Case Information
*1 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
DISTRICT OF NEVADA * * * UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Case No. 2:16-CR-191 JCM (PAL) Plaintiff(s), ORDER v. PAULINO NICHOLAS-DE LA CRUZ, Defendant(s).
Presently before the court is the joint motion to consolidate the instant criminal case involving defendant Paulino Nicholas-De La Cruz, case no. 2:16-cr-00191-JCM-PAL, with the action that is now case no. 2:17-cr-128-JCM-PAL. (ECF No. 29).
On May 8, 2017, Judge Dorsey—who previously presided over the latter case—granted a joint motion to consolidate the two cases. See (ECF No. 12 in case no. 2:17-cr-128-JCM-PAL). The corresponding minute order adjudicating that motion states that “[t]his case 2:17-cr-00128- JAD-PAL is now consolidated with case 2:16-cr-00191-JCM-PAL.” ( Id. ) (emphasis removed).
Here, the government has indicated that the operative plea agreement constitutes a “global resolution” of the “new charge and the alleged violations of conditions of supervised release,” which encompasses issues in both cases. (ECF No. 29 at 2); see also (ECF No. 27). Therefore, this court also agrees to consolidate the cases and will grant the instant motion. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
James C. Mahan U.S. District Judge
*2 Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED, ADJUDGED, AND DECREED that the present motion to
consolidate (ECF No. 29) be, and the same hereby is, GRANTED DATED June 21, 2017.
__________________________________________ UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE
James C. Mahan U.S. District Judge
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