Accounting To You, Inc. v. Buccaneers Limited Partnership

Filing 69

ORDER granting 178 Motion to Consolidate Cases filed in case 8:13-cv-1592-T-AEP. Defendant's Motion (Dkt. No. 178) is GRANTED. Case number 8:13-cv-02929-T-AEP is CONSOLIDATED into case number 8:13-cv-01592-T-AEP for the purposes of discovery and Plaintiff's class certification motion. The parties shall file all subsequent papers in lead case #8:13-cv-01592.The Clerk is directed to ADMINISTRATIVELY CLOSE the following case number: 8:13-cv-02929-T-AEP. Signed by Magistrate Judge Anthony E. Porcelli on 5/18/2015. (JNB)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
MIDDLE DISTRICT OF FLORIDA
TAMPA DIVISION

CIN-Q AUTOMOBILES, INC. and MEDICAL
& CHIROPRACTIC CLINIC, INC., Florida
corporations, individually and as representatives
of a class of similarly-situated persons,
Plaintiffs,
v.

CASE NO.: 8:13-cv-01592-T-AEP

BUCCANEERS LIMITED PARTNERSHIP
and JOHN DOES 1-10,
Defendants.
______________________________________/

ORDER
This cause comes before the Court on Defendant’s Motion to Consolidate Related
Lawsuits (“Motion”) (Dkt. No. 178) and Plaintiffs’ response thereto (Dkt. No. 179). Defendant
requests consolidation of Accounting to You, Inc. v. Buccaneers Limited Partnership, No. 8:13cv-02929-EAK-MAP. The Court notes that the parties in both cases have previously consented
to the undersigned’s jurisdiction. To conserve judicial resources in these cases, the Court
concludes they should be consolidated with the above-styled action. Accordingly, it is hereby
ORDERED:
1. Defendant’s Motion (Dkt. No. 178) is GRANTED.
2. Case number 8:13-cv-02929-EAK-MAP is CONSOLIDATED into case number 8:13cv-01592-T-AEP for the purposes of discovery and Plaintiff’s class certification
motion.
3. The parties shall file all subsequent papers in lead case #8:13-cv-01592.

4. The Clerk is directed to ADMINISTRATIVELY CLOSE the following case number:
8:13-cv-02929-EAK-MAP

DONE AND ORDERED in Tampa, Florida, on this 18th day of May, 2015.

Copies furnished to:
Counsel of Record

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