Summary
The United States District Court for the District of Maryland denied Robert Nock’s motion to consolidate this putative class action with a related TCPA case, Nock v. PalmCo Administration, LLC. The court concluded that consolidation would not promote judicial economy or fairness because the two cases were at substantially different stages of litigation and consolidation would delay resolution of the pending summary-judgment motion.
Holdings
- The court denied consolidation because combining the cases would undermine Rule 42(a)'s purposes of fairness and judicial economy by causing substantial delay and unnecessary cost, particularly to the defendants in the more advanced action.
Questions Presented
- Whether the action and Nock v. PalmCo Administration, LLC shared common questions of law or fact permitting consolidation under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 42(a).
- Whether consolidation would advance judicial economy and convenience without causing unfair prejudice, delay, or unnecessary expense.
Disposition
other
Cases Cited (11)
- Savada v. RRH Energy Servs., LLC, --- F. Supp. 3d ---, ---, RDB-25-1156, 2025 WL 3018773, at *1-*2, *4 (D. Md. Oct. 29, 2025)(applied)
- Mims v. Arrow Fin. Servs., LLC, 565 U.S. 368, 377 (2012)(followed)
- Am. Well Works Co. v. Layne & Bowler Co., 241 U.S. 257, 260 (1916)(followed)
- Nock v. Spring Energy RRH, LLC, 23-CV-1042, 2025 WL 2046196, at *1-*2 (S.D.N.Y. July 22, 2025)(applied)
- Arnold v. E. Air Lines, Inc., 681 F.2d 186, 192 (4th Cir. 1982), rev'd on other grounds, 712 F.2d 899 (4th Cir. 1983) (en banc)(followed)
- Campbell v. Bos. Sci. Corp., 882 F.3d 70, 74, 76 (4th Cir. 2018)(followed)
- Laughlin v. Biomet Inc., ELH-14-1645, 2020 WL 1307397, at *6-*9 (D. Md. Mar. 18, 2020)(followed)
- Harris v. Biomet Orthopedics, LLC, ELH-18-3924, 2019 WL 6117358, at *6-*9 (D. Md. Nov. 18, 2019)(followed)
- Hall v. Hall, 584 U.S. 59, 77 (2018)(followed)
- Miranda v. Homefix Custom Remodeling Corp., TDC-22-3190, 2023 WL 5959828, at *1, *3 (D. Md. Sept. 13, 2023)(followed)
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