Gonzalez v. Corrections Corporation of America ( 2019 )

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 JOSE GONZALEZ, No. 1:16-cv-01891-DAD-JLT 12 Plaintiff, 13 v. 14 CORECIVIC OF TENNESSEE, LLC, et al., 15 Defendants. 16 THOMAS RICHARDS, No. 1:17-cv-01094-LJO-JLT 17 Plaintiff, (New Case No. 1:17-cv-1094-DAD-JLT) 18 v. 19 CORECIVIC OF TENNESSEE, LLC, ORDER CONSOLIDATING CASES 20 Defendant. 21 22 Before the court is the parties’ stipulation to consolidate the following cases: 23 • Gonzalez v. CoreCivic of Tennessee, LLC, et al. (No. 1:16-cv-01891-DAD-JLT); and 24 • Richards v. CoreCivic of Tennessee, LLC, (No. 1:17-cv-01094-LJO-JLT). 25 (Case No. 1:16-cv-01891-DAD-JLT, Doc. No. 63.) 26 Pursuant to Rule 42(a) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, “[i]f actions before the 27 court involve a common question of law or fact, the court may: (1) join for hearing or trial any or 28 1 all matters at issue in the actions; (2) consolidate the actions; or (3) issue any other orders to 2 | avoid unnecessary cost or delay.” In exercising its discretion, the court “weighs the saving of 3 | time and effort consolidation would produce against any inconvenience, delay, or expense that it 4 | would cause.” Huene v. United States, 743 F.2d 703, 704 (9th Cir. 1984). 5 Here, the court finds that the above-captioned actions involve the same or similar parties, 6 | claims, and questions of fact or law, and that consolidation will avoid unnecessary costs and 7 | duplication of proceedings. Thus, good cause exists to consolidate these cases and to re-assign 8 | Case No. 1:17-cv-01094-LJO-JLT to the undersigned. 9 Accordingly, 10 1. The above-referenced cases shall be consolidated for all purposes, including trial, pursuant 11 to Rule 42(a); 12 2. The Clerk of the Court is directed to file this order in each of the above-referenced cases; 13 and 14 3. Going forward, the parties and the Clerk of the Court are directed to file documents under 15 only the lead case number. Future captions should indicate the lead case number followed 16 by the member case number as follows: 17 Lead Case: 1:16-cv-01891-DAD-JLT 18 Member Case: 1:17-cv-01094-DAD-JLT 19 | IT IS SO ORDERED. me □ Dated: _ August 8, 2019 Yel A Load 21 UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE 22 23 24 25 26 27 28