Haverty v. Mabus

ORDER DENYING TRANSFER

JOHN G. HEYBURN II, Chairman.

Before the Panel: * Pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1407, plaintiff in the District of Massachusetts action moves for coordinated or consolidated pretrial proceedings of this litigation, which consists of two actions pending in two districts, in the District of New Hampshire. Sole defendant, the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Navy (SECNAV) does not oppose the motion. The D. New Hampshire plaintiff did not respond.

These two cases, brought under the Administrative Procedure Act, are unlike many others that the Panel routinely encounters because…