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Nature of Suit Code: 550
Nature of Suit: Prisoner - Civil Rights (U.S. defendant)
Cause of Action: 42:1983 Prisoner Civil Rights

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

DARRELL HARRIS, 

 Plaintiff,

v.

R. PIMENTEL, et al., 

 Defendants.

 Case No. 1:13-CV-01354-LJO-MJS (PC)

ORDER DENYING MOTION TO 

CONSOLIDATE CASES (ECF No. 40)

Plaintiff is a state prisoner proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis in this civil 

rights action brought pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1983. The action proceeds on Plaintiff’s 

Free Exercise, RLUIPA and Equal Protection claims against Defendant Escamilla. (ECF 

No. 10.) Escamilla has been served and has appeared in the action. (ECF No. 14.)

On May 13, 2015, Plaintiff moved to consolidate the instant action with a state 

court case now pending appeal. (ECF No. 40, at 2.) Plaintiff alleges that the two cases 

involve the same parties and the same or similar claims. 

This Court has no power to consolidate the instant action with an action filed in a

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state court. Fed. R. Civ. P. 42(a). Under Rule 42, a court may only consolidate actions 

that are pending before it. Therefore, the Court will deny Plaintiff’s motion to 

consolidate. 

Based on the foregoing, Plaintiff’s motion to consolidate is HEREBY DENIED.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: May 27, 2015 /s/Michael J. Seng 

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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