Bell County School District v. Meta Platforms, Inc. et al
Plaintiff: Bell County School District
Defendant: Meta Platforms, Inc., Facebook Holdings, LLC, Facebook Operations, LLC, Meta Payments Inc., Facebook Technologies, LLC, Instagram, LLC, Siculus, Inc., Snap, Inc., Tiktok Inc., Bytedance Inc., Alphabet Inc., Google LLC, XXVI Holdings, Inc. and YouTube, LLC
Case Number: 6:2023cv00071
Filed: April 25, 2023
Court: US District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky
Presiding Judge: Claria Horn Boom
Referring Judge: Karen K Caldwell
2 Judge: Hanly A Ingram
Nature of Suit: Personal Inj. Prod. Liability
Cause of Action: 28 U.S.C. § 1332 Diversity-Product Liability
Jury Demanded By: Plaintiff
Docket Report

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May 12, 2023 Clerk's Note: Case transferred from Kentucky Eastern has been opened in California Northern District as case 4:23-cv-02311, filed 05/11/2023. (APR)
May 10, 2023 Filing 21 CERTIFIED ORDER received from Northern District of California re: Case Transfer to the MDL Panel pursuant to CTO No. 9 filed in MDL Case Number 3047. (KJA)cc: COR
May 10, 2023 Filing 20 INFORMATION COPY OF MDL CONDITIONAL TRANSFER ORDER: MDL No. 3047 (KJA)
May 10, 2023 Filing 19 SUMMONS Returned Executed by Bell County School District via Certified Mail to Alphabet Inc. served on 5/1/2023, answer due 5/22/2023. (Johnson, Ronald)
May 10, 2023 CLERK'S NOTE re #21 : Case electronically transferred to Northern District of California using CM/ECF. (TDA)
May 10, 2023 CLERK'S NOTE: JPMDL information extracted re #21 case transferred to MDL and electronically transmitted to AO. (TDA)
May 9, 2023 Filing 18 SUMMONS Returned Executed by Bell County School District via Certified Mail to Snap, Inc. served on 5/2/2023, answer due 5/23/2023. (Johnson, Ronald)
May 9, 2023 Filing 17 SUMMONS Returned Executed by Bell County School District via Certified Mail to Facebook Technologies, LLC served on 5/2/2023, answer due 5/23/2023. (Johnson, Ronald)
May 9, 2023 Filing 16 SUMMONS Returned Executed by Bell County School District via Certified Mail to Meta Payments Inc. served on 5/2/2023, answer due 5/23/2023. (Johnson, Ronald)
May 9, 2023 Filing 15 SUMMONS Returned Executed by Bell County School District via Certified Mail to Meta Platforms, Inc. served on 5/2/2023, answer due 5/23/2023. (Johnson, Ronald)
May 9, 2023 Filing 14 SUMMONS Returned Executed by Bell County School District via Certified Mail to Tiktok Inc. served on 5/2/2023, answer due 5/23/2023. (Johnson, Ronald)
May 9, 2023 Filing 13 SUMMONS Returned Executed by Bell County School District via Certified Mail to Google LLC served on 5/2/2023, answer due 5/23/2023. (Johnson, Ronald)
May 9, 2023 Filing 12 SUMMONS Returned Executed by Bell County School District via Certified Mail to Bytedance Inc. served on 5/2/2023, answer due 5/23/2023. (Johnson, Ronald)
May 5, 2023 Filing 11 SUMMONS Returned Executed by Bell County School District via Certified Mail to Instagram, LLC served on 5/1/2023, answer due 5/22/2023. (Johnson, Ronald)
May 5, 2023 Filing 10 SUMMONS Returned Executed by Bell County School District via Certified Mail to Facebook Operations, LLC served on 5/1/2023, answer due 5/22/2023. (Johnson, Ronald)
May 5, 2023 Filing 9 SUMMONS Returned Executed by Bell County School District via Certified Mail to XXVI Holdings, Inc. served on 5/1/2023, answer due 5/22/2023. (Johnson, Ronald)
May 5, 2023 Filing 8 SUMMONS Returned Executed by Bell County School District via Certified Mail to Siculus, Inc. served on 5/1/2023, answer due 5/22/2023. (Johnson, Ronald)
May 5, 2023 Filing 7 SUMMONS Returned Executed by Bell County School District via Certified Mail to Facebook Holdings, LLC served on 5/1/2023, answer due 5/22/2023. (Johnson, Ronald)
May 5, 2023 Filing 6 SUMMONS Returned Executed by Bell County School District via Certified Mail to YouTube, LLC served on 5/1/2023, answer due 5/22/2023. (Johnson, Ronald)
May 1, 2023 Clerk's Note: re #1 Complaint: : MDL Panel notified by email with a copy of complaint & docket sheet. (JCP)
April 26, 2023 Opinion or Order Filing 4 ORDER OF RECUSAL: Judge Claria Horn Boom RECUSES from this matter. The Court hereby DIRECTS the Clerk of Court to reassign the case by random draw to another Judge accepting cases on the London docket pursuant to the General Order governing case assignment. Signed by Judge Claria Horn Boom on 04/26/2023.(JCP)cc: COR
April 26, 2023 Judge Karen K. Caldwell added. (JCP)
April 25, 2023 Filing 3 Summons Issued as to All Defendants ; Summons issued and returned to counsel electronically (JCP)
April 25, 2023 Filing 1 COMPLAINT ( Filing fee $402; receipt number AKYEDC-5539578), filed by Bell County School District. (Attachments: #1 Civil Cover Sheet, #2 Summons Alphabet, #3 Summons ByteDance, #4 Summons Facebook Holdings, #5 Summons Facebook Operations, #6 Summons Facebook Technologies, #7 Summons Google, #8 Summons Instagram, #9 Summons Meta Payments, #10 Summons Meta Platforms, #11 Summons Siculus, #12 Summons Snap, #13 Summons XXVI, #14 Summons Youtube, #15 Summons TikTok)(JCP)
April 25, 2023 Conflict Check run. (JCP)

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Plaintiff: Bell County School District
Represented By: Ronald E. Johnson, Jr.
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