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Brenner v. Ybarra ( 2020 )


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  • 1 GLENN.KATON, State Bar No. 281841 SAVAGE DAY KATON LAW Kelly Savage Day (SBN 235901) 2 385 Grand Avenue, Suite 200 101 Lucas Valley Rd., Suite 272 Oakland, CA 94610 3 T: (510) 463-3350 San Rafael CA 94903 F: (510) 463-3349 T: (415) 259-6624 4 gkaton@katon.law kelly.savageday@savageday.com Attorney for Plaintiff Attorney for Defendant Ismael Cisneros 5 XAVIER BECERRA, State Bar No. 118517 DAVID W. TYRA, State Bar No. 116218 6 Attorney General of California dtyra@kmtg.com ALICIA A. BOWER, State Bar No. 287799 CECILIA L. MARTIN, State Bar No. 301027 7 Acting Supervising Deputy Attorney cmartin@kmtg.com General KRONICK, MOSKOVITZ, TIEDEMANN 8 LUCAS L. HENNES, State Bar No. 278361 & GIRARD Deputy Attorney General 9 1300 I Street, Suite 125 400 Capitol Mall, 27th Floor P.O. Box 944255 Sacramento, California 95814 10 Sacramento, CA 94244-2550 Telephone: (916) 321-4500 Telephone: (916) 210-7323 Facsimile: (916) 321-4555 11 Fax: (916) 324-5205 Attorneys for Defendant Mitchell Bolt E-mail: Lucas.Hennes@doj.ca.gov 12 Attorneys for Defendant L. Ybarra 13 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 14 FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 15 SACRAMENTO DIVISION 16 17 TIMOTHY M. BRENNER, JR., 2:18-cv-02610 JAM DB 18 Plaintiff, STIPULATED REQUEST FOR 19 CONSOLIDATION v. 20 LISA R. YBARRA, et al., 21 Defendants. 22 23 TIMOTHY M. BRENNER, JR., 2:19-cv-02361-JAM-DB 24 Plaintiff, 25 v. 26 MITCHELL BOLT, 27 Defendant. 28 1 Under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 42(a), the parties in the above-captioned cases 2 jointly stipulate to consolidation of these two cases. 3 Consolidation is appropriate where multiple actions before the court “involve a common 4 question of law or fact.” Fed. R. Civ. P. 42(a). “District courts enjoy substantial discretion in 5 deciding whether and to what extent to consolidate cases.” Hall v. Hall, 138 S. Ct. 1118, 1131 6 (2018). For instance, a district court is permitted to consolidate two closely-related actions “for 7 all further proceedings,” effectively combining the two cases into a single case for all intents and 8 purposes. Schnabel v. Lui, 302 F.3d 1023, 1036-37 (9th Cir. 2002). 9 Here, the parties agree that both Brenner v. Ybarra, 2:18-cv-02610 JAM DB, and Brenner 10 v. Bolt, 2:19-cv-02361-JAM-DB, arise out of the same set of facts. Specifically, both actions 11 arise out of Plaintiff’s allegations that on November 22, 2017, he was assaulted by another 12 prisoner during an escort. On December 12, 2019, the Court related these two cases under Local 13 Rule 123. 14 The parties further agree that it would represent an unnecessary expenditure of judicial 15 resources and needless expense to the parties to maintain these two actions independently. In 16 both actions, the parties anticipate taking Plaintiff’s and Defendants’ depositions, conducting 17 written discovery related to the same set of facts, and obtaining expert testimony relating to the 18 same facts. Furthermore, holding separate proceedings in these two cases runs the risk of 19 inconsistent or cumulative judgments. In the interest of avoiding duplicative discovery and 20 inconsistent judgments, the parties believe it serves the interest of justice to consolidate these two 21 actions. The parties therefore jointly stipulate to the consolidation of these two actions for all 22 purposes moving forward. 23 IT IS SO STIPULATED. 24 25 26 27 28 1 XAVIER BECERRA KATON.LAW Attorney General of California 2 /s/ Glenn Katon ALICIA A. BOWER GLENN KATON Acting Supervising Deputy Attorney General 3 4 Attorney for Plaintiff Timothy M. Brenner, Jr. /s/ Lucas L. Hennes 5 LUCAS L. HENNES Deputy Attorney General 6 Attorneys for Defendant L. Ybarra 7 8 SAVAGE DAY KRONICK MOSKOVITZ TIEDEMANN & 9 /s/ Kelly S. Day GIRARD Kelly S. Day 10 /s/ Cecilia L. Martin 11 Attorney for Defendant Ismael Cisneros Cecilia L. Martin 12 Attorney for Defendant Mitchell Bolt 13 14 15 ORDER 16 The Court finds that Brenner v. Ybarra, 2:18-cv-02610 JAM DB, and Brenner v. Bolt, 2:19- 17 cv-02361-JAM-DB, involve common questions of law or fact, and that unnecessary cost or delay 18 will be avoided by consolidation of these two actions. Good cause thereby appearing, these two 19 actions will be consolidated for all purposes moving forward. 20 21 All future filed documents must be filed in the lead case 2:18-cv-2610 JAM DB only. 22 The Clerk is directed to Administratively close member case 2:19-cv-2361 JAM DB. The 23 24 Clerk is further directed to file the Complaint and Answer from the member case 2:19-cv- 25 2361 JAM DB in the Lead Case 2:18-cv-2610 JAM DB. 26 27 28 1 IT IS SO ORDERED. 2 3 Dated: July 21, 2020 /s/ John A. Mendez____________ The Honorable John A. Mendez 4 United States District Court Judge 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28

Document Info

Docket Number: 2:18-cv-02610

Filed Date: 7/22/2020

Precedential Status: Precedential

Modified Date: 6/19/2024