HEARING ON MOTION TO/FOR CONSOLIDATE AND APPTMNT OF LEAD COUNSEL

FILED BY TAELORANN SHWEIKI

* TENTATIVE RULING: *

Hearing required.

Plaintiff Taelorann Shweiki moves to consolidate this action with Masterson v. Donor Network West (C20-00983), and that her counsel be appointed interim lead counsel. Neither defendant nor Masterson oppose the motion to consolidate, and the motion is granted. The cases are consolidated for all purposes, including trial, and all filings shall be in Shweiki, as the low-numbered case.

As to the appointment of Scott Cole & Associates as interim lead counsel, Masterson opposes the request, and defendant has not filed anything.

The Court agrees that interim class counsel should be appointed, and is willing to appoint Shweiki’s counsel. This appointment can provide a mechanism for greater efficiency in the case for all parties, including defendant, and helps assure that decisions can be made promptly. The Court’s only difficulty is that neither plaintiff ha