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Parties Involved:
EVGA Corporation
Defendant
NVIDIA Corporation
Defendant
Mark Roushion
Plaintiff
Pedro Santiago
Movant

Document Text:

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ORDER CONSOLIDATING CASES CASE NO. 15-CV-00760-CRB 

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

ANDREW OSTROWSKI, individually and 

on behalf of all others similarly situated, 

 

Plaintiff, 

 

v. 

NVIDIA CORPORATION and

GIGABYTE GLOBAL BUSINESS 

CORPORATION D/B/A GIGA-BYTE 

TECHNOLOGY CO. LTD.,

Defendants.

Case No. 15-cv-00760-CRB

 

CLASS ACTION

STIPULATED ORDER CONSOLIDATING 

CASES AND SETTING INITIAL 

SCHEDULE 

Judge: Hon. Charles R. Breyer

Complaint Filed: February 19, 2015

PEDRO SANTIAGO,

Plaintiff,

v.

NVIDIA CORPORATION; ASUS 

COMPUTER INTERNATIONAL; and 

TIGERDIRECT, INC.,

Defendants.

Case No. 15-cv-00789-PSG

CLASS ACTION

MARK ROUSHION, on behalf of himself 

and all others similarly situated,

Plaintiff,

v.

Case No. 15-cv-01102-DMR

CLASS ACTION

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ORDER CONSOLIDATING CASES CASE NO. 15-CV-00760-CRB 

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NVIDIA CORPORATION and EVGA 

CORPORATION,

Defendants.

Presently before the Court is the Joint Motion to Consolidate Related Actions and 

Require Filing of a Consolidated Amended Complaint (“Consolidation Motion”) submitted by 

Plaintiffs in the above entitled cases and joined in by Defendants NVIDIA Corporation, Asus 

Computer International, Gigabyte Global Business Corporation d/b/a Giga-Byte Technology Co. 

Ltd and TigerDirect, Inc. 

The Consolidation Motion seeks consolidation of the following three putative class 

actions filed on February 19 and 20 and March 9, 2015, which were filed in this District and 

have been or are in the process of being related to this Court:

• Ostrowski v. NVIDIA Corporation, et al., No. 15-cv-00760-CRB 

• Santiago v. NVIDIA Corporation, et al., No. 15-cv-00789-PSG

• Roushion v. NVIDIA Corporation, et al., No. 15-cv-01102-DMR

Based on a review of the complaints in the above actions, the Court finds each of the 

actions listed above meets the prerequisites for pre-trial consolidation under Federal Rule of 

Civil Procedure 42(a). The Court finds all parties and the Court would benefit from the 

efficiency that would result from consolidation. The parties collectively agree the above cases 

should be consolidated for all purposes as part of Ostrowski v. NVIDIA Corporation, et al., Case 

No. 25-cv-00760-CRB. 

IT IS THEREFORE HEREBY ORDERED:

I. CONSOLIDATION OF RELATED CASES

1. Pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 42(a), the actions listed above are 

hereby consolidated for all proceedings before this Court. The consolidated action shall be 

captioned: 

In re NVIDIA GTX 970 Graphics Chip Litigation, Case No. 15-cv-00760-CRB. 

/ / /

/ / /

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II. MASTER DOCKET AND CAPTION 

2. The docket in Ostrowski v. NVIDIA Corporation, et al., Case No. 15-cv-00760-

CRB shall constitute the Master Docket for this action.

3. Every pleading filed in the consolidated action shall bear the following caption:

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION 

IN RE: NVIDIA GTX 970 GRAPHICS CHIP 

LITIGATION

This Document Relates to:

4. When the document being filed pertains to all actions, the phrase “All Actions” 

shall appear immediately after the phrase “This Document Relates To:”. When a pleading 

applies to one, but not all actions, the document shall list the docket number for each individual 

action to which the document applies, along with the last name of the first-listed plaintiff in said 

action (e.g., “No. 15-cv-00760-CRB (Ostrowski))” immediately after the phrase “This Document 

Relates to:”.

5. The Parties shall file a Notice of Related Case pursuant to Civil Local Rule 3-12 

whenever a new case that should be related or consolidated into this action is filed in, or 

transferred to, this District. If the parties agree that a case should be consolidated as part of these 

proceedings, they shall file a stipulation for an order of consolidation with the Court. If the 

Court determines the case is related and should be consolidated, the clerk shall:

a. Place a copy of this Order in the separate file for such action;

b. Serve on Plaintiff’s counsel in the new case a copy of this Order;

c. Direct this Order be served upon Defendants in the new case; and

d. Make the appropriate entry in the Master Docket.

If the parties do not agree that the new case should be consolidated, any party may file a 

motion for consolidation under Rule 42 for the Court’s consideration.

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III. SCHEDULE AND RELATED MATTERS

6. Plaintiffs shall file a Consolidated Amended Complaint within thirty (30) days 

after the entry of this Order, unless otherwise agreed upon by the parties and approved by the 

Court. This complaint shall be the operative complaint for all further proceedings. Any motions 

pending that are directed at or related to any of the complaints filed in the actions subject to this 

Order shall be deemed withdrawn, with Defendants reserving all rights to re-file such motions or 

to separately agree to request this Court rule upon such motions based on the submitted briefing. 

