THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY OF MONTGOMERY COUNTY, KEVIN R. STEELE v. META PLATFORMS, INC. et al
Plaintiff: The District Attorney of Montgomery County, Kevin R. Steele
Defendant: Meta Platforms Inc., Facebook Holdings LLC, Facebook Operations LLC, Meta Payments Inc, Meta Platforms Technologies, LLC, Instagram LLC, Siculus Inc., Snap Inc., TikTok Inc., TikTok Ltd, TikTok LLC, ByteDance Inc., Bytedance Ltd, Alphabet Inc., XXVI Holdings Inc, Google LLC and YouTube LLC
Case Number: 4:2023cv06355
Filed: December 8, 2023
Court: US District Court for the Northern District of California
Presiding Judge: Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers
Nature of Suit: P.I.: Other
Cause of Action: 28 U.S.C. ยง 1332 Diversity-(Citizenship)
Jury Demanded By: Plaintiff
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February 5, 2024 Filing 12 Transcript of Proceedings held on 01/26/2024, before Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers. Court Reporter/Transcriber Stephen W. Franklin, telephone number (561)313-8439. Per General Order No. 59 and Judicial Conference policy, this transcript may be viewed only at the Clerk's Office public terminal or may be purchased through the Court Reporter/Transcriber until the deadline for the Release of Transcript Restriction. After that date it may be obtained through PACER. Any Notice of Intent to Request Redaction, if required, is due no later than 5 business days from date of this filing. (Re (566 in 4:22-md-03047-YGR) Transcript Order, (567 in 4:22-md-03047-YGR) Transcript Order, (572 in 4:22-md-03047-YGR) Transcript Order, (571 in 4:22-md-03047-YGR) Transcript Order ) Release of Transcript Restriction set for 5/6/2024. (Franklin, Stephen) (Filed on 2/5/2024)
January 26, 2024 Filing 11 Minute Entry for proceedings held before Magistrate Judge Peter H Kang: Discovery Hearing held on 1/25/2024. Total Time in Court: 3h 24m. Court Reporter: Ruth Levine Ekhaus. Plaintiff Attorney: Christopher Ayers, Lexi Hazam, Previn Warren, Emily Jeffcott, Thomas Huynh. Defendant Attorney: (Meta) Ashley Simonsen, Isaac Chaput, (Snap) Jonathan Blavin, (TikTok) Geoffrey Drake, Andrea Pierson, Amy Fiterman, (YouTube) Matt Donohue. (jaf, COURT STAFF) (Date Filed: 1/25/2024) Modified on 1/29/2024 (jlm, COURT STAFF).
December 20, 2023 Filing 10 Transcript of Proceedings (corrected to change date on title page) held on 12/14/2023, before Judge Peter H. Kang. Court Reporter Ruth Levine Ekhaus, RMR, RDR, FCRR, CSR No. 12219, telephone number (415)336-5223/ruth_ekhaus@cand.uscourts.gov. Per General Order No. 59 and Judicial Conference policy, this transcript may be viewed only at the Clerk's Office public terminal or may be purchased through the Court Reporter until the deadline for the Release of Transcript Restriction. After that date it may be obtained through PACER. Any Notice of Intent to Request Redaction, if required, is due no later than 5 business days from date of this filing. (Re (486 in 4:22-md-03047-YGR) Transcript Order ) Release of Transcript Restriction set for 3/19/2024. (rre, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 12/20/2023)
December 20, 2023 Filing 9 ***PLEASE DISREGARD, SEE DOCKET NUMBER 511 FOR CORRECTED TRANSCRIPT.Transcript of Proceedings held on 12/14/2023, before Magistrate Judge Peter H. Kang. Court Reporter Ruth Levine Ekhaus, RMR, RDR, FCRR, CSR No. 12219, telephone number (415)336-5223/ruth_ekhaus@cand.uscourts.gov. Per General Order No. 59 and Judicial Conference policy, this transcript may be viewed only at the Clerk's Office public terminal or may be purchased through the Court Reporter until the deadline for the Release of Transcript Restriction. After that date it may be obtained through PACER. Any Notice of Intent to Request Redaction, if required, is due no later than 5 business days from date of this filing. (Re (486 in 4:22-md-03047-YGR) Transcript Order ) Release of Transcript Restriction set for 3/19/2024. (rre, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 12/20/2023) Modified on 12/20/2023 (knm, COURT STAFF).
