Neal v. Synchrony Bank, 3:17-CV-00022-GCM. (2018)
Court: District Court, W.D. North Carolina
Number: infdco20181004878
Visitors: 4
Filed: Oct. 01, 2018
Latest Update: Oct. 01, 2018
Summary: ORDER GRAHAM C. MULLEN , District Judge . THIS MATTER COMES before this Court on the Joint Motion of the parties to lift the temporary stay in this case. Additionally, this matter is before this Court on the Court's own motion to hold a status conference to address pre-trial management issues. As to the Joint Motion to lift the temporary stay in this case, this Court finds that the parties have shown good cause for the termination of the stay. Therefore, the parties' Joint Motion is GRA
Summary: ORDER GRAHAM C. MULLEN , District Judge . THIS MATTER COMES before this Court on the Joint Motion of the parties to lift the temporary stay in this case. Additionally, this matter is before this Court on the Court's own motion to hold a status conference to address pre-trial management issues. As to the Joint Motion to lift the temporary stay in this case, this Court finds that the parties have shown good cause for the termination of the stay. Therefore, the parties' Joint Motion is GRAN..
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ORDER
GRAHAM C. MULLEN, District Judge.
THIS MATTER COMES before this Court on the Joint Motion of the parties to lift the temporary stay in this case. Additionally, this matter is before this Court on the Court's own motion to hold a status conference to address pre-trial management issues.
As to the Joint Motion to lift the temporary stay in this case, this Court finds that the parties have shown good cause for the termination of the stay. Therefore, the parties' Joint Motion is GRANTED.
On its own Motion, the Court also orders a status conference to be held on October 24, 2018 at 10:30 a.m. Before this Court are three separate class action suits against Synchrony Bank for alleged violations of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act.1 The Court intends to hold a joint status conference with the parties from each of those three cases to determine whether consolidation for purposes of discovery is needed. Additionally, the Court intends to discuss bifurcating discovery into class certification discovery and merits discovery. The parties should come prepared to discuss each of those topics.
Therefore, the parties' Joint Motion to lift the temporary stay is GRANTED. Additionally, the Court orders a joint status conference to be held in each of the three associated cases on October 24, 2018 at 10:30 a.m. in Courtroom 2-2.
SO ORDERED.
FootNotes
1. Neal v. Wal-Mart, Inc. d/b/a Walmart, 3:17-cv-00022 (W.D.N.C. filed 01/17/2017); Campbell v. Synchrony Bank, 3:18-cv-00501 (N.D.N.Y. filed 01/25/2017); Mott v. Synchrony Bank, 3:18-cv-00221 (M.D. Fla. filed 02/02/2018).
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