When you pay your money and file a CIVIL LAW SUIT in Federal Courts, on a random basis, the case is assigned to a Court room, and name of the Judge Presiding on that Court is stamped on the face of the law suit...

So, EDIG case will have stamp on it CV-MK.........and the number of the law suit...

MK stands for Hone. Marcia Kreiger...

In the old days each Court would have, as part of its staffing, Magistrates who were essentialy senior lawyers that took care of a lot of "Housekeeping" issues relating to developing law suits, with the Judge in charge essentialy issuing ORDERS and sitiing on trial of the case...

Few years back, Magistrates were promoted to Judge Magistrates, and could issue ORDERS and hear matters assigened to them by the Judge in charge...

Michael Watanabe is a Judge Magistrate an d any matters that are filed in this case are purused by MK or her staff and are assigned to Watanabe by her...

Have no doubt, she is the JUDGE who will decide this case...

Gil...