Cecil Elmore Jr v. Starbucks Corporation
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 CECIL ELMORE, JR., Case No. 2:25-cv-00768-FLA (BFMx)
Plaintiff,
ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE WHY
v. ACTION SHOULD NOT BE
CONSOLIDATED WITH CECIL
ELMORE, JR. V. STARBUCKS
STARBUCKS CORPORATION, et al., COFFEE COMPANY, CASE NO. 2:24- CV-10259-FLA (BFMx) Defendants.
19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE Pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 42(a), a court may consolidate actions involving “a common question of law or fact” and has “broad discretion under this rule to consolidate cases pending in the same district.” Jnvs. Rsch. Co. v. U.S. Dist. Ct. for Cent. Dist. of Cal., 877 F.2d 777, 777 (9th Cir. 1989); see also In re Adams Apple, 6 Inc., 829 F.2d 1484, 1487 (9th Cir. 1987) (“trial courts may consolidate cases sua sponte”) (citation omitted). “To determine whether to consolidate, a court weighs the 8 interest in judicial convenience against the potential for delay,…