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Nature of Suit Code: 864
Nature of Suit: Social Security - SSID Title XVI
Cause of Action: 42:405 Review of HHS Decision (SSID)

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE DISTRICT OF ARIZONA

Angela Dawn Dowling,

Plaintiff,

v. 

Social Security Administration, et al.,

Defendants.

No. CV-24-03026-PHX-JJT

ORDER 

Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 42(a) provides, “If 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.” Relatedly, Local Rule 42.1(e) provides that the Court 

may order the transfer of a case such that cases pending before different Judges may be 

heard by a single Judge “[i]f the transferee Judge previously adjudicated a case that: (A) 

arose from substantially the same transaction or event; (B) involved substantially the same 

parties or property; . . . or (D) called for the determination of substantially the same 

questions of law;” or if “substantial duplication of labor” would arise if the case was heard 

by the transferor Judge; or “[f]or reasons of judicial economy and the availability of judicial 

resources.” LRCiv 42.1(e).

The Complaint (Doc. 1) in the present case, filed by pro se Plaintiff Angela Dawn 

Dowling, bears a striking resemblance to the numerous other complaints Plaintiff has 

recently filed in this District, most of which have been screened by District Judge 

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Cindy K. Jorgenson. The Complaint here also bears the same marks of frivolousness and 

harassment Judge Jorgenson addressed in an Order warning Plaintiff that the Court may 

declare her a vexatious litigant if she continues to file such pleadings. (See Case No. CV24-00490-TUC-CKJ, Doc. 5.) Under Local Rule 42.1(e), the Court finds that transfer of 

this case to Judge Jorgenson is appropriate in the interest of judicial economy and for 

determination of the same questions Judge Jorgenson has addressed in Case No. CV-24-

00490-TUC-CKJ and the related cases, including whether Plaintiff is entitled to proceed in 

forma pauperis, whether her Complaint is frivolous, whether this Court is a proper venue, 

and whether Plaintiff will be deemed a vexatious litigant.

IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED that the Clerk of Court shall transfer this case to 

District Judge Cindy K. Jorgenson for all further proceedings.

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that all future pleadings and papers the parties file 

with the Court in this case shall bear the case number, CV-24-03026-PHX-CKJ.

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the Clerk of Court shall provide a copy of this 

Order to Chief Judge Jennifer G. Zipps.

Dated this 5th day of November, 2024.

Honorable John J. Tuchi

United States District Judge

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