Case Name: IN RE: CYBIL FISHER LITIGATION
Court: United States Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2013-12-13
Citations: 987 F. Supp. 2d 1376
Docket Number: MDL No. 2488
Parties: IN RE: CYBIL FISHER LITIGATION.
Judges: Before JOHN G. HEYBURN II, Chairman, PAUL J. BARBADORO, CHARLES R. BREYER, LEWIS A. KAPLAN, SARAH S. VANCE, and ELLEN SEGAL HUVELLE, Judges of the Panel.
Reporter: Federal Supplement 2d
Volume: 987
Pages: 1376–1377

Head Matter:
IN RE: CYBIL FISHER LITIGATION.
MDL No. 2488.
United States Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation.
Dec. 13, 2013.
Before JOHN G. HEYBURN II, Chairman, PAUL J. BARBADORO, CHARLES R. BREYER, LEWIS A. KAPLAN, SARAH S. VANCE, and ELLEN SEGAL HUVELLE, Judges of the Panel.

Opinion:
ORDER DENYING TRANSFER
JOHN G. HEYBURN II, Chairman.
Before the Panel: Pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1407, petitioner in the four actions listed on the attached Schedule A moves to centralize the litigation in the Eastern District of Wisconsin. Common defendant the United States of America opposes the motion.
On the basis of the papers filed and hearing session held, we conclude that Section 1407 centralization would not serve the convenience of the parties and witnesses or further the just and efficient conduct of this litigation. The actions in this litigation all involve efforts by petitioner to quash third-party summonses issued in connection with an Internal Revenue Services investigation. Actions such as these are generally summary in nature, see, e.g., Robert v. United States, 364 F.3d 988, 999 (8th Cir.2004), and movant has not convinced us that Section 1407 centralization is warranted. See In re: James D. Jordan IRS Summons Litig., 802 F.Supp.2d 1374 (J.P.M.L.2011); In re: Crystal Poole IRS Summons Litig., 763 F.Supp.2d 1371 (J.P.M.L.2011); In re: Good Karma, LLC, et al., IRS Summons Litig., 528 F.Supp.2d 1361 (J.P.M.L.2007).
IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED that the motion, pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1407, for centralization of the actions listed on Schedule A is denied.
SCHEDULE A
MDL No. 2488 — IN RE: CYBIL FISHER LITIGATION
District of Arizona
Cybil Fisher v. United States of America, et al., C.A. No. 2:13-00056
Southern District of Indiana
Cybil Fisher v. United States of America, et al., C.A. No. 1:13-00075
Northern District of Texas
Cybil Fisher v. United States of America, et al., C.A. No. 3:13-00085
Western District of Wisconsin
Cybil Fisher v. United States of America, et al., C.A. No. 3:13-00013
Judge Marjorie O. Rendell took no part in the decision of this matter.
. As filed, the motion encompassed nine actions. Five of those actions, however, have since been dismissed for lack of subject matter jurisdiction.