Defendants are not required to respond to the complaints in any action consolidated into this 

action other than to the Consolidated Amended Complaint, with Defendants reserving the right 

to file further responsive pleadings to a particular proceeding after remand to the transferor 

forum for trial.

7. Defendants shall file responsive pleadings to the Consolidated Amended 

Complaint within thirty (30) days after service, unless otherwise agreed upon by the parties and 

approved by the Court. If Defendants file any motions directed at the Consolidated Amended 

Complaint, the opposition and reply briefs shall be filed within thirty days (30) and twenty-one 

(21) days, respectively, of that response, unless otherwise agreed upon by the parties or ordered 

by the Court.

8. All other dates set in the Ostrowski action shall remain on calendar absent further 

Order from the Court.

IV. MODIFICATION OF THIS ORDER

9. This Order may be modified or supplemented by the Court or on motion by any 

party for good cause shown.

DATED: March 24, 2015 

HON. CHARLES R. BREYER

District Judge 

So Stipulated by All Parties: 

WHATLEY KALLAS LLP

By: /s/ Alan M. Mansfield 

ALAN M. MANSFIELD (SBN 125998)

amansfield@whatleykallas.com

1 Sansome Street, 35th Fl., PMB # 131

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San Francisco, CA 94104

Tel: (415) 860-2503 

Fax: (888) 331-9633 

WHATLEY KALLAS, LLP

Joe R. Whatley, Jr. (To Apply Pro Hac Vice) 

1180 Avenue of the Americas, 20th Floor

New York, NY 10036

Tel: (212) 447-7060 

Fax: (800) 922-4851 

WIGGINS CHILDS PANTAZIS FISHER GOLDFARB

Dennis G. Pantazis (Admitted Pro Hac Vice) 

dgp@wigginschilds.com 

Robert J. Camp (To Apply Pro Hac Vice) 

rcamp@wigginschilds.com

D. G. Pantazis, Jr. (Admitted Pro Hac Vice) 

dgpjr@wigginschilds.com 

The Kress Building

301 Nineteenth Street North

Birmingham, AL 35203

Tel: (205) 314-0500 

Fax: (205) 314-0757 

LOWE LAW FIRM, LLC

E. Clayton Lowe, Jr. (To Apply Pro Hac Vice) 

clowe@lowelaw.com

The Kress Building

301 Nineteenth Street North, Suite 525

Birmingham, AL 35203 

Tel: (205) 314-0607 

Attorneys for Plaintiff Andrew Ostrowski

BURSOR & FISHER, P.A.

By: /s/L. Timothy Fisher 

L. Timothy Fisher

ltfisher@bursor.com 

Julia A. Luster 

jluster@bursor.com

1990 North California Blvd., Suite 940

Walnut Creek, CA 94596

Tel: (925) 300-4455 

Fax: (925) 407-2700 

Scott A. Bursor (SBN 276006)

scott@bursor.com

888 Seventh Avenue

New York, NY 10019

Tel: (212) 989-9113 

Fax: (212) 989-9163 

Attorneys for Plaintiff Pedro Santiago

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KAPLAN FOX & KILSHEIMER, LLP

By: S/Laurence D. King LAURENCE D. KING (SBN 206423) 

lking@kaplanfox.com Linda Fong (SBN 124232)

lfong@kaplanfox.com

Mario M. Choi (SBN 243409)

mchoi@kaplanfox.com

350 Sansome Street, Suite 400

San Francisco, CA 94104

Tel: (415) 772-4700 

Fax: (415) 772-4707 

KAPLAN FOX & KILSHEIMER, LLP

Frederic S. Fox (To Apply Pro Hac Vice) 

ffox@kaplanfox.com

David A. Straite (To Apply Pro Hac Vice) 

dstraite@kaplanfox.com

850 Third Ave., 14th Floor

New York, NY 10022

Tel: (212) 687-1980 

Fax: (212) 687-7714 

WITES & KAPETAN, P.A.

Marc A. Wites (To Apply Pro Hac Vice) 

mwites@wklawyers.com

4400 North Federal Highway

Lighthouse Point, FL 33064

Tel: (954) 570-8989 

Fax: (954) 354-0206 

Attorneys for Plaintiff MARK ROUSHION

ORRICK HERRINGTON & SUTCLIFF LLP

By: /s/Alexander K. Talarides atalarides@orrick.com

Robert P. Varian

rvarian@orrick.com

James N. Kramer

jkramer@orrick.com

405 Howard Street

San Francisco, CA 94105-2669 

Tel: (415) 773-4254 

Fax: (415) 773-5759 

Attorneys for Defendants NVIDIA Corporation, 

Asus Computer International, 

Gigabyte Global Business Corporation 

d/b/a Giga-Byte Technology Co. Ltd, and TigerDirect, Inc. 

 

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