Barrett v. Local Lighthouse, Inc.

Filing 15

ORDER granting 14 Motion to Stay, the Initial Attorneys Conference and all other proceedings in this case are STAYED pending the hearing and ultimate ruling by the JPML in MDL No. 2644. Signed by Senior Judge Graham Mullen on 07/10/2015. (jlk)

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF NORTH CAROLINA
CHARLOTTE DIVISION
3:15-CV-132
PAUL BARRETT,

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Plaintiff,
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LOCAL LIGHTHOUSE, INC.,

Defendant.

ORDER

THIS MATTER is before the Court upon Defendant’s Consent Motion to Stay Proceedings
(Doc. No. 14). Defendant shows that there are four similar actions pending against it in various
federal district courts, and that on May 28, 2015, it filed a motion for transfer of these actions for
coordinated pretrial proceedings with the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation (“JPML”). A
hearing on that motion is scheduled for July 30, 2015. Defendant notes that Barrett and all other
plaintiffs in the actions fully favor consolidation and transfer.
THEREFORE, for the reasons stated in the Motion and for good cause shown, IT IS
ORDERED that the Motion is GRANTED. The Initial Attorneys Conference and all other
proceedings in this case are STAYED pending the hearing and ultimate ruling by the JPML in
MDL No. 2644.
SO ORDERED.
Signed: July 10, 2015

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