Stokes v. American Cyanamid Co

Filing 123

ORDER denying motion to consolidate signed by Judge Lynn Adelman on 8/10/10. (cc: all counsel)(Wesolek, Marie) Modified file date on 8/11/2010 (kah).

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF WISCONSIN

BRIONN STOKES, Plaintiff, v. AMERICAN CYANAMID CO., et al., Defendants. Case No. 07-C-865

DECISION AND ORDER I previously denied plaintiff's motion to partially consolidate this case with other cases pending in this district, three of which are pending before me1 and the fourth, Gibson v. American Cyanamid, case number 07C0864, which is pending before Judge Randa. Before me now, pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 42(a), is plaintiff's renewed motion to consolidate the cases or, alternatively, pursuant to Civil L.R. 3(b), to designate them as related and reassign Gibson to me. Plaintiff contends that consolidation will facilitate processing the cases and particularly the discovery phase. I doubt that this is so and thus will decline to revisit my previous decision denying consolidation. As for the issue of assigning related actions, which is the concern of L.R. 3(b), that matter is generally addressed when a case is filed. Gibson has been pending in this court for over two years, and Judge Randa has rendered at least one substantive decision in the case. Under these circumstances, I will also decline to reassign Gibson. Therefore, for the reasons stated, IT IS ORDERED that plaintiff's motion to partially consolidate or alternatively reassign Gibson is DENIED.

Burton v. American Cyanamid, et al., case number 07C0303; Owens v. American Cyanamid, et al., case number 07C0441; and Sifuentes v. American Cyanamid, et al., case number 10C0075.
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Dated at Milwaukee, Wisconsin this 10 day of August, 2010.

/s____________________________________ LYNN ADELMAN District Judge

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