Nieman v. Duke Energy Corporation et al

Filing 10

ORDER granting oral Motion to Consolidate Cases for Discovery andTrial. All further pleadings to be electronically filed to:3:12-cv-456 only. Member Case: 3:12-cv-474 to be administratively closed. Signed by District Judge Frank D. Whitney on 9/10/2012. Associated Cases: 3:12-cv-00456-MOC-DSC, 3:12-cv-00474-FDW-DSC(blf)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
WESTERN DISTRICT OF NORTH CAROLINA
CHARLOTTE DIVISION
DOCKET NO. 3:12-cv-00474-W
MICHAEL WILLIAM SUNNER AND
GLADYS SUNNER,
Plaintiffs,
vs.
DUKE ENERGY CORPORATION, et al,
Defendants.

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ORDER

THE MATTER is before the Court following a hearing on September 10, 2012, whereby the
parties jointly moved to consolidate this case with the case of Nieman v. Duke Energy Corp., et al,
3:12-cv-456-MOC, currently pending before the Honorable Max O. Cogburn. The Court notes that
all parties to the instant case consented to the oral motion, and, in addition, counsel for the plaintiffs
and the defendants in Nieman also appeared before the Court and gave their consent to
consolidation.
IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED that the parties’ Joint Oral Motion to Consolidate is
GRANTED, and this matter shall be consolidated with Nieman v. Duke Energy Corp., et al, 3:12-cv456-MOC.
IT IS SO ORDERED.
Signed: September 10, 2012