In re Prospect Mortgage, LLC

ORDER DENYING TRANSFER

JOHN G. HEYBURN II, Chairman.

Before the Panel: * Pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1407, defendant Prospect Mortgage, LLC (Prospect), moves to centralize this litigation in the Northern District of Illinois. This litigation currently consists of thirty-seven actions pending in thirty-seven districts, as listed on Schedule A.1 Each of the more than 240 plaintiffs in these actions alleges that he or she was employed by Prospect as a mortgage loan officer and was improperly classified as an exempt employee under the Federal Labor Standards Act (FLSA) and analogous state wage and hour…