Board of Education Howard County v. Meta Platforms, Inc. et al
Plaintiff: Board of Education Howard County
Defendant: Meta Platforms, Inc., Facebook Payments Inc., Siculus, Inc., Facebook Operations, LLC,, Instagram, LLC., Snap, Inc., TikTok, Inc., TikTok, LLC, TikTok, LTD., ByteDance, Inc., ByteDance, LTD., Google LLC. and YouTube, LLC
Case Number: 1:2023cv01473
Filed: June 1, 2023
Court: US District Court for the District of Maryland
Presiding Judge: Richard D Bennett
Nature of Suit: Tort Product Liability
Cause of Action: 28 U.S.C. ยง 1332 Diversity-Torts
Jury Demanded By: Plaintiff
Docket Report

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Date Filed Document Text
June 21, 2023 Remark: case electronically transferred to the USDC for the Northern District of California (ols, Deputy Clerk)
June 20, 2023 Filing 7 MDL Certified Transfer ORDER. (ols, Deputy Clerk)
June 14, 2023 Filing 6 Summons Issued 21 days as to ByteDance, Inc., ByteDance, LTD., Facebook Operations, LLC,, Facebook Payments Inc., Google LLC., Instagram, LLC., Meta Platforms, Inc., Siculus, Inc., Snap, Inc., TikTok, Inc., TikTok, LLC, TikTok, LTD., YouTube, LLC. (ols, Deputy Clerk)
June 14, 2023 Filing 5 NOTICE by Board of Education Howard County Summons Proposed Summons to Meta Platforms, Inc. (Attachments: #1 Summons Proposed Summons to Facebook Payments, Inc., #2 Summons Proposed Summons to Siculus, Inc., #3 Summons Proposed Summons to TikTok Ltd., #4 Summons Proposed Summons to Bytedance, Inc., #5 Summons Proposed Summons to Bytedance, Ltd., #6 Summons Proposed Summons to Facebook Operations, LLC, #7 Summons Proposed Summons to Google, LLC, #8 Summons Proposed Summons to Instagram, LLC, #9 Summons Proposed Summons to Snap Inc., #10 Summons Proposed Summons to TikTok, Inc., #11 Summons Proposed Summons to TikTok, LLC, #12 Summons Proposed Summons to Youtube LLC)(Legg, Matthew)
June 8, 2023 Filing 4 Local Rule 103.3 Disclosure Statement by Board of Education Howard County (Legg, Matthew)
June 1, 2023 Filing 3 QC NOTICE: #1 Complaint, filed by Board of Education Howard County was filed incorrectly. Your document has been accepted as filed. No corrective action is required in regard to this filing. **Pursuant to Local Rule 102, the original complaint caption "shall contain the names and addresses of all parties and the county of residence of any Maryland party" Please ensure future filings are in compliance. (ols, Deputy Clerk)
June 1, 2023 Filing 2 QC NOTICE: #1 Complaint, filed by Board of Education Howard County was filed incorrectly. **Summons provided are incomplete. Defendants' addresses must be listed in the space provided. Please correct and refile using the event under Notice(Other) and link to #1 . (ols, Deputy Clerk)
June 1, 2023 Filing 1 COMPLAINT against All Defendants ( Filing fee $ 402 receipt number AMDDC-10631797.), filed by Board of Education Howard County. (Attachments: #1 Civil Cover Sheet, #2 Summons Proposed Summons to Defendant Meta Platforms, Inc., #3 Summons Proposed Summons to Defendant Facebook Payments, Inc., #4 Summons Proposed Summons to Defendant Instagram, LLC Siculus, Inc., #5 Summons Proposed Summons to Defendant Facebook Operations, LLC, #6 Summons Proposed Summons to Defendant Instagram, LLC, #7 Summons Proposed Summons to Defendant Snap, Inc., #8 Summons Proposed Summons to Defendant TikTok Inc., #9 Summons Proposed Summons to Defendant TikTok, Ltd., #10 Summons Proposed Summons to Defendant TikTok, LLC, #11 Summons Proposed Summons to Defendant ByteDance, Ltd., #12 Summons Proposed Summons to Defendant ByteDance Inc., #13 Summons Proposed Summons to Defendant Google LLC, #14 Summons Proposed Summons to Defendant YouTube, LLC)(Federico, Philip)
June 1, 2023 Case Assigned to Judge Richard D. Bennett. (kos, Deputy Clerk)

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Plaintiff: Board of Education Howard County
Represented By: Brent Patrick Ceryes
Represented By: Philip C Federico
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Defendant: Facebook Payments Inc.
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Defendant: Siculus, Inc.
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Defendant: TikTok, Inc.
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Defendant: TikTok, LTD.
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Defendant: ByteDance, Inc.
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Defendant: ByteDance, LTD.
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Defendant: Google LLC.
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