Chagnon v. United States Dep't of Veterans Affairs

Full title: John F. Chagnon v. United States Department of Veterans Affairs, Secretary…

Court: UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

Date published: Jan 31, 2012

Civil No. 11-cv-461-JD (D.N.H. Jan. 31, 2012)

Opinion

Civil No. 11-cv-461-JD Civil No. 11-cv-474-PB

01-31-2012

John F. Chagnon v. United States Department of Veterans Affairs, Secretary Eric K. Shinseki John F. Chagnon v. Abner Concepcion et al.

Landya McCafferty

ORDER

Pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 42(a) and Local Rule 42.1, after review, the court finds that the above captioned cases assert essentially identical facts and claims and are related. Accordingly, the cases should be consolidated for all purposes. Unless the parties file an objection within 14 days of the date of this order, these cases will be consolidated and an order of consolidation issued. See Devlin v. Transp. Comms. Int'l Union, 175 F.3d 121, 130 (2d Cir. 1999) (district court can consolidate related cases under Rule 42(a) sua sponte).

Any pleadings filed in response to this order shall be filed individually in each of the above-referenced cases. This order shall also be docketed individually in each case.

SO ORDERED.

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Landya McCafferty

United States Magistrate Judge

cc: John F. Chagnon, pro se

Gretchen Leah Witt, Esq.

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