Martin
Smith v. Martin
United States District Court, Eastern District of CaliforniaSeptember 24, 20191:18-cv-00307California495 words
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
A.J.C., Case No.: 1:19-cv-01302 DAD JLT
Plaintiff, ORDER TO THE PARTIES TO SHOW CAUSE
WHY THE ACTIONS SHOULD NOT BE
v. CONSOLIDATED
CITY OF BAKERSFIELD,
Defendant,
_____________________________________ Case No.: 1:18-cv-00307 JLT JAMES RAYMOND,
Plaintiff,
v.
WARREN MARTIN,
Defendant.
In these actions, the plaintiffs bring similar claims and they present similar questions of fact and law. In the Raymond matter, Mr. James Raymond, the father of the decedent Augustus Crawford, claims Crawford was unlawfully killed by a Bakersfield Police Officer. (Case No. 1:18-cv-00307, Doc. 1) Ingrid Crawford Smith, Crawford’s mother, and A.C., by and through guardian ad litem Tyshika Williams, initiated another action by filing a complaint in November 2018. These plaintiffs 28 are represented by the same attorney, Mr. George Mgdesyan, as in instant matter.1 In that action,…