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

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE DISTRICT OF ARIZONA

David Jay Benak, )

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Plaintiff, ) No. CV-06-0015-PHX-PGR (DKD)

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vs. )

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Joe Arpaio, et al., )

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Defendants. ) )

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Ryan Wesley Buckman, )

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Plaintiff, ) No. CV-06-1500-PHX-DGC (JJM)

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vs. )

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Joe Arpaio, et al., )

) ORDER

Defendants. ) )

Pending before the Court is plaintiff Buckman's Motion to Join Plaintiff[']s

Complaints, filed December 11, 2006 . In his motion, which the Court construes

as being filed pursuant to Fed.R.Civ.P. 42(a), Mr. Buckman seeks to consolidate

his action, CV-06-1500-PHX-DGC (JJM), with an earlier action filed by fellow

inmate David Benak in CV-06-0015-PHX-PGR (DKD). Given that Rule 42(a) sets

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forth no situations in which consolidation must be granted and given that the

defendants in Mr. Buckman's case are currently seeking to dismiss the remaining

portion of his complaint for his alleged failure to exhaust administrative remedies,

the Court finds that the motion to consolidate should be denied. See Investors

Research Co. v. United States District Court for Central District of California, 877

F.2d 777, 777 (9th Cir. 1989) ("The district court has broad discretion under [Rule

42(a)] to consolidate cases pending in the same district.") Therefore,

IT IS ORDERED that plaintiff Buckman's Motion to Join Plaintiff[']s

Complaints (doc. #26 in CV-06-0015-PHX-PGR (DKD) and doc. #14 in CV-06-

1500-PHX-DGC (JJM)) is denied.

DATED this 9th day of January, 2007.

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