Opinion
Case Nos. 4:05cr000242 JMM, 4:06cr00054 JMM.
June 30, 2006
ORDER
On June 28, 2006, this court granted Defendant's motion to consolidate case 4:05cr00242 JMM and 4:06cr00054 SWW. Judge Susan Webber Wright entered an order in her case which transferred the case to the undersigned.
This Order is to clarify the purpose of consolidation. Pursuant to Rule 13 of the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure, Joint Trial for Separate Cases, `The court may order that separate cases be tried together as though brought in a single indictment or information if all offenses and all defendants could have been joined in a single indictment or information.'
The cases are consolidated for trial purposes only. Counsel are directed to continue to file pleadings in the individual cases.
IT IS SO ORDERED.