Ramirez
Ramirez v. Merrill Gardens, LLC
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
8 EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 MARIA BUSTOS RAMIREZ, Case No. 1:22-cv-00542-SAB 11 Plaintiff, ORDER RE STIPULATION TO CONSOLIDATE ACTIONS v.
MERRILL GARDENS, LLC,
14 Defendant. (ECF No. 42)
16 RAMONA CHRISTINA HOLGUIN, Case No. 1:22-cv-01042-SAB 17 Plaintiff, 18 v.
MERRILL GARDENS, LLC,
20 Defendant. 21 On November 6, 2023, the parties in the above captioned actions filed a stipulation to consolidate the above captioned cases for all purposes. (See No. 1:22-cv-00542-SAB, ECF No. 42.) Pursuant to Rule 42(a) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, “[i]f actions before the court involve a common question of law or fact, the court may: (1) join for hearing or trial any or all matters at issue in the actions; (2) consolidate the actions; or (3) issue any other orders to avoid unnecessary cost or delay.” In exercising its discretion, the Court “weighs the saving of 1 time and effort consolidation would produce against any inconvenience, delay, or expense that it 2 |…