In Re Midland Credit Management, Inc.

TRANSFER ORDER

JOHN G. HEYBURN II, Chairman.

Before the Panel: * Pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1407, defendants Encore Capital Group, Inc., Midland Funding, LLC, and Midland Credit Management, Inc. (Midland) move for coordinated or consolidated pretrial proceedings of four actions split between two districts as listed on Schedule A. Defendants seek centralization in the Southern District of California. Plaintiff in one Southern District of California action (Tovar) supports the motion.

Plaintiff in one Northern District of Illinois action (Scardina) supports centralization but suggests the Northern…