Bucks County et al v. Meta Platforms, Inc. et al
Plaintiff: Bucks County and Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, acting by and through Bucks County District Attorney Matthew D. Weintraub
Defendant: Meta Platforms, Inc., Facebook Holdings, LLC, Facebook Operations, LLC, Facebook Technologies, LLC, Instagram, LLC, Siculus, Inc., Snap Inc., Tiktok Inc., ByteDance Inc., Alphabet Inc., Google LLC, XXVI Holdings Inc., YouTube, LLC, Meta Payments Inc and Meta Payments Inc.
Case Number: 4:2023cv01149
Filed: March 14, 2023
Court: US District Court for the Northern District of California
Presiding Judge: Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers
Nature of Suit: Other Fraud
Cause of Action: 28 U.S.C. § 1332 Diversity-(Citizenship)
Jury Demanded By: Plaintiff
Docket Report

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Date Filed Document Text
March 21, 2023 Filing 21 SUMMONS Returned Executed by Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, acting by and through Bucks County District Attorney Matthew D. Weintraub, Bucks County. YouTube, LLC served on 3/16/2023, answer due 4/6/2023. (Baig, Aelish) (Filed on 3/21/2023)
March 21, 2023 Filing 20 SUMMONS Returned Executed by Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, acting by and through Bucks County District Attorney Matthew D. Weintraub, Bucks County. XXVI Holdings Inc. served on 3/17/2023, answer due 4/7/2023. (Baig, Aelish) (Filed on 3/21/2023)
March 21, 2023 Filing 19 SUMMONS Returned Executed by Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, acting by and through Bucks County District Attorney Matthew D. Weintraub, Bucks County. Tiktok Inc. served on 3/16/2023, answer due 4/6/2023. (Baig, Aelish) (Filed on 3/21/2023)
March 21, 2023 Filing 18 SUMMONS Returned Executed by Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, acting by and through Bucks County District Attorney Matthew D. Weintraub, Bucks County. Snap Inc. served on 3/17/2023, answer due 4/7/2023. (Baig, Aelish) (Filed on 3/21/2023)
March 21, 2023 Filing 17 SUMMONS Returned Executed by Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, acting by and through Bucks County District Attorney Matthew D. Weintraub, Bucks County. Siculus, Inc. served on 3/17/2023, answer due 4/7/2023. (Baig, Aelish) (Filed on 3/21/2023)
March 21, 2023 Filing 16 SUMMONS Returned Executed by Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, acting by and through Bucks County District Attorney Matthew D. Weintraub, Bucks County. Meta Platforms, Inc. served on 3/16/2023, answer due 4/6/2023. (Baig, Aelish) (Filed on 3/21/2023)
March 21, 2023 Filing 15 SUMMONS Returned Executed by Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, acting by and through Bucks County District Attorney Matthew D. Weintraub, Bucks County. Meta Payments Inc. served on 3/16/2023, answer due 4/6/2023. (Baig, Aelish) (Filed on 3/21/2023)
March 21, 2023 Filing 14 SUMMONS Returned Executed by Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, acting by and through Bucks County District Attorney Matthew D. Weintraub, Bucks County. Instagram, LLC served on 3/16/2023, answer due 4/6/2023. (Baig, Aelish) (Filed on 3/21/2023)
March 21, 2023 Filing 13 SUMMONS Returned Executed by Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, acting by and through Bucks County District Attorney Matthew D. Weintraub, Bucks County. Google LLC served on 3/16/2023, answer due 4/6/2023. (Baig, Aelish) (Filed on 3/21/2023)
March 21, 2023 Filing 12 SUMMONS Returned Executed by Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, acting by and through Bucks County District Attorney Matthew D. Weintraub, Bucks County. Facebook Technologies, LLC served on 3/16/2023, answer due 4/6/2023. (Baig, Aelish) (Filed on 3/21/2023)
March 21, 2023 Filing 11 SUMMONS Returned Executed by Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, acting by and through Bucks County District Attorney Matthew D. Weintraub, Bucks County. Facebook Operations, LLC served on 3/16/2023, answer due 4/6/2023. (Baig, Aelish) (Filed on 3/21/2023)
March 21, 2023 Filing 10 SUMMONS Returned Executed by Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, acting by and through Bucks County District Attorney Matthew D. Weintraub, Bucks County. Facebook Holdings, LLC served on 3/17/2023, answer due 4/7/2023. (Baig, Aelish) (Filed on 3/21/2023)
