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Nature of Suit Code: 290
Nature of Suit: Other Real Property Actions
Cause of Action: 28:1441 Petition for Removal- Declaratory Judgement

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE DISTRICT OF ARIZONA

Sandra Todd, 

Plaintiff, 

vs.

Chase Manhattan Mortgage Corp.; Chase

Home Finance LLC; Chase Fulfillment

Services, 

Defendants. 

Sandra Todd, 

Plaintiff, 

vs.

JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A.; Cal-Western

Reconveyance Corp.; United States

Department of Housing and Urban

Development, 

Defendants. 

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CV 12-00129-PHX-FJM

CV 12-01643-PHX-NVW

ORDER

The court has before it defendant JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.'s ("Chase") motion to

consolidate (doc. 42). The motion is not fully briefed.

Chase seeks to consolidate a second action recently filed by plaintiff Sandra Todd and

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removed to this court. Chase argues that the second action, which also challenges the legality

of the 2010 Trustee's Sale of plaintiff's home, is appropriate for consolidation with this

action. We may consolidate cases when they involve a "common question of law or fact."

Fed. R. Civ. P. 42(a). However, we have granted a motion to dismiss the remaining breach

of contract claim. This action, accordingly, is already at an end. Judicial economy would

not be served by consolidation of a newly-filed action with one that has already reached a

conclusion. Moreover, although both actions revolve around a challenge to the Trustee's

Sale, the newly-filed action asserts claims of fraud and racketeering. These claims will likely

raise new issues of law and fact not previously considered by this Court. In sum, we

conclude that consolidation of these cases is neither judicially efficient nor necessary.

IT IS ORDERED DENYING defendant JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.'s ("Chase")

motion to consolidate (doc. 42).

DATED this 23rd day of August, 2012.

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