December 15, 2023 Filing 8 Minute Entry for proceedings held before Magistrate Judge Peter H Kang: Discovery Hearing held on 12/14/2023. Fact and Expert Discovery Cut-Off Meeting: Parties are ordered to meet and confer regarding dates for fact discovery and expert discovery cut-off. This meeting must take place by January 19, 2024. Discovery Plan Proposal: A proposal for the discovery plan is due by January 19, 2024. Protective Order Briefing:Withdrawal of all briefing on the Protective Order appeal is due by December 18, 2023.Refiling of Protective Order briefing is due by December 18, 2023. No new arguments are permitted in the refiled Protective Order briefing. Defendants are allotted one page, single-spaced, to respond to State Plaintiffs' arguments on the Protective Order, due by December 18, 2023. State Plaintiffs are allotted a half-page, single-spaced, for their proposed carve-out on the Protective Order, due by December 18, 2023. Electronic Stored Information (ESI) Conference: Parties are ORDERED to meet and confer regarding ESI, with their ESI vendors present, by December 29, 2023, to narrow currently pending ESI issues. ESI Proposed Language Chart: The ESI proposed language chart is due by January 12, 2024. Written order to follow. Total Time in Court: 1:11pm-2:31pm (2hr 20m). Court Reporter: Ruth Levine Ekhaus. Plaintiff Attorney: Christopher Seeger, Christopher Ayers, Lexi Hazam, Previn Warren, Bianca Miyata, Barney Eskandari, Megan O'Neill, Christian Lewis. Defendant Attorney: Ashley Simonsen, Greg Halperin, Isaac Chaput, Jonathan Blavin, Andrea Pierson, Christopher Chiou, Andrew Kramer, Rose Ehler, Geoffrey Drake, David Mattern, Brian Ercole, Stephanie Schuster, Laura Lopez, Paul Schmidt. (This is a text-only entry generated by the court. There is no document associated with this entry.) (jaf, COURT STAFF) (Date Filed: 12/15/2023)
December 8, 2023 Filing 7 Case transferred in from District of Pennsylvania Eastern; Case Number 2:23-cv-04271. Original file certified copy of transfer order and docket sheet received.
December 7, 2023 Filing 6 Certified Copy of Conditional Transfer Order Pursuant to Rule 7.1 of the Rules of Procedure of the United States Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation,the action(s) on the attached schedule are transferred under 28 U.S.C. 1407 to the Northern District of California for the reasons stated in the order of October 6, 2022, and, with the consent of that court, assigned to the Honorable Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers. (rf, )
December 1, 2023 Opinion or Order Filing 5 STIPULATION AND ORDER THAT DEADLINE TO RESPOND TO PLAINTIFFS COMPLAINT ARE EXTENDED TO 1/2/24. SIGNED BY HONORABLE CYNTHIA M. RUFE ON 12/1/23. 12/4/23 ENTERED AND COPIES E-MAILED.(rf, )
November 30, 2023 Filing 4 STIPULATION Joint Stipulation for Extension of Time to Respond to Plaintiff's Complaint by BYTEDANCE INC., BYTEDANCE LTD., TIKTOK INC., TIKTOK LLC, TIKTOK LTD.. (Attachments: #1 Text of Proposed Order)(ABERNETHY, DAVID)
November 15, 2023 Filing 3 AFFIDAVIT of Service by Legalex re: served Summons and Class Action Complaint upon all Defendants by Personal Service on Registered Agents on November 9, 2023 (Attachments: #1 Affidavit of service, #2 Affidavit of service, #3 Affidavit of service, #4 Affidavit of service, #5 Affidavit of service, #6 Affidavit of service, #7 Affidavit of service, #8 Affidavit of service, #9 Affidavit of service, #10 Affidavit of service, #11 Affidavit of service, #12 Affidavit of service, #13 Affidavit of service, #14 Affidavit of service, #15 Affidavit of service, #16 Affidavit of service)(MELTZER, JOSEPH)
November 3, 2023 Filing 2 Summons Issued as to ALPHABET INC., BYTEDANCE INC., BYTEDANCE LTD., FACEBOOK HOLDINGS, LLC, FACEBOOK OPERATIONS, LLC, GOOGLE LLC, INSTAGRAM, LLC, META PAYMENTS INC., META PLATFORMS TECHNOLOGIES, LLC, META PLATFORMS, INC., SICULUS, INC., SNAP INC., TIKTOK INC., TIKTOK LLC, TIKTOK LTD., XXVI HOLDINGS INC., YOUTUBE, LLC. (rf, )
November 2, 2023 Filing 1 COMPLAINT against All Defendants ( Filing fee $ 402 receipt number APAEDC-17049406.), filed by THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY OF MONTGOMERY COUNTY, KEVIN R. STEELE. (Attachments: #1 Civil Cover Sheet, #2 Designation Form)(MELTZER, JOSEPH)

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Plaintiff: The District Attorney of Montgomery County, Kevin R. Steele
Represented By: Joseph H. Meltzer
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Defendant: Meta Platforms Inc.
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Defendant: Facebook Holdings LLC
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Defendant: Meta Platforms Technologies, LLC
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Defendant: Siculus Inc.
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Defendant: Snap Inc.
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Defendant: TikTok Inc.
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Defendant: TikTok Ltd
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Defendant: TikTok LLC
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Defendant: ByteDance Inc.
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Defendant: Bytedance Ltd
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Defendant: Alphabet Inc.
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Defendant: Google LLC
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Defendant: YouTube LLC
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