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11 Any Plaintiff, ) Case No. LOWEST CASE NUMBER HERE


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12 Plaintiff, ) NOTICE OF MOTION AND MOTION FOR
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TO ALL INTERESTED PARTIES IN EACH CASE CAPTIONED ABOVE AND THEIR
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ATTORNEYS OF RECORD:
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21 PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that on ________________________ at _________.M., or as soon

22 after that as the matter can be heard, in Dept. _______ of the above-entitled Court located at LIST
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COMPLETE ADDRESS OF COURT, LIST NAME AND CAPACITY OF MOVING PARTY
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(_______), will move the Court to order pursuant to Code of Civil Procedure 1048(a) to
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consolidate Case No. LIST CASE WITH LOWEST CASE NUMBER HERE captioned NAME
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27 OF PLAINTIFF vs. NAME OF FIRST DEFENDANT (________Action); Case No. LIST

28 CASE NUMBER OF SECOND CASE HERE captioned NAME OF PLAINTIFF vs. NAME OF

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1 FIRST DEFENDANT, (________Action) and Case No. LIST CASE NUMBER OF SECOND
2 CASE HERE captioned NAME OF PLAINTIFF vs. NAME OF FIRST DEFENDANT,
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(______Action). The motion should be granted on the grounds that all of the Actions arise out of the
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same set of operative facts namely LIST HERE THE SAME SET OF OPERATIVE FACTS and
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contain common issues in that LIST HERE THE ISSUES THAT ARE COMMON TO ALL OF

7 THE ACTIONS. Consolidation of all of the Actions will avoid unnecessary duplication of evidence

8 and procedures in all of the actions; avoid the risk of inconsistent adjudications and avoid many of
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the same witnesses testifying on common issues in all actions as well as promote judicial economy
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and convenience.
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The Motion will be based on this notice, the attached memorandum of points and authorities,
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13 the attached Declaration of _____________________ and Exhibits attached thereto, the records and

14 files of this action, and the oral and documentary evidence which may be introduced at the hearing.
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17 Dated________________ _______________________________________________
ANY ATTORNEY OR PARTY
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Note that this motion should only be used when all cases are pending in
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appearance with this entire motion including all supporting documents.
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You only have to file the entire motion in the case with the lowest case
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6 number which is known as the lead case. You only need to file the
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notice of motion and proof of service in all of the other cases. See
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