Investors Research Company v. United States District Court For The Central District Of California

877 F.2d 777 INVESTORS RESEARCH COMPANY, et al., Petitioner, v. UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR the CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA, Respondent. Southern California Meat Cutters Union and Food Employers Pension Trust Fund, An Express Trust, et al., Real Parties in Interest. No. 89-70202. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. June 8, 1989. Before BROWNING, THOMPSON and LEAVY, Circuit Judges. ORDER 1 Petitioners seek a writ of mandamus to order the consolidation of two cases proceeding before different judges in the same district court. The petitioners are defendants in both cases. The cases were randomly assigned to different judges. The plaintiffs in both cases are represented by the same firm and filed a notice of related cases after filing the complaint in the second case. The district court judge assigned to the first case declined without comment to accept transfer of the second case to his calendar. The petitioners moved to consolidate the cases. The district court judge denied the motion, stating in the order that "a related case transfer has been denied, and ... consolidation is not possible when actions are pending before different judges." 2 Federal Rule of Civil…