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

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

COREY JERROME ELDER,

Plaintiff,

v.

JOKSCH, et al.,

Defendants.

No. 2:18-CV-3215-TLN-DMC-P

ORDER

Plaintiff, a prisoner proceeding pro se, brings this civil rights action pursuant to 

42 U.S.C. § 1983. 

On February 5, 2020, the District Judge issued an order relating this action to 

Elder v. Silva, et al., E. Dist. Cal. case no. 2:16-CV-1925-TLN-DMC-P. See ECF No. 23. The 

District Judge stated:

Here, the actions involve the same parties, are based on the same 

claims arising from the same underlying alleged facts, and involve the same 

questions of law. Indeed, it appears the entirety of Plaintiff’s second-filed 

action is wholly encompassed by his first. . . .

* * *

. . .Should either party wish to consolidate the actions or dismiss the 

latter as duplicative, the appropriate motion or stipulations must be filed. 

Id. at 2.

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Consistent with the District Judge’s order, the parties are hereby directed to file 

appropriate motions addressing whether the related action should be consolidated (i.e., a motion 

to consolidate actions) or whether the instant action should be dismissed as duplicative of the 

related action (i.e., a motion to dismiss duplicative action). The parties may satisfy this order by 

filing a stipulation on either question. The parties shall comply within 30 days of the date of this 

order. Failure to comply may result in the imposition of appropriate sanctions. See Local Rule 

110. 

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Dated: March 5, 2020

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DENNIS M. COTA

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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