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Judge tentatively rejects coordinating furlough cases

Superior Court Judge Timothy Frawley has tentatively ruled against Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's motion to transfer and coordinate furlough lawsuits in San Francisco and Alameda courts to Sacramento. Here's a significant passage from the six-page ruling:

Taking all of the section 404.1 factors into account, the Court concludes that coordination of the Included Actions in Sacramento would not promote the ends of justice.

As to the Special Fund cases, there are virtually no factors supporting coordination of those cases with the Psychiatric Technicians case…

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