Lucent Technologies Inc. v. United States

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

BRADEN, Judge.

RELEVANT FACTS AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

On May 6, 2005, the Government filed a Motion to Transfer and Suggestion of the Appropriateness of Consolidation (“Gov’t *513Mot.”), requesting the transfer of Lucent Technologies Inc. v. United States (“Lucent”), No. 04-1511C, from the undersigned judge to the Honorable Charles F. Lettow, because Lucent is “directly related,” within the meaning of RCFC 40.2(a), to two cases that then were pending before Judge Lettow, and, therefore, “[A]ll three cases ... should be handled by a single Judge in order to ‘conserve…