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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE DISTRICT OF DELAWARE
TYRONE GUINN, )
)
Petitioner, )
)
v. ) Civ. Action No. 06-468-***(MPT)
)
THOMAS CARROLL, )
Warden, and JOSEPH R. )
BIDEN, III, Attorney )
General of the State of )
Delaware, )
)
Respondents. )
TYRONE GUINN, )
)
Petitioner, )
)
v. ) Civ. Action No. 07-625-***
)
THOMAS CARROLL, )
Warden, and JOSEPH R. )
BIDEN, III, Attorney )
General of the State of )
Delaware, )
)
Respondents. )
O R D E R
Petitioner Tyrone Guinn filed two habeas petitions pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254
as captioned above. Petitioner proceeds pro se in both cases.
The petitions in Civil Action Nos. 06-468-***(MPT) and 07-625-*** raise similar
challenges to the same 2005 conviction for assault in a detention facility. Federal Rule

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of Civil Procedure 42 provides for consolidation "[w]hen actions invoIv[e] a common
question of law or fact. . .to avoid unnecessary costs or deIay." Fed. R. Civ. P. 42(a).
"District courts have the inherent authority to order consolidation sua sponte." P/impton
v. Cooper, 141 F. Supp. 2d 573, 575 (W.D. N.C. 2001)(citing Pickle v. Char Lee
Seafood, Inc., 174 F.3d 444 (4"‘ Cir. 1999)). Both petitions concern common questions
of law and fact and are brought against the same respondents.
At Wilmington this /6 day of November, 2007, IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED
that:
1. Civil Action Nos. 06-468-***(MPT) and 07-625-*** are CONSOLIDATED
for all purposes.
2. The caption of the Consolidated Action is as follows:
TYRONE GUINN, )
Petitioner, )
) CONSOLIDATED
v. ) Civil Action No. 06-468-***(MPT)
) Civil Action No. 07-625—***(MPT)
THOMAS CARROLL, Warden, )
and JOSEPH R. BIDEN, III, Attorney )
General of the State of )
Delaware, )
Respondents. )
3. The petition (D.I. 2) filed in Civil Action No. 06-468-***(MPT), and the
petition (D.I. 1) filed in Civil Action No. 07-625-***, together will stand as the petition in
this Consolidated Action.
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4. All documents previously filed to date in the cases consolidated herein are
deemed filed and are part of the record in the Consolidated Action.
5. Hereafter, Court pleadings and documents shall be filed only in Civil
Action No. 06-468-***(MPT). The Court will not accept pleadings filed in Civil Action
No. 07-625-***. T
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