March 21, 2023 Filing 9 SUMMONS Returned Executed by Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, acting by and through Bucks County District Attorney Matthew D. Weintraub, Bucks County. ByteDance Inc. served on 3/16/2023, answer due 4/6/2023. (Baig, Aelish) (Filed on 3/21/2023)
March 21, 2023 Filing 8 SUMMONS Returned Executed by Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, acting by and through Bucks County District Attorney Matthew D. Weintraub, Bucks County. Alphabet Inc. served on 3/16/2023, answer due 4/6/2023. (Baig, Aelish) (Filed on 3/21/2023)
March 15, 2023 Filing 7 NOTICE of Appearance by Taeva Cantor Shefler (Shefler, Taeva) (Filed on 3/15/2023)
March 15, 2023 Filing 6 NOTICE of Appearance by Nicolle B Brito (Brito, Nicolle) (Filed on 3/15/2023)
March 15, 2023 Filing 5 Summons Issued as to Alphabet Inc., ByteDance Inc., Facebook Holdings, LLC, Facebook Operations, LLC, Facebook Technologies, LLC, Google LLC, Instagram, LLC, Meta Payments Inc., Meta Platforms, Inc., Siculus, Inc., Snap Inc., Tiktok Inc., XXVI Holdings Inc., YouTube, LLC. (mcl, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 3/15/2023)
March 15, 2023 Filing 4 Case assigned to Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers. Counsel for plaintiff or the removing party is responsible for serving the Complaint or Notice of Removal, Summons and the assigned judge's standing orders and all other new case documents upon the opposing parties. For information, visit E-Filing A New Civil Case at http://cand.uscourts.gov/ecf/caseopening.Standing orders can be downloaded from the court's web page at www.cand.uscourts.gov/judges. Upon receipt, the summons will be issued and returned electronically. A scheduling order will be sent by Notice of Electronic Filing (NEF) within two business days. (ark, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 3/15/2023)
March 15, 2023 Cases associated: Create association to 4:22-md-03047-YGR. (mcl, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 3/15/2023)
March 15, 2023 DIRECT FILED MEMBER CASE OPENED: MDL 3047, Bucks County et al v. Meta Platforms, Inc. et al, Opened in California Northern District as 23-cv-01149-YGR cc: JPMDL (mcl, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 3/15/2023)
March 15, 2023 #Electronic filing error. The County Code in the case opening screen has been corrected to "US, Outside State" and not San Francisco as it refers to plaintiff's county of residence. Corrected by Clerk's Office. No further action is necessary. Re: #1 Complaint, filed by Bucks County, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, acting by and through Bucks County District Attorney Matthew D. Weintraub. (mcl, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 3/15/2023)
March 14, 2023 Filing 3 Certificate of Interested Entities by Bucks County, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, acting by and through Bucks County District Attorney Matthew D. Weintraub (Baig, Aelish) (Filed on 3/14/2023)
March 14, 2023 Filing 2 Proposed Summons. (Baig, Aelish) (Filed on 3/14/2023)
March 14, 2023 Filing 1 COMPLAINT against Alphabet Inc., ByteDance Inc., Facebook Holdings, LLC, Facebook Operations, LLC, Facebook Technologies, LLC, Google LLC, Instagram, LLC, Meta Payments Inc, Meta Platforms, Inc., Siculus, Inc., Snap Inc., Tiktok Inc., XXVI Holdings Inc., YouTube, LLC ( Filing fee $ 402, receipt number ACANDC-18073637.). Filed byCommonwealth of Pennsylvania, acting by and through Bucks County District Attorney Matthew D. Weintraub, Bucks County. (Attachments: #1 Civil Cover Sheet)(Baig, Aelish) (Filed on 3/14/2023)

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Plaintiff: Bucks County
Represented By: Aelish Marie Baig
Represented By: Taeva Cantor Shefler
Represented By: Nicolle B Brito
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Plaintiff: Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, acting by and through Bucks County District Attorney Matthew D. Weintraub
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Defendant: Alphabet Inc.
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Defendant: Google LLC
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Defendant: XXVI Holdings Inc.
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Defendant: Meta Payments Inc
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