What statute allows all federal cases to be sent to one judge?
The federal statute that permits consolidation is 28 U.S.C., TITLE 28 – JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE, PART IV – JURISDICTION AND VENUE, CHAPTER 87 – DISTRICT COURTS; VENUE Sec. 1407. Multidistrict litigation. (a) When civil actions involving one or more common questions of fact are pending in different districts, such actions may be transferred to any district for coordinated or consolidated pretrial proceedings. Such transfers shall be made by the judicial panel on multidistrict litigation authorized by this section upon its determination that transfers for such proceedings will be for the convenience of parties and witnesses and will promote the just and efficient conduct of such actions. Each action so transferred shall be remanded by the panel at or before the conclusion of such pretrial proceedings to the district from which it was transferred unless it shall have been previously terminated: Provided, however, That the panel may separate any claim, cross-claim, counter-claim,
