Local Rule Civil L. R. 42: Consolidation
E.D. Wis. — Civil rule
Civil L. R. 42. Consolidation.
(a) When a party moves to consolidate two or more cases, whether for a limited purpose or for all future proceedings, the motion to consolidate and supporting materials must be captioned with the case names and numbers of all cases sought to be consolidated. Service and filing must be effected in all of the cases sought to be consolidated. The motion must be decided by the judge to whom the lowest numbered case is assigned. If the motion is granted, the judge to whom the lowest numbered case is assigned will handle all future proceedings covered by the consolidation order.
(b) After two or more cases are consolidated, all papers relevant to the purposes for which consolidation was granted will be filed and docketed only in the lowest numbered of the consolidated cases. A notation to check the docket sheet for the lowest numbered case will be entered on the docket sheet(s) for the higher numbered case(s).
(c) If cases are consolidated for some but not all purposes, documents relating to a particular case will be docketed on the docket sheet for that case and be filed only in that case file.