Howard et al v. Laboratory Corporation of America et al, No. 3:2023cv02773 - Document 55 (N.D. Cal. 2023)

Court Description: ORDER granting 54 Stipulation to Transfer Action to the Middle District of North Carolina. Signed by Judge William H. Orrick on 09/01/2023. (jmd, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 9/1/2023) Modified on 9/1/2023 to correct document title (jmd, COURT STAFF).

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1 2 3 4 LIEFF CABRASER HEIMANN & BERNSTEIN, LLP Michael W. Sobol (SBN 194857) msobol@lchb.com 275 Battery Street, 29th Floor San Francisco, CA 94111 Telephone: (415) 956-1000 Facsimile: (415) 956-1008 5 Attorneys for Plaintiffs LIEFF CABRASER HEIMANN & BERNSTEIN, LLP Douglas I. Cuthbertson (pro hac vice) dcuthbertson@lchb.com Margaret J. Mattes (pro hac vice) mmattes@lchb.com 250 Hudson Street, 8th Floor New York, NY 10013 Telephone: (212) 355-9500 Facsimile: (212) 355-9592 6 7 (Additional Counsel Listed on Signature Page) 8 HOGAN LOVELLS US LLP 9 Vassi Iliadis (Bar No. 296382) vassi.iliadis@hoganlovells.com 1999 Avenue of the Stars, Suite 140 Los Angeles, California 90067 Telephone: (310) 785-4600 Facsimile: (310) 785-4601 10 11 12 13 14 HOGAN LOVELLS US LLP Allison Holt Ryan (pro hac vice) allison.holt-ryan@hoganlovells.com Adam A. Cooke (pro hac vice) adam.a.cooke@hoganlovells.com 555 Thirteenth Street NW Washington, D.C. 20004 Telephone: (202) 637-5600 Facsimile: (202) 637-5910 Attorneys for Defendants Laboratory Corporation of America and Laboratory Corporation of America Holdings 15 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 16 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 17 SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION 18 19 20 CONNIE HOWARD, YADIRA YAZMIN HERNANDEZ, and DEBORAH REYNOLDS, on behalf of themselves and all others similarly situated, 21 22 23 24 Plaintiffs, Case No. 3:23-cv-02773-WHO STIPULATION TO TRANSFER THIS ACTION TO THE MIDDLE DISTRICT OF NORTH CAROLINA PURSUANT TO 28 U.S.C. § 1406(a) AND [PROPOSED] ORDER v. LABORATORY CORPORATION OF AMERICA, LABORATORY CORPORATION OF AMERICA HOLDINGS, and META PLATFORMS, INC., 25 Defendants. 26 27 28 2841507.3 STIPULATION AND PROPOSED ORDER TO TRANSFER CASE CASE NO. 3:23-CV-02773-WHO 1 Plaintiffs Connie Howard, Yadira Yazmin Hernandez, and Deborah Reynolds, 2 (“Plaintiffs”), and Defendants Laboratory Corporation of America, and Laboratory Corporation 3 of America Holdings (“Labcorp”) (collectively, the “Moving Parties,”), stipulate, and request that 4 the Court order pursuant to their stipulation, as follows: 5 WHEREAS, on June 5, 2023, Plaintiffs filed a class action complaint against Labcorp and 6 Defendant Meta Platforms, Inc. (“Meta” and the “Action”), which Plaintiffs identified as related 7 to In Re Meta Pixel Healthcare Litigation, 3:22-cv-3580-WHO-VKD (the “Consolidated 8 Action”) (see Dkts. 1 (complaint) & 1-1 (civil cover sheet)); 9 WHEREAS, on July 26, 2023, Plaintiffs and the parties in the Consolidated Action jointly 10 moved the Court to relate the Action to the Consolidated Action, so that the claims against Meta 11 could be consolidated with the Consolidated Action (see the Consolidated Action, Dkt. 289); 1 WHEREAS, on July 26, 2023, Meta – with the Moving Parties’ consent – moved to sever 12 13 the claims against Meta in the Action so that they could be related to and consolidated with the 14 Consolidated Action (see Dkt. 33); 15 16 WHEREAS, on August 16, 2023, the Court related the Action to the Consolidated Action (see Dkt. 39; see also the Consolidated Action, Dkt. 299); 17 WHEREAS, on August 23, 2023, the Court granted Meta’s unopposed motion to sever 18 Plaintiffs’ claims against Meta into the Consolidated Action, leaving behind Plaintiffs’ claims 19 against Labcorp in the Action (see Dkt. 52); WHEREAS, on August 23, 2023, Labcorp filed a motion to dismiss Plaintiffs’ claims 20 21 against Labcorp arguing, among other things, that this Court lacks personal jurisdiction over 22 Labcorp, “a Delaware corporation with its headquarters in Burlington, North Carolina.” (see Dkt. 23 53 at 1, 3, 5-9); 24 25 WHEREAS, Burlington, North Carolina is located within the Middle District of North Carolina; 26 27 28 1 Labcorp is not a party in the Consolidated Action. 