LAS’ UIVIEIN 1 ELECTRONICALLY FILED DOC #: UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT DATE FILED: June 17, 2024 SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK KX ALTHEA BEAZER, Plaintiff, -against- 23-CV-967 (KMW) ORDER REBEKAH REHAB & EXTENDED CARE CENTER, KENNETH GELB, and CONNIE CALPADO

Defendants.

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK KX ALTHEA BEAZER

Plaintiff, -against- 24-CV-1057 (KMW) ORDER REBEKAH REHAB CENTER & EXTENDED CARE CENTER, and IVAN RAMKHELAWAN-SIN Defendants.

KIMBA M. WOOD, U.S.D.J.: Two related actions have been filed, and are before this Court. The two actions are Althea Beazer v. Rebekah Rehab & Extended Care Center, Kenneth Gelb, and Connie Calpado, 23-CV-967, and Althea Beazer v. Rebekah Rehab & Extended Care Center, and Ivan

Ramkhelawan-Sin, 24-CV-1057. Fed. R. Civ. P. 42(a) provides that a court may consolidate actions that “involve a common question of law of fact.” Fed. R. Civ. P. 42(a); Johnson v. Celotex Corp.,

(2d Cir. 1990), cert. denied,

(1990). Courts have “broad discretion to determine whether consolidation is appropriate,” Johnson,

, and courts can consolidate actions sua sponte. Devlin v. Transp. Communications Int’l Union,

, 130 (2d Cir. 1999). Barring any objection from the parties, the Court intends to consolidate the actions, Althea Beazer v. Rebekah Rehab & Extended Care Center, Kenneth Gelb, and Connie Calpado, 23-CV-967, and Althea Beazer v. Rebekah Rehab & Extended Care Center, and Ivan Ramkhelewan-Sin, 24-CV-1057, for all pretrial purposes. Any objections must be made no later than June 24, 2024.

SO ORDERED. Dated: New York, New York June 17, 2024 _/_s_/ _K_i_m_b_a_ _M_._ W__o_o_d____________ Kimba M. Wood United States District Judge