In re Telecommunications Providers' Fiber Optic Cable Installation Litigation

ORDER DENYING TRANSFER

JOHN G. HEYBURN II, Chairman.

Before the Panel:* Pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1407, eleven plaintiffs, who are *1365among the plaintiffs in eight actions, move for coordinated or consolidated pretrial proceedings of 29 actions pending in 25 districts as listed on Schedule A.1 All responding plaintiffs and defendants oppose the motion.

One plaintiff in the District of North Dakota action suggests centralization in the District of North Dakota if the Panel orders centralization over his objection. Over 50 other responding plaintiffs propose centralization in the District of Idaho, the…