Case 5:20-cv-08570-LHK Document 36 Filed 01/07/21 Page 1 of 3
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`Steve W. Berman (pro hac vice)
`HAGENS BERMAN SOBOL SHAPIRO LLP
`1301 Second Avenue, Suite 2000
`Seattle, WA 98101
`Telephone: (206) 623-7292
`Facsimile: (206) 623-0594
`E-mail: steve@hbsslaw.com
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`Counsel for Plaintiff Rachel Banks Kupcho
`[Additional Counsel Listed in Signature Block]
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`Plaintiff,
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`UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
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`NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
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`SAN JOSE DIVISION
`MAXIMILIAN KLEIN and SARAH
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`Case No. 5:20-cv-08570-LHK
`GRABERT, individually and on behalf
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`of all others similarly situated,
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`PLAINTIFF BANKS KUPCHO’S
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`RESPONSE TO KLEIN PLAINTIFFS’
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`MOTION FOR ADMINISTRATIVE
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`RELIEF TO CONSIDER WHETHER
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`CONSUMER CASES SHOULD BE
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`RELATED PURSUANT TO CIVIL
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`LOCAL RULE 3-12
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`FACEBOOK, INC., a Delaware
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`corporation headquartered in California,
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`Defendant.
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`This document relates to:
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`Banks Kupcho v. Facebook, Inc., No.
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`4:20-cv-08815-JSW;
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`Steinberg v. Facebook, Inc., No. 3:20-cv-
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`09130-VC;
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`Dames v. Facebook, Inc., No. 3:20-cv-
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`RESPONSE TO KLEIN PLAINTIFFS’ MOTION FOR ADMINISTRATIVE RELIEF TO
`CONSIDER WHETHER CONSUMER CASES SHOULD BE RELATED PURSUANT TO
`CIVIL LOCAL RULE 3-12
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`Plaintiff Rachel Banks Kupcho (“Plaintiff” or “Banks Kupcho”) submits her response to
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`Klein Plaintiffs’ administrative motion to relate their case to other consumer cases (“Klein
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`Motion”). Banks Kupcho believes that the motion to relate is premature given the pendency of a
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`motion to relate in the Real Chat matter, but does not generally oppose the relation or any necessary
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`coordination among the cases.
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`ARGUMENT
`The requested relief in the Klein Motion is premature at this time. As discussed in the Klein
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`Motion, there are already pending motions filed by Facebook in Reveal Chat Holdco LLC et al. v.
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`Facebook, Inc., Case No. 5:20-cv-00363-BLF (“Reveal Chat”) that seek to relate Klein et al. v.
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`Facebook, Inc., Case No. 5:20-cv-08570- LHK; Banks Kupcho v. Facebook, Inc., No. 4:20-cv-
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`08815-JSW; Dames et al. v. Facebook, Inc., No. 3:20-cv-08817-HSG; Steinberg v. Facebook, Inc.
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`3:20-cv-09130-VC (collectively, the “Consumer Cases”.)1 Thus, the Reveal Chat Court’s decision
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`on the pending motions may grant the relief sought in the Klein Motion.
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`If this Court does find that that Klein Motion is timely, formal consolidation and a
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`leadership structure would be necessary for the Consumer Cases and Plaintiff Banks Kupcho
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`requests that a future briefing schedule be set to allow the parties to confer and file any respective
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`motions. Finally, Plaintiff Banks Kupcho does not oppose any future relation of the Consumer
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`Cases, including assigning a single Magistrate Judge to oversee discovery and other pre-trial
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`matters as proposed by the Klein Motion.
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`1 While Plaintiff Banks Kupcho opposed consolidation of the Consumer Cases with Reveal Chat
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`based upon differences between the consumer and commercial case facts and allegations, she did
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`not oppose coordination, including for discovery purposes.
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`RESPONSE TO KLEIN PLAINTIFFS’ MOTION FOR ADMINISTRATIVE RELIEF TO
`CONSIDER WHETHER CONSUMER CASES SHOULD BE RELATED PURSUANT TO
`CIVIL LOCAL RULE 3-12
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`CONCLUSION
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`For the reasons stated above, this Court should deny the Klein Motion as premature without
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`prejudice.
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`Dated: January 07, 2021
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`HAGENS BERMAN SOBOL SHAPIRO LLP
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`s/ Steve W. Berman
`STEVE W. BERMAN
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`1301 Second Avenue, Suite 2000
`Seattle, WA 98101
`Telephone: (206) 623-7292
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`E-mail: steve@hbsslaw.com
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`Shana E. Scarlett (SBN 217895)
`HAGENS BERMAN SOBOL SHAPIRO LLP
`715 Hearst Avenue, Suite 202
`Berkeley, CA 94710
`Telephone: (510) 725-3000
`Facsimile: (510) 725-3001
`E-Mail: shanas@hbsslaw.com
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`LOCKRIDGE GRINDAL NAUEN P.L.L.P.
`W. Joseph Bruckner (pro hac vice)
`Brian D. Clark (pro hac vice)
`Robert K. Shelquist (pro hac vice)
`Rebecca A. Peterson (241858)
`Arielle S. Wagner (pro hac vice)
`Stephanie Chen (pro hac vice)
`100 Washington Avenue South, Suite 2200
`Minneapolis, MN 55401
`Telephone: (612) 339-6900
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`E-mail: wjbruckner@locklaw.com
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`rapeterson@locklaw.com
`aswagner@locklaw.com
`sachen@locklaw.com
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`Counsel for Plaintiff
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`RESPONSE TO KLEIN PLAINTIFFS’ MOTION FOR ADMINISTRATIVE RELIEF TO
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