Texas Couple Seeks to Intervene in 2022 Data Breach MDL vs. T-Mobile

Clark and Rosalind Collins seek to intervene as of right under Rule 24(a) or seek permissive intervention under Rule 24(h) as additional co-plaintiffs in the multidistrict litigation arising from T-Mobile’s 2022 data breach, said their motion Friday (docket 4:23-md-03073) in U.S. District Court for Western Missouri in Kansas City. The proposed intervenors, residents of Leander, Texas, are current and longstanding T-Mobile customers dating to at least before 2005, said their motion. As with all T-Mobile customers, the pro se litigants relied on T-Mobile to keep their personal and business information “safe from unauthorized use,” it said. Neither the consolidated plaintiffs nor T-Mobile “adequately represents” the Collinses’ interests in the MDL, said the motion. U.S. District Judge Brian Wimes for Western Missouri previously granted the motion of another pro se litigant, Jeff Edwards, to intervene as of right as an additional co-plaintiff (see 2309070007). Throughout 2023 and up to the filing of their motion to intervene, the Collinses “have experienced a dramatic amount of daily spam emails” as a result of the data breach, said the motion. They also have received “countless unsolicited phone calls every few minutes to an unimaginable degree,” it said.