Calif. Plaintiff Backs Transferring Samsung Class Actions to N.J.

Tammy Gutierrez, a plaintiff in one of the 13 data breach fraud class actions filed against Samsung, disagrees with those plaintiffs who argue that the Northern District of California would be the proper venue, she said in an “interested party response” Tuesday (case 3005). Agreeing the U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation should consolidate the cases under a single judge, she supports “transfer and consolidation” of the cases to the U.S. District Court for New Jersey in Newark, she said, though her own complaint (docket 3:22-cv-05719) is pending in San Francisco. The plaintiffs are evenly split into camps that want the cases moved to San Francisco or Newark. Samsung wants the cases transferred to and consolidated in the U.S. District Court for Nevada in Las Vegas, or the Southern District for New York in Manhattan (see 2211030006).