Hunter v. Lenovo (United States) Inc. et al

Filing 20

ORDER Granting Plaintiff's Administrative Motion to Consider Whether Cases Should be Related. The Clerk shall reassign the case to Judge Ronald M. Whyte for all further proceedings. Magistrate Counsins is no longer assigned to the case. All pending dates are vacated and a Case Management Conference is set for 6/19/2015 10:30 AM before Judge Ronald M. Whyte. Signed by Judge Ronald M. Whyte on 3/19/15. (jgS, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 3/19/2015)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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STERLING INTERNATIONAL
CONSULTING GROUP, on behalf of
itself and all others similarly situated,

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Plaintiffs,

United States District Court
Northern District of California

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v.

Case No. 5:15-cv-00807-RMW
ORDER GRANTING PLAINTIFF’S
ADMINISTRATIVE MOTION TO
CONSIDER WHETHER CASES
SHOULD BE RELATED

LENOVO (UNITED STATES) INC.,
LENOVO GROUP LIMITED, and
SUPERFISH INC.,

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Defendants.

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This document relates to:

Case No. 5:15-cv-00819-NC

DAVID HUNTER, individually, and on
behalf of all others similarly situated,

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Plaintiffs,

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v.
LENOVO (UNITED STATES), INC., a
Delaware corporation, and SUPERFISH,
INC., a Delaware corporation,

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Defendants.
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This document also relates to:

Case No. 5:15-cv-00964-NC

CHRISTOPHER HALL, MATTHEW
KELSO, MICHAEL MORICI, JAYNE
COSTANZO, RYAN BAUMGARTNER,
LAURA BURNS, THOMAS CARNEY,
BEATRIZ DAVIS, DENNIS HASTY,
WENDY DURAN and GABE DURAN,
individually, and on behalf of all others
similarly situated,

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Plaintiffs,

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United States District Court
Northern District of California

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v.
LENOVO (UNITED STATES), INC.,
LENOVO GROUP LIMITED and
SUPERFISH, INC.,

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Defendants.
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This document also relates to:

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RHONDA ESTRELLA, SONIA
FEREZAN, JOHN WHITTLE, and ALAN
WOYT on behalf of themselves and all
others similarly situated,

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Case No. 5:15-cv-01044-LHK

Plaintiffs,
v.

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LENOVO (UNITED STATES), INC., and
SUPERFISH, INC.,

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Defendants.
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This document also relates to:
KEN MARTINI, individually and on
behalf of all others similarly situated,
Plaintiffs,

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v.
LENOVO (UNITED STATES) INC.,
and SUPERFISH INC.,

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Defendants.
This document also relates to:

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United States District Court
Northern District of California

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Case No. 5:15-cv-01113-NC

JGX, INC. d/b/a LEFTY O’DOUL’S,
individually and on behalf of a class of
those similarly situated,

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Case No. 3:15-cv-01069-DMR

Plaintiffs,
v.

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LENOVO GROUP LIMITED, LENOVO
(UNITED STATES), INC., and
SUPERFISH, INC.,
Defendants.

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This document also relates to:

Case No. 5:15-cv-01122-PSG

STANLEY D. JOHNSON, individually
and on behalf of all others similarly
situated,
Plaintiffs,

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v.
LENOVO (UNITED STATES), INC.,
LENOVO GROUP LIMITED, and
SUPERFISH, INC.,
Defendants.

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United States District Court
Northern District of California

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This document also relates to:

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MICHAEL SIMONOFF, individually and
on behalf of all others similarly situated,

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Plaintiffs,

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Case No. 5:15-cv-01125-LHK

v.

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LENOVO (UNITED STATES), INC., and
SUPERFISH, INC.,
Defendants.

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This document also relates to:

Case No. 5:15-cv-01166-PSG

RUSSELL WOOD and THOMAS
WILSON, individually and on behalf of all
others similarly situated,
Plaintiffs,

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United States District Court
Northern District of California

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v.
LENOVO (UNITED STATES) INC.,
LENOVO HOLDING COMPANY, INC.,
LENOVO GROUP LIMITED, and
SUPERFISH INC.,
Defendants.
This document also relates to:

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MICHELLE BEHREN and MARY JANE
BARBOSA, individually and on behalf of
all others similarly situated,

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Case No. 3:15-cv-01177-LB

Plaintiffs,

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v.

