Judge Orders Consolidation of Privacy Cases Involving Dish Data Breach
U.S. District Judge Regina Rodriguez for Colorado ordered 10 privacy cases against Dish Network to be consolidated under Dish Network Security Incident Litigation. The cases involve “substantially similar factual and legal questions surrounding Dish’s alleged failure" to adequately safeguard the…
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personally identifiable information (PII) of the plaintiffs, and each of these actions will involve substantially similar discovery and motion practice, said the Wednesday order (docket 1:23-cv-01168) in Denver. Consolidation will promote “judicial economy and orderly case management." The consent of the parties isn’t required for consolidation, Rodriguez said. Dish doesn’t oppose consolidation and takes no position on the appointment of interim counsel. Motions for consolidation should be granted but denied without prejudice regarding appointment of interim class counsel, Rodriguez said. Group movants seek appointment of Mason Barney of Siri & Glimstad, Bryan Bleichner of Chestnut Cambronne and Scott Cole of Cole & Van Note as interim co-lead class counsel. The court declined to make an interim counsel appointment now to allow all interested parties to fully submit and brief their positions on the issue of interim class counsel and facilitate resolution of the matter on a consolidated and comprehensive record, the order said. The consolidated cases are Owen-Brooks v. Dish Network (docket 1:23-cv-01168), Clark v. Dish (docket 1:23-cv-01315), Cruse v. Dish (docket 1:23-cv-01319, Turley v. Dish, (docket 1:23-cv-01346), Ellerbrock v. Dish (docket 1:23cv-01372); Jenkins v. Dish (docket 1:23-cv-01387); Cardenas v. Dish (docket 1:23-cv-01405), Garcia v. Dish (docket 1:23-cv-01458), Vest v. Dish (docket 1:23-cv-01462) and Fulmore v. Dish (docket 1:23-cv-01556).