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Nature of Suit Code: 360
Nature of Suit: Other Personal Injury
Cause of Action: 28:1332 Diversity-Other Contract

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF NORTH CAROLINA 

EASTERN DIVISION 

CIVIL ACTION NO. 4:15-cv-00040-BO 

EARL EDWARD SCOFIELD, III, 

individually, and on behalf of all others 

similarly situated, 

Plaintiff, 

V. 

ANTHEM, INC., and ANTHEM 

INSURANCE COMPANIES, INC., 

ORDER GRANTING JOINT MOTION TO 

STAY PROCEEDINGS PENDING 

RESOLUTION OF THE SECTION 1407 

TRANSFER MOTION 

Defendants. 

This matter came before the Court on Plaintiff Edward Scofield, III and Defendants 

Anthem, Inc. and Anthem Insurance Companies, Inc.'s Joint Motion to Stay Proceedings 

Pending Resolution of the Section 1407 Transfer Motion and the Memorandum in Support. The 

Court, being duly advised and finding good cause for the granting of such motion, hereby 

GRANTS the Joint Motion to Stay Proceedings. 

IT IS HEREBY ORDERED THAT this action and all deadlines are stayed until the 

Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation ("JPML") rules on the pending motion for MDL 

centralization in In re: Anthem, Inc. Customer Data Security Breach Litigation, MDL No. 2617 

and either (a) a scheduling order is entered by the United States District Court to which the 

JPML transfers this case governing further proceedings in this case, or (b) if centralization is 

denied, 21 days after the JPML acts. 

SO ORDERED this L day o~15. ___.. 

Honorable Terrence W. Boyle 

United States District Court Judge 

Eastern District ofNorth Carolina 

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