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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 JAMES RAYMOND, Lead No. 1:18-cv-00307-DAD-JLT Plaintiff, v. ORDER DENYING MOTION TO JOIN

HEIRS

WARREN MARTIN, No.: 1:18-cv-1526-DAD-JLT (Doc. No. 17) Defendant. No.: 1:19-cv-01302-DAD-JLT (Doc. No 10.)

17 INGRID CRAWFORD SMITH, et al.,

18 Plaintiffs, 19 v. 20 CITY OF BAKERSFIELD, et al., 21 Defendants.

A.J.C., Plaintiff, v. CITY OF BAKERSFIELD, et al., Defendants. 28 The three above-listed actions are brought by the purported heirs of decedent August Joshua Crawford, an individual that plaintiffs claim was fatally shot by Bakersfield officers on November 4, 2017. (Crawford Smith v. City of Bakersfield, No. 1:18-cv-01526-DAD-JLT (E.D. Cal. Mar. 14, 2019) (“Crawford Smith”), Doc. No. 1 at ¶¶ 14–18; A.J.C. v. City of Bakersfield, No. 1:19-cv-01302-DAD-JLT (E.D. Cal. Jan. 22, 2020) (“A.J.C.”), Doc. No. 1 at ¶¶ 13–17.) On March 14, 2019 and January 22, 2020, the actions were…