Marti et al v. Office of the Commissioner of Baseball, et al

Filing 62

ORDER GRANTING MOTION TO CONSOLIDATE AND GRANTING MOTION TO APPOINT LEAD COUNSEL. Signed by Judge Richard Seeborg on 10/10/14. (cl, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 10/10/2014)

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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 8 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 9 10 AARON SENNE, et al., Case No. 14-cv-00608-RS Plaintiffs, 11 United States District Court Northern District of California v. 12 13 KANSAS CITY ROYALS BASEBALL CORP., et al., 14 ORDER GRANTING MOTION TO CONSOLIDATE AND GRANTING MOTION TO APPOINT LEAD COUNSEL Defendants. 15 16 Plaintiffs move to consolidate herein the later-filed Marti v. Office of the Commissioner of 17 Baseball, et al., No. 3:14-cv-03289-RS, which has already been related under Civil Local Rule 3- 18 12. Although the Marti plaintiffs suggest consolidation should be limited to discovery and/or that 19 their attorneys should be appointed as co-lead interim counsel, no party suggests that the overlap 20 in questions of law and fact between the two actions is insufficient to support consolidation. 21 Furthermore, there is no basis to conclude that consolidation would result in undue delay, 22 prejudice, or confusion. To the contrary, allowing the two matters to proceed separately would 23 result in unwarranted burdens to the parties and to the Court. 24 Accordingly, the motion to consolidate is granted. As promptly as practicable, and 25 consistent with the timing discussed at the hearing, plaintiffs shall file a consolidated complaint, 26 and defendants shall renew their dismissal and transfer motions. 27 28 The motion to appoint interim lead counsel is also granted. The proposed order submitted with the motion, setting out the terms of the appointment will be entered separately. 1 IT IS SO ORDERED. 2 3 4 5 Dated: October 10, 2014 ______________________________________ RICHARD SEEBORG United States District Judge 6 7 8 9 10 United States District Court Northern District of California 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 CASE NO. 2 14-cv-00608-RS

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