Clendenin

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 JOSHUA FORSTER, Case No.: 1:22-cv-01191-NODJ-CDB (PC) 12 Plaintiff, ORDER DENYING PLAINTIFF’S

MOTION TO CONSOLIDATE CASES

13 v. (Doc. 32) 14 STEPHANIE CLENDENIN, et al.,

15 Defendants. 16 17 Plaintiff Joshua Forster is a civil detainee proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis in this 18 civil rights action brought pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. This action proceeds against Defendants 19 Clendenin and Price for violations of Plaintiff’s Fourteenth Amendment rights and related state 20 law violations. 21 On November 2, 2023, Plaintiff filed a “Motion to Consolidate Related Cases.” (Doc. 32.) 22 Plaintiff seeks to consolidate this action with two other actions pending in this District: 23 Stephenson v. Clendenin, 2:22-cv-01521 and Bodnar v. Clendenin, 2:22-cv-01533. (Id. at 1.) He 24 contends the actions involve the same defendants and similar facts and claims. (Id. at 2.) He 25 asserts consolidation would not result in prejudice to the parties or confusion of the issues. (Id.)…