Judge Denies as Moot T-Mobile’s Motion to Stay Data Breach Class Action

U.S. District Judge Marilyn Huff for Southern California in San Diego denied as moot T-Mobile’s motion to stay a data breach class action pending the outcome of a petition before the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation to transfer that and the other 15 related cases for pretrial consolidation under a single district judge, said Huff’s signed order Tuesday (docket 3:23-cv-00427). The case involves 46 named plaintiffs, and is the only known class action among the 16 cases in which the plaintiffs haven’t agreed to a stay (see 2304180014). T-Mobile argued for a stay on judicial efficiency grounds, but the plaintiffs opposed it for fear it would delay their action for months and prejudice their case. By joint stipulation, the parties agreed T-Mobile will have until June 19 to respond to the claims of the first 30 plaintiffs, and until July 10 to respond to the claims of the remaining 16, said Huff’s order.