Christina Gonzalez v. State of California

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

CHRISTINA GONZALEZ, et al., Case No.: 1:20-cv-00912-NONE-JLT

Plaintiff, ORDER CONSOLIDATING THE ACTIONS

v.

STATE OF CALIFORNIA, et al.,

Defendants. Case No. 1:20-cv-01298 NONE JLT _____________________________________

JEWELINA GONZALEZ,

Plaintiff,

v.

19 KYLE NUNEZ, et al.,

20 Defendants.

All parties agree these cases should be consolidated for all purposes. Gonzalez v. Nunez, Case No.1:20-cv-01298 NONE JLT (Doc. 16 at 12); Gonzalez, et al., v. State of California, Case No. 1:20-cv-00912 NONE JLT (Doc. 20 at 2). The Court may consolidate actions involving a common question of law or fact, and consolidation is proper when it serves the purposes of judicial economy and convenience. Fed.R.Civ.P. 42(a). The Ninth Circuit explained that the Court “has broad discretion under this rule to consolidate cases pending in the same district.” Investors Research Co. v. United States District Court for the Central District of California, 877…