Cramer v. Wood

THE HONORABLE JOHN C. COUGHENOUR UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON 8 AT SEATTLE JACK CARLTON CRAMER, CASE NO. C20-0820-JCC Appellant, MINUTE ORDER 11 v. EDMUND J. WOOD, 13 Appellee.

15 The following Minute Order is made by direction of the Court, the Honorable John C.

16 Coughenour, United States District Judge: 17 This matter comes before the Court on the parties’ stipulated motion to consolidate cases on appeal (Dkt. No. 6). The parties stipulate to the consolidation of In re Carlton Cramer, Jr., Case No. C20-0820-JCC (W.D. Wash. 2020) and In re Carlton Cramer, Jr., Case No. C20-0821- JCC (W.D. Wash. 2020), two appeals from the parties’ proceedings before the Western District of Washington Bankruptcy Court. (See generally id.) As the appeals involve common parties, subject matter, and questions of law and fact, the Court finds that consolidation is appropriate.

23 See Fed. R. Civ. P. 42(a); Alley v. Chrysler Credit Corp., 767 F.2d 138, 140 (5th Cir. 1985); Southwest Marine, Inc. v. Triple A Mach. Shop., Inc., 720 F. Supp. 805, 807 (N.D. Cal 1989).

25 Accordingly, the parties’ stipulated motion to consolidate (Dkt. No. 6) is GRANTED.

26 The Court hereby ORDERS that Case Numbers C20-0820-JCC and C20-0821-JCC be consolidated for all purposes. All future pleadings in these actions shall bear the Case Number C20-0820-JCC.

3 DATED this 3rd day of June 2020.

4 William M. McCool Clerk of Court s/Tomas Hernandez 6 Deputy Clerk