Joseph Joshua Davis et al v. Comcast Corporation, et al

Filing 34

ORDER RELATING TRANSFERRED CASES; CONTINUING CASE MANAGEMENT CONFERENCES IN RELATED CASES; DEFERRING RULING ON WHETHER STAYED CASES ARE RELATED; AND REQUIRING STATUS REPORT RE STAYED CASESJoint Case Management Statement due by 9/16/2016. Initial Case Management Conference set for 9/23/2016 11:00 AM in Courtroom 5, 2nd Floor, Oakland. Signed by Judge Jeffrey S. White on 8/4/16. (jjoS, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 8/4/2016)

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1 2 3 4 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 5 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 7 MATTHEW JOHNSON, Plaintiff, 8 9 10 United States District Court Northern District of California 11 v. COMCAST OF CALIFORNIA/COLORADO/ WASHINGTON I, INC, Defendant. 12 13 Case No. 10-cv-04147-JSW DUSTIN POOLE, Case No. 13-cv-03772-JSW Plaintiff, 14 v. 15 16 COMCAST CORPORATION, et al., Defendants. 17 18 DANIEL CANADAY, et al., Case No. 15-cv-04648-JSW Plaintiffs, 19 v. 20 21 COMCAST CORPORATION, et al., Defendants. 22 23 EDMUNDO ORTEGA, JR., et al., Plaintiffs, 24 v. 25 26 27 28 COMCAST CORPORATION, et al., Defendants. Case No. 15-cv-04676-JSW 1 Plaintiffs, 2 3 4 v. 5 COMCAST CORPORATION, et al., Defendants. 6 LAMBERTO VALENCIA, et al., 8 9 10 11 v. COMCAST CORPORATION, et al., Defendants. 14 15 16 Plaintiffs, v. COMCAST CORPORATION, et al., Defendants. RICHARD NELSON, et al., 19 20 21 v. COMCAST CORPORATION, et al., Defendants. CALEB DUBOIS, et al., 24 25 Case No. 15-cv-04809-JSW Plaintiffs, 22 23 Case No. 15-cv-04793-JSW Plaintiffs, 17 18 Case No. 15-cv-04782-JSW JEFFREY COLEMAN, et al., 12 13 Case No. 15-cv-04771-JSW Plaintiffs, 7 United States District Court Northern District of California Case No. 15-cv-04732-JSW JASON WILLIAMS, et al., v. COMCAST CORPORATION, et al., Defendants. 26 27 28 2 1 GREGORY PETERS, et al., Plaintiffs, 2 3 4 5 6 v. COMCAST CORPORATION, et al., Defendants. LUPE LANDIN, JR., et al., 9 v. COMCAST CORPORATION, et al., Defendants. 10 United States District Court Northern District of California 11 CORY BARRETT HALL, 14 v. COMCAST OF CONTRA COSTA, INC., et al., 15 16 Defendants. FRANCISCO FLORES, et al., 17 18 19 v. COMCAST CORPORATION, et al., Defendants. JOSEPH JOSHUA DAVIS, et al., 22 23 24 25 Case No. 16-cv-04176-JSW Plaintiffs, 20 21 Case No. 16-cv-04175-JSW Plaintiff, 12 13 Case No. 16-cv-04174-JSW Plaintiffs, 7 8 Case No. 15-cv-04869-JSW Case No. 16-cv-04177-JSW Plaintiffs, v. COMCAST CORPORATION, et al., Defendants. 26 27 28 3 1 JAMES K. GRIMES, et al., Plaintiffs, 2 3 4 v. COMCAST CORPORATION, et al., Defendants. 5 6 STEPHEN MCBRIDE, et al., 9 v. COMCAST CORPORATION, et al., Defendants. 10 United States District Court Northern District of California 11 LAWRENCE ELKINS, et al., 14 v. COMCAST CORPORATION, et al., Defendants. 15 16 HERNAN PAEZ, et al., 19 v. COMCAST CORPORATION, et al., Defendants. 20 21 KRIS COOK, et al., 24 25 Case No. 16-cv-04182-JSW Plaintiffs, 22 23 Case No. 16-cv-04181-JSW Plaintiffs, 17 18 Case No. 16-cv-04180-JSW Plaintiffs, 12 13 Case No. 16-cv-04179-JSW Plaintiffs, 7 8 Case No. 16-cv-04178-JSW v. COMCAST CORPORATION, et al., Defendants. 