County of Calaveras v. McKinsey and Company, Inc.
- Charles Breyer
- 3:22-cv-07174
- U.S. District Court · Northern District of California
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County of Calaveras v. McKinsey was transferred for coordinated pretrial proceedings, an administrative ruling by Judge Breyer that did not decide the claims.
County of Calaveras and McKinsey and Company, Inc., along with the other actions listed in the transfer schedule, were affected by the transfer to the Northern District of California for coordinated or consolidated pretrial proceedings.
What happened
County of Calaveras v. McKinsey and Company, Inc. was one of several actions the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation ordered transferred to the Northern District of California. The cases involve common factual questions with other McKinsey prescription-opiate lawsuits already there.
The order transferred the case for coordinated or consolidated pretrial proceedings and assigned it to the Northern District of California. The order did not decide the parties’ underlying claims or defenses.
Judge Charles R. Breyer was assigned the transferred actions with the district court’s consent. The classification is procedural because the order addressed case management and transfer, not the merits.
The detailed version
- County of Calaveras v. McKinsey and Company, Inc. · No. 3:22-cv-07174
- Charles Breyer
- Nov. 14, 2022
Background
The United States Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation issued Conditional Transfer Order 33 in the multidistrict litigation concerning McKinsey & Company and national prescription-opiate consulting. The Panel stated that earlier actions had been transferred to the Northern District of California for coordinated or consolidated pretrial proceedings and assigned to Judge Charles R. Breyer. The order identified County of Calaveras, et al. v. McKinsey and Company, Inc., case number 22-01370, as one of the additional actions covered by the order.
Ruling
The Panel determined that the listed actions appeared to involve factual questions common to the cases already pending in the Northern District of California. Under 28 U.S.C. § 1407, it transferred the listed actions to that district for coordinated or consolidated pretrial proceedings and, with that court’s consent, assigned them to Judge Breyer. The order states that the transfer would become effective when filed with the Northern District of California clerk. It also states that the stay of transmission was lifted because no objection was pending.
Effect
This was a case-transfer and pretrial-management order. It did not resolve the underlying claims, defenses, or liability of County of Calaveras or McKinsey. The schedule also listed additional actions from the Eastern and Southern Districts of California and Oregon.
Disposition
The action was transferred under the Panel’s conditional transfer order to the Northern District of California and assigned to Judge Charles R. Breyer for coordinated or consolidated pretrial proceedings. The opinion text does not state any ruling on the merits.
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