Chagnon v. US Department of Veterans Affairs, Secretary

Filing 4

Potential CONSOLIDATION ORDER re: Cases 11cv461-JD, 11cv474-PB. Unless parties object within 14 days, these cases will be consolidated and an order of consolidation issued. ( Response deadline set for 2/14/2012.) So Ordered by Magistrate Judge Landya B. McCafferty.(dae)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE DISTRICT OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

John F. Chagnon
v.

Civil No. 11-cv-461-JD

United States Department
of Veterans Affairs,
Secretary Eric K. Shinseki
John F. Chagnon
v.

Civil No. 11-cv-474-PB

Abner Concepcion et al.

O R D E R
Pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 42(a) and Local Rule 42.1,
after review, the court finds that the above captioned cases
assert essentially identical facts and claims and are related.
Accordingly, the cases should be consolidated for all purposes.
Unless the parties file an objection within 14 days of the date
of this order, these cases will be consolidated and an order of
consolidation issued.

See Devlin v. Transp. Comms. Int’l Union,

175 F.3d 121, 130 (2d Cir. 1999) (district court can consolidate
related cases under Rule 42(a) sua sponte).

Any pleadings filed in response to this order shall be
filed individually in each of the above-referenced cases.

This

order shall also be docketed individually in each case.
SO ORDERED.

__________________________
Landya McCafferty
United States Magistrate Judge
January 31, 2012
cc:

John F. Chagnon, pro se
Gretchen Leah Witt, Esq.

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