Banuelos

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 THEON OWENS, No. 2:19-CV-1683-MCE-DMC-P Plaintiff, v. ORDER D. BANUELOS, et al., Defendants. 16 Plaintiff, a prisoner proceeding pro se, brings this civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Pending before the Court is plaintiff’s motion to consolidate cases (ECF No. 21). Specifically, plaintiff seeks to have this case consolidated with a separate pending action, 2:16-cv-2750-JAM-KJN. On April 27, 2020, Magistrate Judge Newman denied plaintiff’s motion to consolidate the two cases at issue. See 2:16-cv-2750-JAM-KJN, ECF No. 168. In that denial, the Court stated that:

Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 42(a) provides this Court with broad discretion to consolidate cases that involve common questions of law and fact. See Pierce v. Cnty. of Orange, 526 F.3d 1190, 1203 (9th Cir. 2008) (“A district court generally has ‘broad’ discretion to consolidate actions; we review its…