Uber Technologies, Inc. v. United States Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation

FOR PUBLICATION

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

UBER TECHNOLOGIES, INC.; No. 23-3445

RASIER, LLC; RASIER-CA, LLC,

MDL. No. 3084 Petitioners, United States v. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict

UNITED STATES JUDICIAL

Litigation,

PANEL ON MULTIDISTRICT

JPML

LITIGATION,

OPINION

Respondent,

JANE DOE LS 340, et al. *,

Real Parties in Interest.

Petition for a Writ of Mandamus Argued and Submitted October 8, 2024 San Francisco, California Filed March 10, 2025 Before: M. Margaret McKeown, Lucy H. Koh, and Anthony D. Johnstone, Circuit Judges. Opinion by Judge Koh

* The court is not listing herein all of the numerous individual real parties in interest in this appeal. UBER TECHNOLOGIES, INC. V. USJPML

SUMMARY **

Mandamus/Multidistrict Litigation

The panel denied the petition for writ of mandamus challenging an order of the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation (“JPML”) centralizing claims against Uber Technologies, Inc. pursuant to the federal multidistrict litigation statute, 28 U.S.C. § 1407. Plaintiffs in the centralized cases are individuals who were allegedly sexually assaulted or harassed by Uber…