BARRETT v. LOCAL LIGHTHOUSE, INC., 3:15-CV-132. (2015)
Court: District Court, W.D. North Carolina
Number: infdco20150713794
Filed: Jul. 10, 2015
Latest Update: Jul. 10, 2015
Summary: ORDER GRAHAM C. MULLEN , District Judge . THIS MATTER is before the Court upon Defendant's Consent Motion to Stay Proceedings (Doc. No. 14). Defendant shows that there are four similar actions pending against it in various federal district courts, and that on May 28, 2015, it filed a motion for transfer of these actions for coordinated pretrial proceedings with the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation ("JPML"). A hearing on that motion is scheduled for July 30, 2015. Defendant notes
Summary: ORDER GRAHAM C. MULLEN , District Judge . THIS MATTER is before the Court upon Defendant's Consent Motion to Stay Proceedings (Doc. No. 14). Defendant shows that there are four similar actions pending against it in various federal district courts, and that on May 28, 2015, it filed a motion for transfer of these actions for coordinated pretrial proceedings with the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation ("JPML"). A hearing on that motion is scheduled for July 30, 2015. Defendant notes t..
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ORDER
GRAHAM C. MULLEN, District Judge.
THIS MATTER is before the Court upon Defendant's Consent Motion to Stay Proceedings (Doc. No. 14). Defendant shows that there are four similar actions pending against it in various federal district courts, and that on May 28, 2015, it filed a motion for transfer of these actions for coordinated pretrial proceedings with the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation ("JPML"). A hearing on that motion is scheduled for July 30, 2015. Defendant notes that Barrett and all other plaintiffs in the actions fully favor consolidation and transfer.
THEREFORE, for the reasons stated in the Motion and for good cause shown, IT IS ORDERED that the Motion is GRANTED. The Initial Attorneys Conference and all other proceedings in this case are STAYED pending the hearing and ultimate ruling by the JPML in MDL No. 2644.
SO ORDERED.
Source: Leagle
