Cima v. Wellpoint Health Networks, Inc.

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

GILBERT, District Judge.

This matter comes before the Court on the motion for class certification brought by plaintiffs Greg Cima, Diana Peek, Linda McMahon, Mike Beard, Sharon Beard, John Beckwith, Jr, and Stephen Jellen (Doc. 152).1 For the following reasons, the motion is DENIED.

I. Introduction

As the Court has discussed in previous orders outlining the nature of the claims and the procedural history of this ease, see, e.g., Cima v. Wellpoint Healthcare Networks, Inc., No. 05-CV-4127-JPG, 2006 WL 1914107 (S.D.Ill. July 11, 2006), the plaintiffs are former holders of…