ?case pending in this? Court and ?involves the same parties
and same subject matter? as a ?case dismissed? by this Court. Notice of Related Case [Dkt.
The Notice identi?es Klayman v. Obama, C.A. No. l3?cv?851 as the case to which
this action is related. Id.

The general rule in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia is
that all cases ?shall be assigned tojudges ofthis Court selected at random.? 
The random assignment process ?guarantees fair and equal distribution of cases to all

judges, avoids public perception or appearance of favoritism in assignments, and reduces

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opportunities for judge-shopping.? Tripp v. Exec. O?z?ce of President, 196 F.R.D. 201, 202
(D.D.C. 2000). As such, the related case procedure set forth in Rule 40.5 constitutes an
exception to the general rule designed to facilitate the ef?cient allocation of scarce judicial
resources by assigning to the same judge cases that involve a common subject matter and/or
parties. See LCVR ?[T]he party seeking related-case designation . . . bear[s] the
burden of showing that? Rule 40.5?s requirements are satis?ed. Washington Alliance of
Tech. Workers v. D.H.S., Civ. No.16-1170, 2016 WL 11184186, at *2 (D.D.C. June 24,
2016). As the judge to whom this case was assigned under the Rule 40.5 procedure, it is
my obligation to determine whether plaintiff has met this burden?116., I must decide
whether the cases in question are, in fact, related. See LCVR 405(c)(1).

Accordingly, it is hereby

ORDERED that plaintiff shall Show cause in writing within 14 days of this Order
why the above-captioned case is related to Klayman v. Obama, CA. No. 13-cv-851 for
purposes of the Rule 40.5 procedure; and it is further

ORDERED that a hearing on plaintiff?s Notice of Related Case shall be held on
Thursday, January 3, 2019, at 3:00 PM in Courtroom 18; and it is further

ORDERED that failure to ?le a timely response to this Order may result in
dismissal of the above-captioned case.

SO ORDERED.



RICHARILLJJEON

United States District Judge