In re YJNK XI CA, LLC

Filing 13

ORDER granting 8 Motion to Consolidate Cases. Case numbers 8:15-cv-00645-T-24; 8:15-cv-00646-T-24; 8:15-cv-00647-T-24; 8:15-cv-00648-T-24; 8:15-cv-00649-T-24; 8:15-cv-00650-T-24; 8:15-cv-00651-T-24; and 8:15-cv-00652-T-24 are hereby consolidated with Case number 8:15-cv-00644-T-24 for the purpose of considering the pending motions to withdraw the reference therein. Case number 8:15-cv-00644-T-24 will be the lead case number, and all further pleadings are to be filed therein. Signed by Judge Susan C Bucklew on 4/29/2015. (KTW)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
MIDDLE DISTRICT OF FLORIDA
TAMPA DIVISION
In re: ABLE BODY TEMPORARY
SERVICES, INC.,
Debtor.

CHRISTINE L. HERENDEEN,
Plaintiff,
v.

Lead Case No: 8:15-cv-644-T-24

SYNOVUS BANK,
Defendant.

In re: YJNK XI CA, LLC,
Debtor.

CHRISTINE L. HERENDEEN,
Plaintiff,
v.

Member Case No: 8:15-cv-645-T-24

SYNOVUS BANK,
Defendant.

In re: Rotrpick, LLC,
Debtor.

CHRISTINE L. HERENDEEN,
Plaintiff,
v.

Member Case No: 8:15-cv-646-T-24

SYNOVUS BANK,
Defendant.

In re: ABTS Holdings, LLC,
Debtor.

CHRISTINE L. HERENDEEN,
Plaintiff,
v.

Member Case No: 8:15-cv-647-T-24

SYNOVUS BANK,
Defendant.

In re: Preferable HQ, LLC,
Debtor.

CHRISTINE L. HERENDEEN,
Plaintiff,
v.

Member Case No: 8:15-cv-648-T-24

SYNOVUS BANK,
Defendant.

In re: Cecil B. DeBoone, LLC,
Debtor.

CHRISTINE L. HERENDEEN,
Plaintiff,

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v.

Member Case No: 8:15-cv-649-T-24

SYNOVUS BANK,
Defendant.

In re: Training U, LLC,
Debtor.

CHRISTINE L. HERENDEEN,
Plaintiff,
v.

Member Case No: 8:15-cv-650-T-24

SYNOVUS BANK,
Defendant.

In re: USL&H Staffing, LLC,
Debtor.

CHRISTINE L. HERENDEEN,
Plaintiff,
v.

Member Case No: 8:15-cv-651-T-24

SYNOVUS BANK,
Defendant.

In re:YJNK VIII, Inc.,
Debtor.

CHRISTINE L. HERENDEEN,

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Plaintiff,
v.

Member Case No: 8:15-cv-652-T-24

SYNOVUS BANK,
Defendant.

ORDER
This cause comes before the Court on Defendant Synovus Bank’s Stipulated Motion to
Consolidate (Dkt. 8). All parties consent to the relief requested therein.
A court may consolidate actions before it if they “involve a common question of law or
fact.” Fed. R. Civ. P. 42(a). “A district court’s decision under Rule 42(a) is purely discretionary.”
Hendrix v. Raybestos-Manhattan, Inc., 776 F.2d 1492, 1495 (11th Cir. 1985) (quoting In re Air
Crash Disaster at Florida Everglades, 549 F.2d 1006, 1013 (5th Cir. 1977)). Furthermore, the
Eleventh Circuit has “encouraged trial judges to make good use of Rule 42(a). . . in order to
expedite the trial and eliminate unnecessary repetition and confusion.” Id. (internal quotation
marks omitted).
The Court has reviewed the pleadings in all of the cases and has concluded that there is
significant factual and legal overlap.12 Consolidation will help eliminate unnecessary repetition,
and lessen the burden on available judicial resources. Accordingly, the cases shall be consolidated
for the purpose of considering the pending motions to withdraw the reference.
Accordingly, it is ORDERED AND ADJUDGED that:

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The Court has previously ruled on a similar motion in In re: Organized Confusion, LLP v. Synovus Bank, Case No.
8:14-cv-03226-T-24 (Dkt. 7).

2

Defendant’s motion requests a standing order to consolidate case numbers 8:15-cv-00651-T-24 and 8:15-cv-00652T-24 pending their transfer to the undersigned. These cases have since been transferred to the undersigned. Therefore,
the Court will consider 8:15-cv-00651-T-24 and 8:15-cv-00652-T-24 along with the related cases presently before it
in deciding the motion to consolidate.

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1. Defendant Synovus Bank’s Stipulated Motion to Consolidate (Dkt. 8) is GRANTED.
2. Case numbers 8:15-cv-00645-T-24; 8:15-cv-00646-T-24; 8:15-cv-00647-T-24; 8:15cv-00648-T-24; 8:15-cv-00649-T-24; 8:15-cv-00650-T-24; 8:15-cv-00651-T-24; and
8:15-cv-00652-T-24 are hereby consolidated with Case number 8:15-cv-00644-T-24
for the purpose of considering the pending motions to withdraw the reference therein.
3. Case number 8:15-cv-00644-T-24 will be the lead case number, and all further
pleadings are to be filed therein.
DONE AND ORDERED at Tampa, Florida, this 29th day of April, 2015.

Copies To: Counsel of Record and Parties

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