Canaday et al v. Comcast Corporation et al

Filing 44

ORDER TO PARTIES TO MEET AND CONFER AND FILE JOINT STATUS REPORT FOR THE PURPOSE OF DETERMINING RELATIONSHIHP BETWEEN CASES. Joint Status Report due by 8/1/2016. Signed by Judge Jeffrey S. White on 7/13/16. (jjoS, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 7/13/2016)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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MATTHEW JOHNSON,
Plaintiff,

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United States District Court
Northern District of California

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v.
COMCAST OF
CALIFORNIA/COLORADO/
WASHINGTON I, INC,
Defendant.

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Case No. 10-cv-04147-JSW

DUSTIN POOLE,

Case No. 13-cv-03772-JSW

Plaintiff,
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v.
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COMCAST CORPORATION, et al.,
Defendants.

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DANIEL CANADAY, et al.,

Case No. 15-cv-04648-JSW

Plaintiffs,
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v.
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COMCAST CORPORATION, et al.,
Defendants.

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EDMUNDO ORTEGA, JR., et al.,
Plaintiffs,

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v.
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COMCAST CORPORATION, et al.,
Defendants.

Case No. 15-cv-04676-JSW

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Plaintiffs,

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v.

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COMCAST CORPORATION, et al.,
Defendants.

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LAMBERTO VALENCIA, et al.,

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v.
COMCAST CORPORATION, et al.,
Defendants.

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Plaintiffs,
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COMCAST CORPORATION, et al.,
Defendants.
RICHARD NELSON, et al.,

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v.
COMCAST CORPORATION, et al.,
Defendants.
CALEB DUBOIS, et al.,

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Case No. 15-cv-04809-JSW

Plaintiffs,

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Case No. 15-cv-04793-JSW

Plaintiffs,

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Case No. 15-cv-04782-JSW

JEFFREY COLEMAN, et al.,

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Case No. 15-cv-04771-JSW

Plaintiffs,

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United States District Court
Northern District of California

Case No. 15-cv-04732-JSW

JASON WILLIAMS, et al.,

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COMCAST CORPORATION, et al.,
Defendants.

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GREGORY PETERS, et al.,
Plaintiffs,

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Case No. 15-cv-04869-JSW
ORDER TO PARTIES TO MEET AND
CONFER AND FILE JOINT STATUS
REPORT FOR THE PURPOSE OF
DETERMINING RELATIONSHIP
BETWEEN CASES

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COMCAST CORPORATION, et al.,
Defendants.

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United States District Court
Northern District of California

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Currently pending before this Court are two sets of related cases.
First, Johnson v. Comcast of California/Colorado/Washington I., Inc., No. 10-cv-04147JSW, and Poole v. Comcast Corporation, No. 13-cv-03772-JSW, are related to each other.
Johnson and Poole are stayed pending final resolution of Fayerweather v. Comcast Corporation
and Comcast of Contra Costa, Inc., Superior Court of California in and for Contra Costa County
No. C-08-01470. The parties in Johnson and Poole have been ordered to submit status reports to
this court every 120 days, which are currently overdue.
Second, Canaday v. Comcast Corp., 15-cv-04648-JSW; Ortega v. Comcast Corp.,
15-cv-04676-JSW; Williams v. Comcast Corp., 15-cv-04732-JSW; Valencia v. Comcast Corp.,
15-cv-04771-JSW; Coleman v. Comcast Corp., 15-cv-04782-JSW; Nelson v. Comcast Corp.,
15-cv-04793-JSW; DuBois v. Comcast Corp., 15-cv-04809-JSW; and Peters v. Comcast Corp.,
15-cv-04869-JSW, are related to each other. Plaintiffs in these cases were previously class
members in the Fayerweather action. The Court has set a trial date in Canaday and Valencia.
The Court has set a cut-off for fact discovery in Ortega, Williams, Coleman, Nelson, DuBois, and
Peters that follows the trials in Canaday and Valencia. A further case management conference is
scheduled in these eight related cases for September 9, 2016 at 11:00 a.m.
The Court hereby ORDERS the parties in each of the above-captioned cases to meet and
confer with each other regarding whether these ten cases should all be related to each other or
otherwise coordinated. See N.D. Cal. Civil L.R. 1-5(n), 3-12. Additionally, the Court ORDERS
the parties in each of the above-captioned cases to meet and confer regarding whether a stay of
any or all of these cases remains, or is now, appropriate under Colorado River Water Conservation
District v. United States, 424 U.S. 800, 818-19 (1976). Following the meet-and-confer process,
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IT IS SO ORDER
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Da
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JE
EFFREY S. W
WHITE
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United States District Court
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