Opinion

I UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 2 SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 3 4 || Aniket SARNA, Case No.: 26-cv-1972-AGS-SBC 5 Petitioner,, ORDER TRANSFERRING CASE 6 || v. 7 || Christopher LaROSE, 8 Respondent. 9 10 In the interest of “efficient administration of the judicial business of the district,” see 11 || CivLR 40.1(a), and because the Court concludes that this case is related to Sarna v. LaRose, 12 ||26-cv-0921-TWR-MSB (S.D. Cal. 2026), the Court directs the Clerk to reassign this case 13 || to Judge Todd W. Robinson. See Badea v. Cox, 931 F.2d 573, 575 (9th Cir. 1991) (“District 14 |/court judges have broad discretion regarding the assignment or reassignment of cases.’’) 15 (cleaned up); In re Marshall, 721 F.3d 1032, 1040 (9th Cir. 2013) (“[JJudges are vested 16 |/with inherent authority to transfer cases among themselves for the expeditious 17 administration of justice.”) (cleaned up).

19 Dated: April 7, 2026 0 Hon. rew G. Schopler United States District Judge 21 22 || Dated: April 7, 2026 —_—__ 23 | 5) (2 re 24 Honorable Todd W. Robinson 95 United States District Judge 26 27 28 ]