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Parties Involved:
Gymboree Corp.
Defendant
Lauren Miller
Plaintiff

Document Text:

United States District Court

For the Northern District of California

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United States District Court

For the Northern District of California

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

JENNIFER LOPEZ, individually and on behalf

of all others similarly situated,

Plaintiffs,

v. 

THE GYMBOREE CORPORATION, et al.,

Defendants.

_______________________________________/

No. C 07-0087 SI

(Consolidated with Case Nos. C 07-2270 SI

and C 07-0739 SI)

ORDER GRANTING MOTION TO

CONSOLIDATE CASES AND DENYING

MOTION FOR ENTRY OF PRE-TRIAL

ORDER NO. 1

Plaintiff Lauren Miller in Miller et al. v. Gymboree Corp., C 07-2270 SI has filed a motion to

consolidate that case with Lopez et al. v. Gymboree Corp., C 07-87 SI, and Mitchell et al. v. Gymboree

Corp., C 07-739 SI. Plaintiff Miller has also filed a motion for entry of pre-trial order No. 1. Both

motions are unopposed, and are scheduled for a hearing on August 17, 2007. Pursuant to Civil Local

Rule 7-1(b), the Court determines that the motions are suitable for resolution with oral argument, and

VACATES the hearing. As set forth below, the Court hereby GRANTS plaintiff’s motion for

consolidation and DENIES plaintiff’s motion for entry of pre-trial order No. 1. (Docket Nos. 12 and

29 in 07-2270).

By order filed May 11, 2007, the Court consolidated the Mitchell and Lopez actions, and on May

17, 2007, the Court related Miller to these consolidated cases. All three cases allege that defendant

Gymboree has violated the Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act of 2003, 15 U.S.C. § 1681 et seq.

(“FACTA”), by printing the expiration date and/or more than the last five digits of plaintiffs’ credit

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United States District Court

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Counsel Scott Allen Miller of Encino, California, counsel of record on the Mitchell case, is not

mentioned in the motion.

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and/or debit card numbers on sales receipts. The three cases are brought on behalf of substantially

identical classes. The Court finds that these actions involve “a common question of law or fact” and

are therefore appropriate for consolidation pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 42(a). Plaintiffs

shall file and serve an amended consolidated complaint by August 24, 2007. Counsel are directed to

file all future pleadings in 07-87 SI only.

Plaintiff Miller also requests that the Court appoint her law firm, Barrack, Rodos & Bacine of

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, as interim co-lead class counsel, together with counsel in the Lopez and

Mitchell cases (Spiro, Moss, Barness LLP of Los Angeles and Keller, Grover LLP of San Francisco).1

Plaintiff Miller also requests that the Court enter “Pre-trial Order No. 1” in these consolidated actions.

The Court finds that appointment of co-lead counsel and entry of the proposed order are unnecessary,

as these cases do not appear to present particularly complex legal or factual issues. The Court is

confident that plaintiffs’ counsel in the three cases can, without entry of a Court order, agree on a

division of labor which will be efficient of time and resources so as to maximize any potential recovery

to plaintiffs in the case. Counsel may seek appointment as class counsel in connection with any future

motion for class certification. 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: August 13, 2007 

SUSAN ILLSTON

United States District Judge

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