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Parties Involved:
Commissioner of Social Security
Defendant
Carlos Hernandez
Plaintiff

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

CARLOS HERNANDEZ, 

Plaintiff,

v.

CAROLYN W. COLVIN,

Acting Commissioner of Social Security,

Defendant.

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Case No. 1:15-cv-00262-SKO

ORDER CONSOLIDATING CASE WITH 

CASE NO. 1:15-cv-00110-LJO-SMS

Plaintiff Carlos Hernandez ("Plaintiff") filed a complaint on February 19, 2015. (Docs. 1.) 

This complaint is duplicative of a complaint Plaintiff filed in a case captioned Hernandez v. 

Colvin, 1:15-cv-00110-LJO-SMS. The complaint in each action is nearly identical and appears to 

challenge the same denial of benefits by the Commissioner of Social Security. (Compare 1:15-cv00262-SKO, Doc. 1 with 1:15-cv-00110-LJO-SMS, Doc. 14.) As such, this case shall be 

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consolidated with Plaintiff's earlier filed case, 1:15-cv-00110-LJO-SMS. 

Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that:

1. The Clerk of Court is DIRECTED to consolidate this action with the earlier filed 

case numbered 1:15-cv-00110-LJO-SMS;

2. All future filings shall be made in the case numbered 1:15-cv-00110-LJO-SMS; 

and

3. The Clerk of Court is DIRECTED to close this case.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: May 14, 2015 /s/ Sheila K. Oberto 

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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