Brenner v. Ybarra

1 GLENN.KATON, State Bar No. 281841 SAVAGE DAY KATON LAW Kelly Savage Day (SBN 235901) 2 385 Grand Avenue, Suite 200 Lucas Valley Rd., Suite 272 Oakland, CA 94610 3 T: (510) 463-3350 San Rafael CA 94903 F: (510) 463-3349 T: (415) 259-6624 4 [email protected] [email protected] Attorney for Plaintiff Attorney for Defendant Ismael Cisneros XAVIER BECERRA, State Bar No. 118517 DAVID W. TYRA, State Bar No. 116218 Attorney General of California [email protected] ALICIA A. BOWER, State Bar No. 287799 CECILIA L. MARTIN, State Bar No. 301027 Acting Supervising Deputy Attorney [email protected] General KRONICK, MOSKOVITZ, TIEDEMANN LUCAS L. HENNES, State Bar No. 278361 & GIRARD Deputy Attorney General 9 1300 I Street, Suite 125 400 Capitol Mall, 27th Floor P.O. Box 944255 Sacramento, California 95814 10 Sacramento, CA 94244-2550 Telephone: (916) 321-4500 Telephone: (916) 210-7323 Facsimile: (916) 321-4555 11 Fax: (916) 324-5205 Attorneys for Defendant Mitchell Bolt E-mail: [email protected] Attorneys for Defendant L. Ybarra 13 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 14 FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 15 SACRAMENTO DIVISION TIMOTHY M. BRENNER, JR., 2:18-cv-02610 JAM DB Plaintiff, STIPULATED REQUEST FOR 19 CONSOLIDATION v. LISA R. YBARRA, et al., Defendants.

23 TIMOTHY M. BRENNER, JR., 2:19-cv-02361-JAM-DB 24 Plaintiff, 25 v. MITCHELL BOLT, 27 Defendant.

1 Under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 42(a), the parties in the above-captioned cases jointly stipulate to consolidation of these two cases.

3 Consolidation is appropriate where multiple actions before the court “involve a common question of law or fact.” Fed. R. Civ. P. 42(a). “District courts enjoy substantial discretion in deciding whether and to what extent to consolidate cases.” Hall v. Hall, 138 S. Ct. 1118, 1131 (2018). For instance, a district court is permitted to consolidate two closely-related actions “for all further proceedings,” effectively combining the two cases into a single case for all intents and purposes. Schnabel v. Lui, 302 F.3d 1023, 1036-37 (9th Cir. 2002).

9 Here, the parties agree that both Brenner v. Ybarra, 2:18-cv-02610 JAM DB, and Brenner v. Bolt, 2:19-cv-02361-JAM-DB, arise out of the same set of facts. Specifically, both actions arise out of Plaintiff’s allegations that on November 22, 2017, he was assaulted by another prisoner during an escort. On December 12, 2019, the Court related these two cases under Local Rule 123.

14 The parties further agree that it would represent an unnecessary expenditure of judicial resources and needless expense to the parties to maintain these two actions independently. In both actions, the parties anticipate taking Plaintiff’s and Defendants’ depositions, conducting written discovery related to the same set of facts, and obtaining expert testimony relating to the same facts. Furthermore, holding separate proceedings in these two cases runs the risk of inconsistent or cumulative judgments. In the interest of avoiding duplicative discovery and inconsistent judgments, the parties believe it serves the interest of justice to consolidate these two actions. The parties therefore jointly stipulate to the consolidation of these two actions for all purposes moving forward.

23 IT IS SO STIPULATED.

1 XAVIER BECERRA KATON.LAW Attorney General of California /s/ Glenn Katon ALICIA A. BOWER GLENN KATON Acting Supervising Deputy Attorney General Attorney for Plaintiff Timothy M. Brenner, Jr. /s/ Lucas L. Hennes 5 LUCAS L. HENNES Deputy Attorney General 6 Attorneys for Defendant L. Ybarra SAVAGE DAY KRONICK MOSKOVITZ TIEDEMANN & /s/ Kelly S. Day GIRARD Kelly S. Day /s/ Cecilia L. Martin Attorney for Defendant Ismael Cisneros Cecilia L. Martin 12 Attorney for Defendant Mitchell Bolt

15 ORDER 16 The Court finds that Brenner v. Ybarra, 2:18-cv-02610 JAM DB, and Brenner v. Bolt, 2:19- cv-02361-JAM-DB, involve common questions of law or fact, and that unnecessary cost or delay will be avoided by consolidation of these two actions. Good cause thereby appearing, these two actions will be consolidated for all purposes moving forward.

All future filed documents must be filed in the lead case 2:18-cv-2610 JAM DB only.

The Clerk is directed to Administratively close member case 2:19-cv-2361 JAM DB. The Clerk is further directed to file the Complaint and Answer from the member case 2:19-cv- 2361 JAM DB in the Lead Case 2:18-cv-2610 JAM DB.

1 IT IS SO ORDERED.

3 Dated: July 21, 2020 /s/ John A. Mendez____________ The Honorable John A. Mendez 4 United States District Court Judge