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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE DISTRICT OF DELAWARE
ROLAND C. ANDERSON, :
Plaintiff, E
v. Z Civil Action No. 05-877-JJF
GENERAL MOTORS, E
Defendant. 2
ROLAND C. ANDERSON, :
Plaintiff, Z
v. E Civil Action No. 06-669-JJF
GENERAL MOTORS, ;
Defendant. 5
O R D E R
Plaintiff Roland C. Anderson filed two lawsuits pursuant to
42 U.S.C. § 2000 et seq. as captioned above. In both cases
Plaintiff proceeds pgp se and was granted permission to proceed
in forma pauperis pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § l9l5.
The Complaints in Civil Action Nos. 05-877-JJF and 06-669-
JJF, involve similar allegations of employment discrimination and
retaliation against the same Defendant, General Motors. Federal
Rule of Civil Procedure 42 provides for consolidation “{w]hen
actions involv[e] a common question of law or fact. . .to avoid

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unnecessary costs or delay.” Fed. R, Civ. P. 42(a). “District
courts have the inherent authority to order consolidation spa
sponte.” Plimpton v. Cooper, 141 F. Supp. 2d 573, 575 (W.D. N.C.
2001)(citing Pickle v. Char Lee Seafood, Inc., 174 F.3d 444 (4m
Cir. 1999)). Both Complaints concern common questions of law and
fact and are brought against the same Defendant.
At Wilmington this 22 day of February, 2007, IT IS THEREFORE
ORDERED that:
1. Civil Action Nos. 05-877-JJF and 06-669-JJF are
CONSOLIDATED for all purposes.
2. The caption of the Consolidated Action is as follows:
ROLAND C. ANDERSON, :
Plaintiff, ;
: CONSOLIDATED
v. : Civil Action No. 05-877-JJF
GENERAL MOTORS, ;
Defendant. ;
3. The Complaint (D.I. 2) filed in Civil Action No. 05-
877—JJF, and the Complaint (D.I. 2) filed in Civil Action No. 06-
669—JJF, together will stand as the Complaint in this
Consolidated Action.
4. All documents previously filed to date in the cases
consolidated herein are deemed filed and are part of the record
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in the Consolidated Action.
5. Hereafter, Court pleadings and documents shall be filed
only in Civil Action No. O5—877—JJF. The Court will not accept
pleadings filed in Civil Action No. O6—669—JJF.
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