Free Order on Motion to Consolidate Cases - District Court of Delaware - Delaware

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE DISTRICT OF DELAWARE
RAYMOND E. BLAKE, et al., :
Plaintiffs, 3
v. Q Civ. Action No. 07-749-JJF
J. MEARS, et al., ;
Defendants. E
KEENAN WRIGHT, et al., :
Plaintiffs, ;
v. E Civ. Action No. 07-783-JJF
C/O MEARS, et al., 3
Defendants. ;
ORDER
At Wilmington this 2L8~day of January, 2008, IT IS ORDERED
that Plaintiff Raymond E. Blake's Motions To Consolidate {Civ.
Action No. 07-749-JJF, D.I. 22; Civ. Action No. 07—783—JJF, D.I.
12) are DENIED, for the reasons that follow:
Plaintiff Blake moves to combine this case`with Civ. Action
No. 07—783—JJF, another case where he is a named plaintiff.
Plaintiff Blake, an incarcerated individual, who proceeds pro se,
is one of several incarcerated Plaintiffs named in this case and
Civ. Action No. 07—7B3—JJF. Plaintiff Blake states that “because
[he] is the lead plaintiff in both cases and both cases . . .
pertain[] to the same situation" he sees no need to load up the

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court calendar on the same issues. Plaintiff Blake wants to drop
all Defendants in Civ. Action 07—783—JJF, and add all Plaintiffs
and Defendants in Civ. Action 07-783-JJF to this case.
As a non—attorney, Raymond E. Blake may not act as an
attorney for other individuals. gee In the Matter of Chojecki,
Nos. 99-4850, 99-18145, 2000 WL 679000, at *2 (E.D. Pa. May 22,
2000) (citing United States v. Stepard, 876 F. Supp. 214, 215
(D. Ariz. 1994) (“Although a non—attorney may appear in propria
persona on his own behalf, that privilege is personal to him and
he has no authority to appear as the attorney for anyone other
than himself.”) This prohibition includes acting on behalf of
all Plaintiffs named in this case and Civ. Action No. 07-783-JJF.
It may be that the Plaintiffs in both cases do not wish to
consolidate them. Their position, however, is unknown to the
Court. Hence, in the future, when Plaintiff Blake seeks relief
that affects all Plaintiffs, then all Plaintiffs in either case
must sign the motion.
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