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Nature of Suit Code: 480
Nature of Suit: Consumer Credit
Cause of Action: 15:1681 Fair Credit Reporting Act

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United States District Court

Northern District of California

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

CLARENCE YOUNGER,

Plaintiff, 

v. 

EXPERIAN INFORMATION 

SOLUTIONS, INC., et al., 

Defendants. 

Case No. 16-cv-06354-TEH 

ORDER DENYING MOTION TO 

CONSOLIDATE 

 

Before the Court is Experian Information Solutions, Inc. and Equifax, Inc.’s Joint 

Motion to Consolidate filed on December 22, 2016. The agencies seek to consolidate more 

than 170 suits filed by Plaintiff’s counsel and assigned to different judges in this district. 

Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 42 permits a court to consolidate actions if they 

“involve a common question of law or fact.” Fed. R. Civ. P. 42. The district court has 

broad discretion to decide whether consolidation is appropriate. Inv’rs Research Co. v. 

U.S. Dist. Court for Cent. Dist. of California, 877 F.2d 777, 777 (9th Cir.1989). 

This Court joins other judges in the Northern District of California in DENYING 

the joint request for consolidation. See e.g., Mamisay v. Experian Info. Sols., Inc., 

No. 4:16-cv-05684-YGR (N.D. Cal. Jan. 25, 2017); Gonzalez v. Experian Info. Sols., Inc., 

et al, No. 3:16-cv-05678-HSG (N.D. Cal. Jan. 4, 2017). First, the Court does not have the 

authority to consolidate cases not before it. See General Order No. 44(B) (granting the 

Court’s Executive Committee the power to review assignment orders). Second, any 

efficiency gained by consolidation would be outweighed by the delay and undue burden 

resulting from assignment of over a hundred cases to a single judge. 

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Dated: 01/31/17 _____________________________________ 

THELTON E. HENDERSON 

United States District Judge 

Case 3:16-cv-06354-TEH Document 36 Filed 01/31/17 Page 1 of 1