In re Accellion, Inc. Data Breach Litigation

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA SAN JOSE DIVISION 7 MADALYN BROWN, et al., Case No. 5:21-cv-01155-EJD

Plaintiffs, ORDER DENYING DEFENDANT'S

ADMINISTRATIVE MOTION TO

v. CONSIDER WHETHER CASES

SHOULD BE RELATED

ACCELLION, INC., Defendant. Re: Dkt. No.

Defendant Accellion moves pursuant to Civil Local Rules 3-12(b) and 7-11(a) to relate Ace American Insurance Company v. Accellion, Inc., No. 4:21-cv-09615-YGR (“Ace American”) to Brown v. Accellion, Inc., No. 5:21-cv-01155-EJD (“Brown”), which is pending before the undersigned. See Administrative Motion to Consider Whether Cases Should Be Related (“Mot.”), Dkt. No. 81. Plaintiff in Ace American opposes the motion. See Plaintiff’s Opposition to Defendant’s Administrative Motion to Consider Whether Cases Should Be Related (“Opp.”), Dkt. No. 82. Pursuant to Civil Local Rule 3-12(a), actions are related when (1) they “concern substantially the same…