Shelby Phillips, III et al v. Union Pacific Railroad Company et al

Filing 41

MINUTES (IN CHAMBERS) by Judge James V. Selna: Order Staying Motion to Transfer Case 40 and Motions to Dismiss 38 39 . STAYING 38 MOTION to Dismiss ; STAYING 39 MOTION to Dismiss Case ; STAYING 40 MOTION to Transfer Case. (twdb)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
CIVIL MINUTES - GENERAL
Date

Case No.

SACV 15-718 JVS (DFMx)

Title

July 20, 2015

Phillips v. Union Pacific Railroad Company

Present: The
Honorable

James V. Selna
Nancy Boehme

Not Present

Deputy Clerk

Court Reporter

Attorneys Present for Plaintiffs:

Attorneys Present for Defendants:

Not Present

Not Present

Proceedings:

(IN CHAMBERS) Order Staying Motion to Transfer Case [40] and
Motions to Dismiss [38][39]

SFPP, L.P., Kinder Morgan Operating L.P. “D,” and Kinder Morgan G.P.,
Inc. (collectively, “Kinder Morgan”) have moved to transfer this case to the
Northern District of California pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1404(a). (Docket No. 40.) In
view of the pending motion before the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation to
transfer this and other cases to a single forum for pretrial proceedings, In re: SFPP, L.P.
Railroad Property Rights Litigation, MDL Docket No. 2647, the Court stays the present
motion until the Panel has acted. At that time, the Court will set a briefing schedule as
appropriate.
For similar reasons, the Court stays the motions to dismiss filed by Kinder
Morgan and Union Pacific Railroad Company. (Docket Nos. 38, 39.) Should the Panel
order transfer to a single court, it is likely that the transferee forum would order the fling
of a single consolidated complaint.

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