26 27 28 4 1 KEVIN HUFFMAN, et al., Plaintiffs, 2 ORDER RELATING TRANSFERREDCASES;CONTINUING CASE MANAGEMENT CONFERENCES IN RELATED CASES; DEFERRING RULING ON WHETHER STAYED CASES ARE RELATED; AND REQUIRING STATUS REPORT RE STAYED CASES v. 3 4 Case No. 16-cv-04183-JSW COMCAST CORPORATION, et al., Defendants. 5 6 7 8 1. The Transferred Cases Are Related. On July 21, 2016, the Eastern District of California transferred ten cases to this Court. See 10 Landin v. Comcast Corp., 16-cv-04174-JSW; Hall v. Comcast Corp., 16-cv-04175-JSW; Flores v. 11 United States District Court Northern District of California 9 Comcast Corp., 16-cv-04176-JSW; Davis v. Comcast Corp., 16-cv-04177-JSW; Grimes v. 12 Comcast Corp., 16-cv-04178-JSW; McBride v. Comcast Corp., 16-cv-04179-JSW; Elkins v. 13 Comcast Corp., 16-cv-04180-JSW; Paez v. Comcast Corp., 16-cv-04181-JSW; Cook v. Comcast 14 Corp., 16-cv-04182-JSW; Huffman v. Comcast Corp., 16-cv-04183-JSW (collectively, the 15 “transferred cases”). By order of the Executive Committee of this Court, all ten cases were 16 assigned to the undersigned. 17 On January 15, 2016, the Eastern District of California had ordered that these ten 18 transferred cases were related to each other within the meaning of Eastern District of California 19 Local Rule 123(a). Following transfer of the ten cases to this Court, Plaintiffs filed a motion to 20 relate the ten cases to eight related cases already pending before the undersigned: Canaday v. 21 Comcast Corp., 15-cv-04648-JSW; Ortega v. Comcast Corp., 15-cv-04676-JSW; Williams v. 22 Comcast Corp., 15-cv-04732-JSW; Valencia v. Comcast Corp., 15-cv-04771-JSW; Coleman v. 23 Comcast Corp., 15-cv-04782-JSW; Nelson v. Comcast Corp., 15-cv-04793-JSW; DuBois v. 24 Comcast Corp., 15-cv-04809-JSW; and Peters v. Comcast Corp., 15-cv-04869-JSW. Defendants 25 responded that they do not believe that the cases meet the definition set forth in Civil Local Rule 26 3-12(a), but that they have no objection to coordination of the cases for purposes of discovery or 27 deciding common legal issues. 28 Upon review of the record, the Court finds that each of the ten transferred cases IS 5 1 RELATED to Canaday v. Comcast Corp., 15-cv-04648-JSW, and all other cases related to 2 Canaday, as defined by Civil Local Rule 3-12. Accordingly, the Court GRANTS the motion to 3 relate the cases. Because the cases are already assigned to the undersigned, further reassignment 4 is not necessary. 5 2. The Court Continues the Case Management Conferences in the Related Cases. 6 Case management conferences in all eighteen related cases are currently scheduled for 7 September 9, 2016, at 11:00 a.m. On August 1 and 2, 2016, the parties filed a stipulation and 8 proposed order in the ten transferred cases only, requesting that the case management conferences 9 in the ten transferred cases be moved to September 23, 2016 at 11:00 a.m. The Court GRANTS this request. The initial case management conferences in the following cases are HEREBY 11 United States District Court Northern District of California 10 RESCHEDULED to September 23, 2016 at 11:00 a.m.: Landin v. Comcast Corp., 16-cv-04174- 12 JSW; Hall v. Comcast Corp., 16-cv-04175-JSW; Flores v. Comcast Corp., 16-cv-04176-JSW; 13 Davis v. Comcast Corp., 16-cv-04177-JSW; Grimes v. Comcast Corp., 16-cv-04178-JSW; 14 McBride v. Comcast Corp., 