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Nature of Suit Code: 440
Nature of Suit: Other Civil Rights
Cause of Action: 42:1983 Civil Rights Act

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

MARTHA ZEPEDA OLIVARES, 

individually and on behalf of the ESTATE OF 

MAXIMILIANO SOSA, JR.; 

MAXIMILIANO SOSA, SR.,

Plaintiffs,

v.

CITY OF FRESNO, et. al.,

Defendants.

Case No. 1:23-cv-01575 JLT SAB

ORDER CONSOLIDATING CASES 

PURSUANT TO STIPULATION 

MARIA SOSA, L.S. by and through guardian 

ad litem MARIA SOSA, M.S. by and through 

guardian ad litem JENNIFER LOPEZ, 

individually and as successors-in-interest to 

Maximiliano Sosa,

Plaintiffs,

v.

CITY OF FRESNO and DOES 1-5,

Defendants.

Case No. 1:24-cv-01039 JLT SAB

ORDER CONSOLIDATING CASES 

PURSUANT TO STIPULATION 

Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 42(a) provides that “[i]f actions before the court involve a 

common question of law or fact, the court may . . . consolidate the actions.” The above-captioned

cases have already been related because the matters involve common questions of law or fact. All 

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parties have now indicated by way of stipulation that they believe consolidation will serve to 

streamline discovery and all further proceedings for the parties and the Court. Considering that 

stipulation, the Court’s broad discretion to consolidate cases with common issues, see Investors 

Research Co. v. U.S. Dist. Ct., 877 F.2d 777 (9th Cir. 1989), and good cause appearing, the Court 

orders as follows:

1. The above captioned cases are CONSOLIDATED FOR ALL PURPOSES.

2. All further filings shall be made in lead case Olivares, et al., v. Fresno, et al., No. 

1:23-cv-01575-JLT-SAB.

3. The Clerk of Court is directed to administratively close the member case Sosa, et 

al., v. Fresno, et al., No. 1:24-cv-01039-JLT-SAB.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: January 10, 2025 

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