Estate of Carmen Mendez v. City of Ceres

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

9 10 ESTATE OF CARMEN MENDEZ, et al., Case No. 1:19-cv-00939-LJO-BAM 11 Plaintiffs, ORDER CONSOLIDATING CASES AND MERGING MATTER IN TO ESTATE OF v. CARMEN MENDEZ, ET AL. V. CITY OF CERES, ET AL., CASE NO. 1:18-CV-01677- CITY OF CERES, et al., LJO-BAM 14 Defendants.

On July 18, 2019 this matter was related to Estate of Carmen Mendez, et al. v. City of Ceres, et al., Case No. 1:18-cv-1677-LJO-BAM (“Estate of Carmen Mendez I”) and reassigned to the undersigned. (Doc. No. 5.) On August 14, 2019, the parties in this matter and in Estate of Carmen Mendez I were ordered to show cause why these cases should not be consolidated and merged into a single case. 22 (Doc. No. 9; Estate of Carmen Mendez I, Doc No. 26.) Plaintiffs in this matter1 and the parties in Estate of Carmen Mendez I responded by indicating that they do not oppose consolidation. (Doc. No. 12; Estate of Carmen Mendez I, Doc. Nos. 27, 28.) Federal Rule of Civil…