In re Credit Union Checking Account Overdraft Litigation

ORDER DENYING TRANSFER

Sarah S. Vance, Chair

Before the Panel: * Plaintiff in an action (Towner) pending in the Southern District of Illinois moves under 28 U.S.C. § 1407 to centralize this litigation in that district. The litigation consists of eleven actions pending in ten districts, as listed on Schedule A.1 All plaintiffs, all of whom (including the Towner plaintiff) are represented by the same two law firms, support centralization. All defendants, which are various credit unions, oppose centralization.

On the basis of the papers filed and the hearing session held, we deny the Towner…