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LENOVO (UNITED STATES) INC. and
SUPERFISH INC.,
Defendants.

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This document also relates to:

Case No. 3:15-cv-01206-KAW

ROBERT RAVENCAMP, on behalf of
himself and all others similarly situated,

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Plaintiffs,

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v.

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LENOVO (UNITED STATES), INC., a
Delaware corporation, and SUPERFISH,
INC.
Defendants.

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United States District Court
Northern District of California

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Pursuant to Civil Local Rule 3-12, plaintiff Sterling International Consulting Group moves
to relate this case to several similar cases filed in this district. Plaintiff initially moved to relate this
case to one other, but thereafter filed two more administrative motions to relate which, all told,
seek to relate this case to eight others. See Dkt. Nos. 12, 13, 17. Defendants responded, agreeing
that the cases identified by plaintiff should be related to the instant case. Dkt. No. 20. Defendants
also identified two additional cases they believe should be related to this case. Id. The cases are as
follows:

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Case Name
Sterling Int’l Consulting Group v. Lenovo (United
States), Inc., et al.
Hunter v. Lenovo (United States), Inc., et al.
Hall, et al. v. Lenovo (United States), Inc., et al.
Estrella, et al. v. Lenovo (United States), Inc., et al.
Martini v. Lenovo (United States), Inc., et al.
JGX, Inc. d/b/a/ Lefty O’Doul’s v. Lenovo Group
Limited, et al.
Johnson v. Lenovo (United States), Inc., et al.
Simonoff v. Lenovo (United States), Inc., et al.
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Case Number
5:15-cv-00807

Date Filed
2/23/15

5:15-cv-00819
3:15-cv-00964
5:15-cv-1044
4:15-cv-1069
5:15-cv-01113

2/23/15
3/2/15
3/5/15
3/9/15
3/10/15

5:15-cv-01122
5:15 cv 01125

3/10/15
3/10/15

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Wood, et al. v. Lenovo (United States), Inc., et al. 5:15-cv-01166
Behren, et al. v. Lenovo (United States), Inc., et al. 3:15-cv-01177
Ravencamp v. Lenovo (United States), Inc., et al.
3:15-cv-01206

3/12/15
3/12/15
3/13/15

Upon consideration of the foregoing motion, the papers submitted in support, and good

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cause appearing, the Court hereby GRANTS the motion. The court has also reviewed the two

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cases identified by defendants, and finds both meet the criteria under Civ. L. R. 3-12 for relating

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cases.
IT IS SO ORDERED that Hunter v. Lenovo (United States), Inc., et al., Case No. 5:15-

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cv-00819-NC, Hall, et al. v. Lenovo (United States), Inc., et al., Case No. 3:15-cv-00964-NC,

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Estrella, et al. v. Lenovo (Untied States) Inc., et al., Case No. 5:15-cv-01044-LHK, Martini v.

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Lenovo (United States) Inc., et al., Case No. 3:15-cv-01069-DMR, JGX, Inc. v. Lenovo Group

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United States District Court
Northern District of California

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Ltd., et al., Case No. 15-cv-01113-NC, Johnson v. Lenovo (United States) Inc., et al., Case No.

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15-cv-01122-PSG, Simonoff v. Lenovo (Untied States) Inc., et al., Case No. 15-cv-01125-LHK,

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Wood, et al. v. Lenovo (United States) Inc., et al., Case No. 15-cv-01166-PSG, Behren, et al. v.

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Lenovo (United States) Inc., et al., Case No. 15-cv-01177-LB, and Ravencamp v. Lenovo (United

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States), Inc., et al., Case No. 3:15-cv-01206-KAW are related to Sterling International

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Consulting Group v. Lenovo (United States) Inc., et al., Case No. 5:15-cv-00807-RMW, and are

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assigned to the undersigned Judge.

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A case management conference is set for June 17, 2015. The parties shall file a joint case
management statement in each case by June 12, 2015.

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Dated: March 1 , 2015
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Ronald M. Whyte
United States District Judge

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