In re Cleartalk-ZTE Arbitration Litigation

ORDER DENYING TRANSFER

JOHN G. HEYBURN II, Chairman.

Before the Panel: Pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1407, defendant ZTE USA, Inc. (ZTE USA) moves to centralize this litigation in the Middle District of Florida. The litigation consists of six actions pending in the Central District of California, the Eastern District of Missouri, the District of South Carolina, the Western District of Tennessee (two actions), and the Eastern District of Washington, as listed on the attached Schedule A.1 Defendant ZTE Corp., ZTE USA’s Chinese parent, supports the motion,2 but plaintiffs in all six actions submitted a…