Consolidation

U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas

Rule Set: Local Rules of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas

Rule: 7.6

Jurisdiction: SDTX

Bluebook Citation: S.D. Tex. L.R. 7.6

A motion to consolidate cases will: A. Contain in the caption of the motion: 1. The case numbers; 2. Full styles; and 3. Judge to whom each of the cases is assigned.

B. Be ﬁled only in the oldest case with a courtesy copy furnished to the other affected courts.

C. Be heard by the judge to whom the oldest case is assigned.

D. The term “oldest case”, as used in this Rule, means the case ﬁled ﬁrst in any court, state or federal, including cases removed or transferred to this Court.

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