ALLEN v. TUCKER

Filing 10

ORDER re Plaintiff's 8 Motion for Joinder is DENIED. Signed by MAGISTRATE JUDGE GARY R JONES on 2/14/2013. (jws)

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE
NORTHERN DISTRICT OF FLORIDA
GAINESVILLE DIVISION

PRESTON SHANE ALLEN,
Plaintiff,
v.

CASE NO. 1:13-cv-6-MP-GRJ

KENNETH S. TUCKER,
Defendant.
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ORDER
Pending before the Court is Plaintiff’s “Motion for Joinder of Actions.” (Doc. 8.)
Plaintiff requests the Court to join this action with Case No. 1:13-cv-5-MP-GRJ,
asserting that joinder will facilitate “judicial expediency and efficiency.” (Doc. 8, at 1.)
This motion is due to be denied. In the instant case, Plaintiff alleges that unnamed
officials at Mayo Correctional Institution have conspired to fail to answer inmate
grievances and to destroy copies of grievances. In Case No. 1:13-cv-5-MP-GRJ,
Plaintiff alleges that the prison policies for providing kosher food to Jewish inmates
during Passover violated his right to freely practice his religion. The allegations in the
two complaints appear to be completely unrelated. Accordingly, joinder of these actions
would be improper, and Plaintiff’s “Motion for Joinder of Actions,” Doc. 8, is DENIED.
DONE AND ORDERED this 14th day of February 2013.

s/Gary R. Jones
GARY R. JONES
United States Magistrate Judge