Merlak

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

MICHAEL S. IOANE, 1:19-cv-01585-GSA-PC

Plaintiff, ORDER DENYING MOTION TO

CONSOLIDATE RELATED CASES

vs. ( ECF No. 6.) 14 STEVEN MERLAK, et al., 15 Defendants. 16 17 I. BACKGROUND Michael S. Ioane (“Plaintiff”) is a federal prisoner proceeding pro se in this civil rights action pursuant to Bivens vs. Six Unknown Agents, 403 U.S. 388 (1971). Plaintiff filed the Complaint commencing this action on November 6, 2019. (ECF No. 1.) On November 18, 2019, Plaintiff filed a request for all of his related cases to be consolidated. (ECF No. 6.) Plaintiff refers specifically to three cases: 1:19-cv-00879-JLT; 1:19- cv-01251-JLT, and 1:19-cv-00846-JLT. II. RELATED CASES Under Local Rule 123(a), an action is related to another “when (1) both actions involve the same parties and are based on the same or a similar claim; (2) both actions involve the same property, transaction, or event; (3) both actions involve similar questions…