16-cv-04179-JSW; Elkins v. Comcast Corp., 16-cv-04180-JSW; Paez 15 v. Comcast Corp., 16-cv-04181-JSW; Cook v. Comcast Corp., 16-cv-04182-JSW; Huffman v. 16 Comcast Corp., 16-cv-04183-JSW. 17 Additionally, the Court sua sponte RESCHEDULES the further case management 18 conferences in the other eight related cases to September 23, 2016 at 11:00 a.m. See Canaday v. 19 Comcast Corp., 15-cv-04648-JSW; Ortega v. Comcast Corp., 15-cv-04676-JSW; Williams v. 20 Comcast Corp., 15-cv-04732-JSW; Valencia v. Comcast Corp., 15-cv-04771-JSW; Coleman v. 21 Comcast Corp., 15-cv-04782-JSW; Nelson v. Comcast Corp., 15-cv-04793-JSW; DuBois v. 22 Comcast Corp., 15-cv-04809-JSW; and Peters v. Comcast Corp., 15-cv-04869-JSW. 23 The joint case management statement in each of the related cases is due September 16, 24 2016. The parties are encouraged to file a single joint case management statement in all of the 25 related cases, which may have separate subsections for case-specific topics. The parties may also 26 file case-specific joint statements as necessary. If the parties file the same case management 27 statement in multiple cases, the parties should file only a single chambers copy, not a duplicate 28 chambers copy for each case. 6 1 3. The Co ourt Defers Ruling on Whether the Stayed Ca Are Rel W e ases lated. On July 13, 2016, the Court ord y dered the par rties to meet and confer to consider whether two t o 2 3 ditional case Johnson v. Comcast of California es, v o a/Colorado/W Washington I., Inc., No. 10-cvadd 4 041 147-JSW, an Poole v. Comcast Cor nd C rporation, N 13-cv-03 No. 3772-JSW, are related to Canaday 5 and all other ca related to Canaday. Johnson an Poole are stayed pend d ases t nd e ding final resolution of 6 Fay yerweather v. Comcast Corporation and Comca of Contra Costa, Inc., Superior C v C n ast a Court of 7 California in an for Contr Costa Cou nd ra unty No. C-0 08-01470. T parties in Johnson an Poole The n nd 8 ve ered to subm status repo to this c mit orts court every 1 days. 120 hav been orde In respo onse to the Court’s order the parties request that the stay of Johnson and Poole C r, s at f d 9 rem in place for sixty da to permit the parties to discuss v main e ays, s voluntary resolution of t these two 11 United States District Court Northern District of California 10 cas ses. The par rties request that the Cou defer add urt dressing the q question of w whether John nson and 12 Poole should be related to Canaday an all other c b nd cases related to Canaday while the st remains y tay 13 in place. The Court GRAN this request. p C NTS 14 4. The Pa arties Shall File a Furth Status R F her Report in th Stayed Ca he ases. 15 The par rties in Johnson and Poo SHALL f a further joint status report no la than ole file r ater 16 Oc ctober 3, 2016. In additio to any oth issues th the partie may addre in the join status on her hat es ess nt 17 rep port, the part shall add ties dress: (1) wh hether Johnso and Pool should be related to C on le Canaday and 18 all other cases related to Ca anaday; and (2) whether Johnson an Poole sho d r nd ould remain stayed. 19 20 IT IS SO ORDER S RED. Da ated: August 4, 2016 21 22 JE EFFREY S. W WHITE Un nited States D District Judg ge 23 24 25 26 27 28 7

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