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Nature of Suit Code: 555
Nature of Suit: Prisoner - Prison Condition
Cause of Action: 42:1983 Prisoner Civil Rights

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE DISTRICT OF ARIZONA

ALLAN S. MACDONALD, 

Plaintiff, 

v. 

SHERIFF JOSEPH ARPAIO, et al., 

Defendants. _________________________________

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No. CV-03-1584-PHX-SMM

ORDER

Plaintiff currently has matters pending before this Court under CV 03-1584 and CV

03-0374. Under FRCP 42(a), a Court may consolidate actions pending before it " involving

a common question of law or fact." The Ninth Circuit has interpreted FRCP 42(a) to

provide a district court broad discretion to consolidate cases pending in the same district. 

Investors Research Co., v. U.S. District Court, 877 F.2d 777 (9th Cir. 1989). 

 In both actions, Plaintiff alleges that a virtually identical set of Defendants exhibited

deliberate indifference to his serious medical needs. In both actions, Plaintiff further

contends that Defendants' indifference aggravated the condition of his health and that such

indifference constitutes both a violation of his Constitutional rights (under different

Constitutional Amendments (the Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments) in the respective

cases) and medical negligence. Plaintiff's divergent Constitutional claims notwithstanding,

the Court finds that both actions have a significant number of common questions of law and

fact. 

Accordingly, 

IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that CV 03-1584 is consolidated with CV 03-0374. 

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IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the parties shall proceed in accordance with the

Third Amended Complaint [Doc. No. 129] as permitted by this Court's Order dated September

29, 2005 [Doc. No. 125] and all future filings shall be made under the caption CV-03-0374.

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED withdrawing the reference of CV 03-1584 to the

Magistrate Judge for the purpose of consolidating this case with CV 03-0374. All other matters

shall remain with the Magistrate Judge for disposition as appropriate.

DATED this 7th day of December, 2005. 

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