Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation.
WM. TERRELL HODGES, Chairman.
Before the Panel is a motion by plaintiff in the Western District of Tennessee action listed on the attached Schedule A, seeking centralization, pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1407, of the nine actions listed on the attached Schedule A in the Eastern District of New York for coordinated or consolidated pretrial proceedings. This matter was considered by the Panel at its hearing session in Seattle, Washington, on July 22, 2004. Prior to that time, the seven District of Minnesota actions listed on Schedule A had been dismissed by the Honorable Paul A. Magnuson. Following the Panel's hearing session, the Panel issued an order on August 6, 2004, deferring its decision on the Section 1407 motion pending rulings by i) the Eighth Circuit on plaintiffs' appeal of the Minnesota dismissals, and/or ii) the North Dakota and Tennessee courts on dismissal and venue transfer motions pending there. The Panel has now been advised that the North Dakota action listed on Schedule A was dismissed by the Honorable Daniel L. Hovland in an order filed on September 8, 2004, thereby eliminating the multidistrict character of this litigation at the present time.
IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED that the motion for transfer under 28 U.S.C. § 1407 is DEEMED MOOT.
MDL-1618In re Northwest Airlines Corp. Privacy Litigation
District of Minnesota Jeanne Vergeldt v. Northwest Airlines Corp., et al., C.A. No. 0:04-126 Eric S. Povitz v. Northwest Airlines Corp., et al., C.A. No. 0:04-136 Karen Lawson, et al. v. Northwest Airlines Corp., et al., C.A. No. 0:04-616 Mark G. Barlow v. Northwest Airlines Corp., et al., C.A. No. 0:04-679 Connie Dillon, et al. v. Northwest Airlines Corp., et al., C.A. No. 0:04-680 Paul Daubitz v. Northwest Airlines Corp., et al., C.A. No. 0:04-899 Mark G. Esposito v. Northwest Airlines Corp., et al., C.A. No. 0:04-906 District of North Dakota Edwin F. Dyer, III, et al. v. Northwest Airlines Corp., et al., C.A. No. 1:04-33 Western District of Tennessee Richard S. Copeland v. Northwest Airlines Corp., et al., C.A. No. 2:04-2156