In Re GEICO General Insurance Company

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 KRISTEN PEREZ, Case No. 20-cv-07436-HSG

Plaintiff, ORDER CONSOLIDATING CASES v. Re: Dkt. No.

GEICO INDEMNITY COMPANY, Defendant. 12 In re GEICO General Insurance Company Case No. 19-cv-03768-HSG 14 15 On September 29, 2021, the parties in Perez v. GEICO Indemnity Company, Case No. 4:20-cv-07436, submitted a joint motion to consolidate the case with In Re GEICO General Insurance Company, Case No. 4:19-cv-03768. Perez, Dkt. No. 58. The Court finds this matter appropriate for disposition without oral argument and the matter is deemed submitted. See Civil L.R. 7-1(b). For the reasons discussed below, the motion is GRANTED. Under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 42(a), a court may consolidate actions if they “involve a common question of law or fact.” The district court enjoys “broad discretion under this rule to consolidate cases pending in the same district.” Inv’rs Research Co. v. U.S. Dist. Court for…