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Parties Involved:
Chase Manhattan Bank USA, N.A.
Defendant
Mary Jane Yakas
Plaintiff

Document Text:

United States District Court

For the Northern District of California

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

MARY JANE YAKAS, on Behalf of

Herself and All Others Similarly Situated,

Plaintiff,

 v.

CHASE MANHATTAN BANK USA,

N.A., Predecessors, Successors, and

Subsidiaries, and DOES 1-100, Names and

Addresses Currently Unknown,

Defendants. /

No. C 09-02964 WHA

ORDER DENYING

DEFENDANT’S MOTION

FOR A STAY AND

RESCHEDULING

HEARING FOR CLASS

CERTIFICATION

In this putative class action, defendant Chase Manhattan Bank moves to stay all

proceedings till May 27, 2010, the day that the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation will

determine whether to transfer this case. The motion is DENIED because even if this action is

transferred, it will be that much further along with less work for the transferee judge to do. The

main activity now is discovery. That has to be done at some point regardless of the MDL

outcome. The motion for class certification, however, is more suitable for the transferee court to

decide if this case is transferred. The hearing on that motion is therefore rescheduled to

THURSDAY JUNE 10, 2010, AT 8:00 A.M.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: April 13, 2010. WILLIAM ALSUP

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

Case 3:09-cv-02964-WHA Document 74 Filed 04/13/10 Page 1 of 1