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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 KHADEMI DAVOOD, ) Case No. 1:21-cv-01394-SAB (PC) ) Plaintiff, ) ) ORDER DENYING PLAINTIFF’S MOTION FOR v. ) CONSOLIDATION AND APPOINTMENT OF

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) JIMMANZ, et al., ) (ECF No. 13) Defendants. ) ) ) ) ) Plaintiff Khademi Davood is proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis in this civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Currently before the Court is Plaintiff’s motion for consolidation and appointment of counsel, filed December 2, 2021. Plaintiff requests that this case be consolidated with Davood v. North Kern State Prison et al., 1:21-cv-01261-DAD-SKO (PC). 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…