Martin v. Indiana State of et al
Filing
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OPINION AND ORDER DENYING 19 Rule 71 of FRCP Motion to Enforce Relief for or Against a Non-Party; Rule 42 of FRCP MOTION to Consolidate Cases filed by Anthony C Martin. Signed by Magistrate Judge Roger B Cosbey on 7/10/2012. (kjm)
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
NORTHERN DISTRICT OF INDIANA
FORT WAYNE DIVISION
ANTHONY C. MARTIN,
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Plaintiff,
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STATE OF INDIANA, et al.,
Defendants.
CAUSE NO. 1:12-CV-69
OPINION AND ORDER
On July 9, 2012, Plaintiff Anthony Martin filed a motion (Docket # 19) seeking, as nearly
as the Court can tell, to enforce relief for Amanda Delegrange, the Plaintiff in Amanda
Delegrange v. State of Indiana, et al., 1:12-cv-68, a case involving the same incident and parties
as the present case, by consolidating her case with this case.
But Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 42(a) only provides for consolidation involving
“actions before the court.” FED. R. CIV. P. 42(a). Delegrange’s case (1:12-cv-68), however, was
dismissed by her with prejudice on March 22, 2012. As such, her case is no longer an “action
before the court” and thus is ineligible for consolidation.
Accordingly, the Court has contemporaneously stricken Martin’s motion in Amanda
Delegrange v. State of Indiana, 1:12-cv-68, the purported companion case. Therefore, Martin’s
motion (Docket # 19) in the present case is DENIED.
SO ORDERED.
Enter for this 10th day of July, 2012.
S/Roger B. Cosbey
Roger B. Cosbey,
United States Magistrate Judge
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