Adams County Board of County Commissioners v. McKinsey and Company, Inc.

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United States District Court, Northern District of CaliforniaFebruary 16, 20243:21-cv-09107California450 words

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1 2 3 4 5 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 6 FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 7

IN RE: MCKINSEY & CO., INC.

8 MDL No. 2996 CRB

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9 LITIGATION

_________________________________/ ORDER ON MOTIONS TO 10 INTERVENE 11 This Order Relates To:

12 Adams Cnty. Bd. of Cnty. Comm’rs et al. v. McKinsey and Co., Inc., Case No. 21- 13 Re: Member Case Dkt. Nos. 6, 7 cv-09107-CRB 14

15 16 In the above-captioned member case, there are two pending filings styled as motions to 17 intervene (dkts. 6, 7). Both were filed by pro se litigants. Both filings have headers that describe 18 them as motions to intervene, and each case bears the docket number of the Adams County case. 19 Nevertheless, it appears to the Court that these pro se litigants intended to file independent 20 civil actions against McKinsey. See Hebbe v. Pliler, 627 F.3d 338, 342 (9th Cir. 2010) (stating 21 that courts have the “obligation, . . . where the petitioner is pro se, . . . to construe the pleadings 22 …

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