Cooper v. Rutherford

Full title: JOANN COOPER, individually, and as next friend of D.C., Plaintiff, v. JOHN…

Court: United States District Court, M.D. Florida, Jacksonville Division

Date published: Oct 6, 2010

Case No. 3:10-cv-695-J-20TEM, Case No. 3:10-cv-740-J-20MCR (M.D. Fla. Oct. 6, 2010)

Opinion

Case No. 3:10-cv-695-J-20TEM, Case No. 3:10-cv-740-J-20MCR.

October 6, 2010

ORDER

HARVEY SCHLESINGER, District Judge

This cause is before this Court on the parties responses to an Order to Show Cause addressing why these two cases should not be consolidated. The parties had no objection to consolidation.

This cause is also before this Court on Defendants' Joint Motion to Stay Discovery and Relief from Case Management Reporting Requirements Pending Disposition of Dispositive Motions to Dismiss (Case No. 3:10-cv-695-J-20TEM, Dtk. 11; Case No. 3:10-cv-740-J-20MCR, Dkt. 16).

Accordingly, it is hereby ORDERED:

1. These cases are hereby consolidated. All future pleadings should be filed in Cooper v. Rutherford, et al., Case No. 3:10-cv-695-J-20TEM; and

2. The Defendants' Joint Motion to Stay Discovery and Relief from Case Management Reporting Requirements Pending Disposition of Dispositive Motions to Dismiss (Case No. 3:10-cv-695-J-20TEM, Dtk. 11; Case No. 3:10-cv-740-J-20MCR, Dkt. 16) are GRANTED. DONE AND ENTERED at Jacksonville, Florida, this 6th day of October, 2010.