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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE DISTRICT OF OREGON

IN RE: PREMERA BLUE CROSS 

CUSTOMER DATA SECURITY BREACH 

LITIGATION

This Document Relates to All Actions.

Case No. 3:15-md-2633-SI

PRETRIAL ORDER NO. 3

(CASE SCHEDULING ORDER)

Michael H. Simon, District Judge.

The parties’ Proposed Case Scheduling Order (Dkt. 38) is accepted, and the following 

case schedule is adopted:

1. Initial Case Management Conference

Discuss appointment of interim class counsel, other 

Plaintiffs’ counsel leadership positions, and case 

schedule

August 7, 2015

2. Deadline for parties to file proposed protective order(s) August 28, 2015

3. Defendant to produce initial categories of documents as 

agreed by the parties

September 11, 2015

4. Plaintiffs file Consolidated Master Complaint October 6, 2015

(60 days after No.1)

5. Interim lead counsel and liaison plaintiffs’ counsel file 

leadership structure and responsibilities

October 6, 2015

(60 days after No.1)

6. Parties confer about ADR November 13, 2015

7. Defendant answers or otherwise responds November 20, 2015

(45 days after No. 4)

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8. Deadline for parties’ Rule 26(f) and LR 26-1 

conference, including ESI guidelines; formal discovery 

may proceed

December 4, 2015

9. Parties file Rule 26(f) report;

deadline for parties to file proposed ESI protocol(s);

deadline to establish document depository;

initial disclosures served or waived under LR 26-2

December 18, 2015

10. Plaintiffs file response to motion to dismiss, if any December 30, 2015

(40 days after No. 7)

11. Defendant files reply in support of any motion to 

dismiss

January 29, 2016

(30 days after No. 10)

12. Oral argument on motion to dismiss, if any

Second Case Management Conference

February 24, 2016, 10AM

13. Parties file Joint ADR Report under LR 16-4(d) April 17, 2016

14. Deadline to amend pleadings or join parties July 19, 2016

15. Third Case Management Conference August 2, 2016, 10AM

16. File motion for class certification October 12, 2016

17. File response to motion for class certification November 12, 2016

18. File reply in support of motion for class certification December 12, 2016

19. Oral argument on class certification motion

Fourth Case Management Conference

January 12, 2017, 10AM

20. Fact discovery closes March 17, 2017

21. Simultaneous exchange of expert reports

(Expert depositions to be scheduled by parties)

April 17, 2017

22. Simultaneous exchange of expert rebuttal reports May 17, 2017

23. Expert discovery closes June 16, 2017

24. Fifth Case Management Conference

(Should limited fact or expert discovery be reopened?)

June 30, 2017, 10AM

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25. Deadline for filing dispositive motions September 1, 2017

26. File responses to dispositive motions September 29, 2017

(28 days after No. 25)

27. File replies to dispositive motions October 27, 2017

28. Oral argument on dispositive motions

Sixth Case Management Conference

November 17, 2017, 10AM

29. First pretrial conference January 31, 2018, 10AM

30. Second pretrial conference February 9, 2018, 10AM

31. Trial commences

(either class or non-class for bellwether case originally

filed in District of Oregon)

February 26, 2018, 9AM

The Court directs the Clerk of the Court to send a copy of this Order to the Clerk of the 

Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

DATED this 26th day of August, 2015.

/s/ Michael H. Simon

Michael H. Simon

United States District Judge

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