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Filed 2024-03-08
Type Multidistrict Litigation
Docket 12 entries

Docket Entries

  1. Multidistrcit Litigation Motion to Transfer. Motion to Transfer to MDL Pretrial Court filed on behalf of Melanie Lee McQuiddy
  2. Multidistrict Litigation letter received. Letter stating: "Pursuant to Rule 13.6(a) of the Texas Rules of Judicial Administration, I authorize the Honorable Patrick Pirtle, a senior justice, to serve as a pretrial judge upon assignment by the panel on multidistrict litigation in the above-referenced case."
  3. Multidistrict Litigation Filing. Letter on behalf of Plaintiffs, represented by Susan Godfrey L.L.P., concurring with June 4, 2025 letter requesting new pretrial judge.
  4. Multidistrict Litigation Motion. Bill Kent and BRS Mesa Vista Partners, LLC, Plaintiffs Request the Assignment of a New Pretrial Judge due to the resignation of Judge John Board on April 21, 2025.
  5. Appointment of Pretrial Judge. Order Issued stating: "Order Issued stating: "The Panel on Multidistrict Litigation hereby grants the Motion to Transfer, filed on March 8, 2024. In accordance with Rule 13.6 of the Texas Rules of Judicial Administration, the Panel hereby designates the 31st District Court of Gray County, Texas, as the Pretrial Court and assigns the Honorable John Board, Senior District Judge as the Pretrial Judge. We also notified the parties of the submission date which has now passed."
  6. Multidistrict Litigation Motion to Transfer disposed. Motion to Transfer granted
  7. MDL Notice of Submission. Melanie Lee McQuiddy's Motion for Transfer to Pretrial MDL Court, filed on March 8, 2024, will be submitted to the Multidistrict Litigation Panel on June 25, 2024.
  8. MDL Response to Motion for Transfer. Defendant Osmose Utilities Services, Inc.'s Response to Melanie Lee McQuiddy's Motion to Transfer to MDL Pretrial Court filed by attorney Lars Berg
  9. Motion to Stay filed before the MDL Panel. Notice Of Related Proceedings And Request For Immediate Stay filed on behalf of Xcel Energy Services, Inc.
  10. Multidistrict Litigation Joinder filed. Joinder in Melanie Lee McQuiddy's Motion to Transfer to MDL Pretrial Court filed on behalf of John M. Pete Bonds, individually and d/b/a Bonds Ranch, and Pete and Jo Bonds Family Partnership, Ltd.
  11. Amendment to Multidistrict Litigation filing. Corrected Appendix of Motion to Transfer filed by Melanie Lee McQuiddy, et al.
  12. Electronic communication sent to Party. Email sent to Watts LLP: "We are in receipt of the filing of the Motion to Transfer on Friday, March 8. The Chair of the MDL Panel has reviewed the motion and its appendix and has determined that the appendix is deficient because if fails to list the names, addresses, telephone numbers, fax numbers, and email addresses of all counsel for Xcel Energy Services, Inc., Southwestern Public Service Company and Osmose Utilities Services, Inc. Please correct this deficiency by March 20, 2024."

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