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Parties Involved:
Bank of England
Plaintiff
Trevor Barrett
Defendant
Barrett Financial Group LLC
Defendant
Does
Consol Defendant
ENG Lending
Plaintiff

Document Text:

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

EASTERN DISTRICT OF ARKANSAS

WESTERN DIVISION

BANK OF ENGLAND d/b/a ENG

Lending

Plaintiff

V.

TREVOR BARRETT and BARRETT

FINANCIAL GROUP LLC

Defendants

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NO: 4:15CV00683 SWW

(LEAD CASE)

CONSOLIDATED WITH 

TREVOR BARRETT and BARRETT

FINANCIAL GROUP LLC

Plaintiffs

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BANK OF ENGLAND d/b/a ENG

Lending and Does

Defendants

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NO: 4:15CV00546 SWW

ORDER CONSOLIDATING CASES

Before the Court is the parties’ joint motion [ECF No. 19], asking this Court to

consolidate this lead case with a related action that was transferred to this Court from the United

States District Court for the District of Arizona and filed as Barrett Financial Group, LLC v.

Bank of England d/b/a ENG Lending, 4:16CV00546 JM (E.D. Ark.). 

Rule 42(a) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure governs consolidation of separate

actions and provides: “ If actions before the court involve a common question of law or fact, the

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court may. . . consolidate the actions . . . . ” Fed. R. Civ. P. 42(a). Here, the Bank of England,

d/b/a/ ENG Lending, (“BOE”) brought this action, charging that Defendant Trevor Barrett 

breached an employment agreement and improperly diverted funds to Defendant Barrett

Financial Group LLC. Subsequently, Defendants filed suit against BOE in the District of

Arizona, asserting several claims arising from the same employment agreement and relationship

at issue in this case. The cases are at the same stage of litigation, concern the same employment

agreement, and involve the same parties and overlapping claims. The Court finds that the cases

should be consolidated. 

 IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED that this lead case, Bank of England d/b/a ENG Lending

v. Trevor Barrett and Barrett Financial Group LLC, No. 4:15CV00683 SWW, and Barrett

Financial Group, LLC v. Bank of England d/b/a ENG Lending, No. 4:16CV00546 JM, are

hereby CONSOLIDATED. Case No. 4:16CV00546 JM should be transferred to the docket of

United States District Judge Susan Webber Wright. 

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the Clerk shall enter this order in each of the

consolidated cases, and the parties are advised that all future filings should be made only in

the lead case, No. 4:15CV00683 SWW.

IT IS SO ORDERED THIS 14TH DAY OF SEPTEMBER, 2016.

/s/Susan Webber Wright

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

 

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