Solano

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 ANSAR EL MUHAMMAD, No. 2:21-cv-0892-TLN-JDP (PC) Plaintiff, v. ORDER SOLANO, et al., Defendants. 16 Plaintiff is a state prisoner proceeding pro se in this 28 U.S.C. § 1983 action. Pending before me are plaintiff’s motions to consolidate cases and for the appointment of counsel, and defendants’ motion for a settlement conference. Motion to Consolidate Cases Plaintiff moves to have this matter consolidated with two other civil actions pending in this district. ECF No. 21; see Muhammad v. Orr, No. 2:19-cv-01289-DJC-CKD (E.D. Cal.); Muhammad v. Linennger, No. 2:20-cv-00070-DAD-DMC (E.D. Cal.). Plaintiff seeks consolidation of these matters for the purpose of achieving a global settlement agreement. On the same day plaintiff filed his motion for consolidation, he filed two nearly identical motions in the other cases. See Orr at ECF No. 71; Linennger at ECF No. 45. Both Judge Delaney and Judge…