P.B. v. Burke County Public Schools Board of Education et al

Filing 61

ORDER in case 1:12-cv-00334-MR-DLH; granting (29) Motion to Consolidate Cases for Trial. All further pleadings to be electronically filed to: 1:12-cv-334 only. Member Case: 1:13-cv-9 to be administratively closed in case 1:13-cv-00009-MR-DLH. Signed by District Judge Martin Reidinger on 1/4/2014. (Pro se litigant served by US Mail.)(tmg)

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF NORTH CAROLINA
ASHEVILLE DIVISION

P.B. as Lawful Guardian Ad Litem
of Minor Child, Jane Doe,

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Plaintiff,
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vs.
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BURKE COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS )
BOARD OF EDUCATION, LINDA
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BRADSHAW, JOHN ROES 1-10, and )
MICHAEL ANDREW ALEXANDER,
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Defendants.
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A.B. as Lawful Guardian Ad Litem
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of Minor Child, L.B.,
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Plaintiff,
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vs.
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BURKE COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS )
BOARD OF EDUCATION, LINDA
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BRADSHAW, JOHN ROES 1-10, and )
MICHAEL ANDREW ALEXANDER,
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Defendants.
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CIVIL CASE NO.
1:12-cv-00334-MR-DLH

CIVIL CASE NO.
1:13-cv-00009-MR-DLH

THIS MATTER is before the Court on the Renewed Motion to
Consolidate by Burke County Public Schools Board of Education and Linda

Bradshaw [Civil Case No. 1:13-cv-00009-MR-DLH, Doc. 29].

No

opposition has been filed to the Defendants’ Motion.
Rule 42 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure provides that the
Court may consolidate two civil actions if they involve “a common question
of law or fact.” Fed. R. Civ. P. 42(a)(2). The Court finds that these two civil
actions involve common questions of law and fact such that consolidation
for trial would be appropriate.
Accordingly, IT IS, THEREFORE, ORDERED that the Renewed
Motion to Consolidate by Burke County Public Schools Board of Education
and Linda Bradshaw [Civil Case No. 1:13-cv-00090-MR-DLH, Doc. 29] is
GRANTED, and Civil Case No. 1:12-cv-00334-MR-DLH and Civil Case No.
1:13-cv-00009-MR-DLH are hereby CONSOLIDATED for trial before the
undersigned. Civil Case No. 1:12-cv-00334-MR-DLH is designated as the
lead case, and Civil Case No. 1:13-cv-00009-MR-DLH shall be closed.
Pursuant to Local Civil Rule 5.2.1(D), all future pleadings will be docketed
and filed in the designated lead case only.
IT IS SO ORDERED.

Signed: January 4, 2014

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