Psonak v. Peoples Benefit Life Insurance Company

Full title: ERIC PSONAK, Plaintiff, v. PEOPLES BENEFIT LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, et al.…

Court: United States District Court, M.D. Pennsylvania

Date published: Jul 20, 2006

Civil Action Nos. 1:06-CV-0420, 1:06-CV-1014 (M.D. Pa. Jul. 20, 2006)

Opinion

Civil Action Nos. 1:06-CV-0420, 1:06-CV-1014.

July 20, 2006

ORDER

CHRISTOPHER CONNER, District Judge

AND NOW, this 20th day of July, 2006, upon consideration of the motions (Civil Action No. 1:06-CV-0420, Doc. 12; Civil Action No. 1:06-CV-1014, Doc. 9) to consolidate the above-captioned cases, and the initial case management conference for Civil Action No. 1:06-CV-1014, scheduled to commence at 9:45 a.m. on August 22, 2006 (see Civil Action No. 1:06-CV-1014, Doc. 5), and it appearing that the above-captioned cases involve common parties and common questions of fact and law, see FED. R. CIV. P. 42(a), and that none of the parties oppose consolidation of the above-captioned cases, see Cella v. Togum Constructeur Ensembleier en Industrie Alimentaire, 173 F.3d 909, 912-13 (3d Cir. 1999) (discussing consolidation), it is hereby ORDERED that:

1. The motions (Civil Action No. 1:06-CV-0420, Doc. 12; Civil Action No. 1:06-CV-1014, Doc. 9) to consolidate the above-captioned cases are GRANTED.

2. The above-captioned cases are CONSOLIDATED for all purposes.

3. The Clerk of Court is directed to CONSOLIDATE the case docketed as Civil Action No. 1:06-CV-1014 into the case docketed as Civil Action No. 1:06-CV-0420 and to CLOSE the case docketed as Civil Action No. 1:06-CV-1014.

4. The initial case management conference for Civil Action No. 1:06-CV-1014, scheduled to commence at 9:45 a.m. on August 22, 2006, is CANCELLED.

5. All future documents filed in this consolidated case shall be filed under the case docketed as Civil Action No. 1:06-CV-0420.