2841507.3 -1- STIPULATION AND PROPOSED ORDER TO TRANSFER CASE CASE NO. 3:23-CV-02773-WHO 1 WHEREAS, Plaintiffs believe the Court can exercise personal jurisdiction over Labcorp, 2 but also believe that transferring the Action to the Middle District of North Carolina now is in the 3 best interest of putative class members and that a transfer will save judicial resources; and 4 WHEREAS, any transfer would result in the adjudication of Labcorp’s claims in the 5 Middle District of North Carolina, but would not disturb the Court’s previous ruling severing and 6 consolidating Plaintiffs’ claims against Meta into the Consolidated Action. 7 8 NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED AND AGREED by and between the 9 Moving Parties (Plaintiffs and Defendant Labcorp), through their respective counsel and subject 10 to the Court’s approval, that: 11 1. This Action be transferred to the Middle District of North Carolina pursuant to 28 12 U.S.C. § 1406(a). 13 14 Dated: August 31, 2023 15 Respectfully submitted, By: 16 17 18 19 20 /s/ Douglas I. Cuthbertson Douglas I. Cuthbertson (pro hac vice) dcuthbertson@lchb.com Margaret J. Mattes (pro hac vice) mmattes@lchb.com LIEFF CABRASER HEIMANN & BERNSTEIN, LLP 250 Hudson Street, 8th Floor New York, NY 10013 Telephone: 212.355.9500 Facsimile: 212.355.9592 Michael W. Sobol (SBN 194857) msobol@lchb.com LIEFF CABRASER HEIMANN & BERNSTEIN, LLP 275 Battery Street, 29th Floor San Francisco, CA 94111-3339 Telephone: 415.956.1000 Facsimile: 415.956.1008 21 22 23 24 Brian Levin brian@levinlawpa.com LEVIN LAW, P.A. 2665 South Bayshore Drive, PH2B Miami, Florida 33133 Telephone: 305.539.0593 25 26 27 28 2841507.3 -2- STIPULATION AND PROPOSED ORDER TO TRANSFER CASE CASE NO. 3:23-CV-02773-WHO 1 Matthew R. Wilson (SBN 290743) mwilson@meyerwilson.com MEYER WILSON, P.A. 305 W. Nationwide Blvd Columbus, Ohio 43215 Telephone: 614.224.6000 2 3 4 Attorneys for Plaintiffs 5 6 By: 7 8 9 10 11 /s/ Allison Holt Ryan Allison Holt Ryan (pro hac vice) allison.holt-ryan@hoganlovells.com Adam A. Cooke (pro hac vice) adam.a.cooke@hoganlovells.com HOGAN LOVELLS US LLP 555 Thirteenth Street NW Washington, D.C. 20004 Telephone: (202) 637-5600 Facsimile: (202) 637-5910 Vassi Iliadis (Bar No. 296382) vassi.iliadis@hoganlovells.com HOGAN LOVELLS US LLP 1999 Avenue of the Stars, Suite 140 Los Angeles, California 90067 Telephone: (310) 785-4600 Facsimile: (310) 785-4601 12 13 14 15 Attorneys for Defendants Laboratory Corporation of America and Laboratory Corporation of America Holdings 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 2841507.3 -3- STIPULATION AND PROPOSED ORDER TO TRANSFER CASE CASE NO. 3:23-CV-02773-WHO 1 2 3 4 5 [PROPOSED] ORDER TO TRANSFER PLAINTIFFS’ CLAIMS AGAINST DEFENDANTS LABORATORY CORPORATION OF AMERICA AND LABORATORY CORPORATION OF AMERICA HOLDINGS TO THE MIDDLE DISTRICT OF NORTH CAROLINA PURSUANT TO 28 U.S.C. § 1406(a) Pursuant to stipulation, IT IS SO ORDERED. 6 7 DATED: September 1, 2023 Hon. William H. Orrick United States District Judge 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 2841507.3 -4- STIPULATION AND PROPOSED ORDER TO TRANSFER CASE CASE NO. 3:23-CV-02773-WHO 1 2 3 ATTESTATION REGARDING SIGNATURES I, Douglas I. Cuthbertson, attest that all signatories listed, and on whose behalf the filing is submitted, concur in the filing’s content and have authorized the filing. 4 5 DATED: August 31, 2023 By: /s/ Douglas I. Cuthbertson Douglas I. Cuthbertson 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 2841507.3 -5- STIPULATION AND PROPOSED ORDER TO TRANSFER CASE CASE NO. 3:23-CV-02773-WHO 1 2 3 CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I, Douglas I. Cuthbertson, certify that I caused the foregoing document to be served on all counsel for all parties to this action by filing it through the Court’s ECF system. 4 5 DATED: August 31, 2023 By: /s/ Douglas I. Cuthbertson Douglas I. Cuthbertson 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 2841507.3 -6- STIPULATION AND PROPOSED ORDER TO TRANSFER CASE CASE NO. 3:23-CV-02773-WHO

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