# Ridenti v. Google LLC

> District Court, N.D. California · April 20, 2021

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/10067431

## Case

- **Court:** District Court, N.D. California
- **Decided:** April 20, 2021
- **Opinion:** 100trialcourt
- **Cited by:** 0 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

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## Opinion text

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3 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
4 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
5 SAN JOSE DIVISION
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7 NICHOLE HUBBARD, et al., Case No. 19-cv-07016-BLF

8 Plaintiffs,
ORDER RELATING AND
9 v. CONSOLIDATING CASES

10 GOOGLE LLC, et al.,
11 Defendants.
12 PAULA RIDENTI, Case No. 4:21-cv-02313-HSG
13 Plaintiff,
14 v.

15 GOOGLE LLC, et al.,
16 Defendants.

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18 Before the Court is an unopposed motion to relate the action Ridenti v. Google LLC et al.,
19 No. 4:21-cv-02313-HSG, newly transferred from the District of Massachusetts, to the action
20 Hubbard et al. v. Google et al., 19-cv-07016-BLF. The Court GRANTS the motion.
21 The Court further CONSOLIDATES the actions. If actions before the court involve a
22 common question of law or fact, the court may . . . consolidate the actions.” Fed. R. Civ. P. 42(a).
23 The “district court has broad discretion under this rule to consolidate cases pending in the same
24 district.” Investors Research Co. v. U.S. Dist. Court for Cent. Dist. of California, 877 F.2d 777,
25 777 (9th Cir. 1989). “In determining whether or not to consolidate cases, the Court should weigh
26 the interest of judicial convenience against the potential for delay, confusion and prejudice.”
27 Bodri v. Gopro, Inc., 2016 WL 1718217, at *1 (N.D. Cal. Apr. 28, 2016) (quoting Zhu v. UCBH
1 law and fact in the relevant cases, the Ridenti and Hubbard actions are hereby CONSOLIDATED
2 || for all purposes, including trial and dispositive motions. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that:
3 (1) The Clerk of Court shall relate and administratively consolidate Case Nos. 19-cv-
4 07016-BLF, and 4:21-cv-02313-HSG;
5 (2) The master docket and master file for the consolidated actions shall be Case 19-cv-
6 07016-BLF, and the consolidated action shall bear the caption Hubbard et al. v. Google et
7 al.
8 (3) All orders, pleadings, motions, and other documents shall, when filed and docketed in
9 the master file, be deemed filed and docketed in each individual case to the extent
10 applicable; and
11 (4) The parties shall advise the Court if it should terminate the pending motion to dismiss
12 in anticipation of the parties filing an amended consolidated complaint. Any consolidated
13 complaint must be filed by May 14, 2021.
IT IS SO ORDERED.

16 || Dated: April 20, 2021 han tn)
BETH LABSON FREEMAN
Z 18 United States District Judge
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