11th Cir. R. 12-2: Clerk’s Consolidation of Appeals
Rules and Internal Operating Procedures of the Eleventh Circuit — Title II. Appeal from a Judgment or Order of a District Court
The clerk may, at the time of docketing or thereafter, notify the affected parties that it has determined, sua sponte, that consolidation of appeals is either required by statute or is in the interest of judicial economy, such as when multiple appeals raise the same or similar issues, and shall direct the parties in the notice to file written objections, if any, to the proposed consolidation within 14 days of the notice. If no party objects to the proposed consolidation within the allotted 14 days, the clerk may consolidate the appeals; if the clerk receives a timely objection, the matter shall be referred to the Court for decision.