Plaintiffs in Samsung Tag-Along Case Back NDCA as Transferee Venue

The U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation granted leave to three plaintiffs in one of the more recent tag-along Samsung data breach class actions to file an interested party response in support of transferring their case with all the others to the Northern District of California, said a text-only clerk’s order Tuesday (case number 3005). Plaintiffs Matt Davis, Lakia Morton and Zachary Chernik filed their class action Jan. 18 in U.S. District Court for Northern Georgia in Atlanta (docket 1:23-cv-00251). They think consolidating their case with all the others under U.S. District Judge Jacqueline Scott Corley in San Francisco is “the most appropriate” option, said their Jan. 20 filing. Corley “has a manageable docket load,” she's already presiding over one related action, and she’s “an experienced judge who is well-suited to serve as a transferee judge,” they said. The judicial panel is scheduled Thursday for oral argument on the various transfer motions.