Boone v. Amazon Services, LLC ( 2023 )

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 HEATHER BOONE, et al., No. 1:21-cv-00241-ADA-BAM 12 Plaintiffs, 13 v. 14 AMAZON SERVICES, LLC, 15 Defendant. 16 No. 1:22-cv-00146-ADA-BAM 17 CRISTIAN BARRERA, 18 Plaintiff, ORDER GRANTING STIPULATION TO 19 v. CONSOLIDATE CASES 20 AMAZON.COM SERVICES, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, 21 Defendant. 22 23 24 On May 1, 2023, the parties’ stipulated to consolidate the following cases for all purposes: 25 • Boone, et al. v. Amazon Services, LLC (No. 1:21-cv-00241-ADA-BAM); and 26 • Barrera v. Amazon.com Services, LLC (No. 1:22-cv-00146-ADA-BAM). 27 (See No. 1:21-cv-00241-ADA-BAM, ECF No. 68.) The parties stipulated the Boone matter 28 would be the lead case. (Id.) 1 Pursuant to Rule 42(a) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, “[i]f actions before the 2 | court involve a common question of law or fact, the court may: (1) join for hearing or trial any or 3 | all matters at issue in the actions; (2) consolidate the actions; or (3) issue any other orders to 4 | avoid unnecessary cost or delay.” In exercising its discretion, the Court “weighs the saving of 5 | time and effort consolidation would produce against any inconvenience, delay, or expense that it 6 | would cause.” Huene v. United States, 743 F.2d 703, 704 (9th Cir. 1984). 7 Here, the Court finds that the actions involve the same or similar parties, claims, and 8 || questions of fact or law and that consolidation will avoid unnecessary costs and duplication of 9 | proceedings. Thus, good cause exists to grant the parties’ stipulation to consolidate the cases. 10 Accordingly, 11 1. The parties’ stipulation (No. 1:21-cv-00241-ADA-BAM, ECF No. 68) consolidating these 12 cases, 1s granted; 13 2. The above-referenced cases shall be consolidated for all purposes, including trial, pursuant 14 to Rule 42(a); 15 3. The Clerk of the Court is directed to file this order in each of the above-referenced cases; 16 and 17 4. Going forward, the parties and the Clerk of the Court are directed to file documents under 18 only the lead case number. Future captions should indicate the lead case number followed 19 by the member case number as follows: 20 Lead Case: 1:21-cv-00241-ADA-BAM 21 Member Case: 1:22-cv-00146-ADA-BAM 22 23 94 | □□ □□ SO ORDERED. 25 Dated: _ May 6, 2023 UNITED f£TATES DISTRICT JUDGE 27 28