IN RE CHECKING ACCOUNT OVERDRAFT LITIGATION

MDL No. 2036. Case No. 09-MD-02036-JLK.

829 F.Supp.2d 1316 (2011)

In re: CHECKING ACCOUNT OVERDRAFT LITIGATION. This Document Relates to First Tranche Actions Garcia, et al. v. Wachovia Bank, N.A. and Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., S.D. Fla. Case No. 1:08-ck-22463-JLK. Spears-Haymond v. Wachovia Bank N.A. and Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., S.D. Fla. Case No. 1:09-cv-21680-JLK, N.D. Cal. Case No. 08-4610. Dolores Gutierrez v. Wells Fargo Bank N.A., S.D. Fla. Case No. 1:09-cv-23685-JLK D. Or., Case No. 3:09-cv-01239-ST. Martinez v. Wells Fargo Bank N.A., S.D. Fla. Case No. 1:09-cv-23834, D.N.M. Case No. 6:09-cv-01072-GBW-ACT. Zankich, et al. v. Wells Fargo Bank N.A., S.D. Fla. Case No. 1:09-cv-23186-JLK, W.D. Wash. Case No. C-08-1476-RSM.

United States District Court, S.D. Florida.

December 15, 2011.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Aaron S. Podhurst , Robert C. Josefsberg , Steven C. Marks , Peter Prieto , Stephen F. Rosenthal , John Gravante III , Podhurst Orseck, P.A., Miami, FL, for Plaintiffs.

Robert Cecil Gilbert , Miami, FL, for Checking Account Overdraft Litigation.

Jeremy William Alters , Alters, Boldt, Brown, Rash & Culmo, Kimberly Lynn Boldt , Alters, Boldt, Brown, Rash & Culmo, P.A., Barry Rodney Davidson , Hunton & Williams, William Charles Hearon , Miami, FL, for Plaintiff Melanie L. Garcia.

Bruce S. Rogow , Bruce S. Rogow PA, Fort Lauderdale, FL, Burton H. Finkelstein , Eugene J. Benick , Tracy D. Rezvani , Finkelstein Thompson LLP, Washington, DC, Rosemary M. Rivas , Finkelstein Thompson LLP, San Francisco, CA, Jeremy William Alters , Alters, Boldt, Brown, Rash & Culmo, Barry Rodney Davidson , Hunton & Williams, William Charles Hearon , Miami, FL, for Plaintiff Ralph Tornes, April Speers, Estella A. Lopez, John C. Stone, Charles Reed, Jr., Linda McDaniel, Andrea Luquetta.

Barry R. Himmelstein , Jordan Elias , Michael W. Sobol , Mikaela Bernstein , Roger Norton Heller , Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein, San Francisco, CA, Jae Kook Kim , Richard D. McCune, Jr. , McCune Wright LLP, Redlands, CA, Nicholas A. Carlin , R. Scott Erlewine , Phillips & Erlewine & Given LLP, San Francisco, CA, for Plaintiff Celia Spears-Haymond, Mike Amrhein, Steve Yourke, Kristine Richards, Willyum Waters, Frank Smith, Faith Gordon, Cynthia Larsen.

Edward Adam Webb , G. Franklin Lemond, Jr. , Webb Law Group LLC, Atlanta, GA, for Plaintiff William W. Powell, Jr., Jeffrey Buffington, Jeanette Buffington, Lawrence D. Hough, Pamela J. Hough.

John Matthew Geyman , John Wentworth Phillips , Phillips Law Group PLLC, Seattle, WA, Ari Y. Brown , Hagens Berman SobolShapiro LLP, Seattle, WA, for Plaintiff Alex Zankich, William Rucker.

Denyse Clancy , Baron Budd LLP, Dallas, TX, for Plaintiff Vada Mitchell, Daisy Webb.

Stephen P. Willison , Willison & Hellman PC, Grand Rapids, MI, for Plaintiff Michelle Gulley.

Bonny E. Sweeney , Lerach Coughlin Stoia Geller Rudman & Robbins, San Diego, CA, for Plaintiff Donald Kimenker.

James Jason Hill , Jeffrey James Geraci , Cohelan Khoury & Singer, San Diego, CA, for Plaintiff John D. Kirkland.

Joshua L. Ross , Stoll Stoll Berne Lokting & Shlachter, Portland, OR, for Plaintiff Dolores Gutierrez.

Chaim S. Setareh , Law Office of Shaun Setareh APC, Beverly Hills, CA, Marcus J. Bradley , Marlin & Saltzman, Agoura Hills, CA, for Plaintiff Sandra Quarles.

Genessa A. Stout , Hagens Berman SobolShapiro LLP, Seattle, WA, for Plaintiff Marc Martinez.

Miriam Zakarin , TEVA North America, North Wales, PA, Norah Hart , Treuhaft & Zakarin, LLP, New York, NY, Plaintiff Angela Walsh-Duffy, Brett Freeman.

Alan M. Mansfield , The Consumer Law Group, San Diego, CA, Alan M. Mansfield , The Consumer Law Group, San Diego, CA, Howard Weil Rubinstein Aspen , CO, Marian S. Rosen , Marian S Rosen & Associates, Houston, TX, for Plaintiff Katherine Anne Williams.

Alisha A. Martin , James R. Patterson , Harrison Patterson & O'Connor, San Diego, CA, for Plaintiff Josh Naehu-Reyes.

David M. Given , Nicholas A. Carlin , Phillips & Erlewine & Given LLP, San Francisco, CA, for Plaintiff Maxine Aarons Given.

Lisa M. Simonetti , Stroock & Stroock & Lavan, Los Angeles, CA, for Defendant Citibank FSB.

Alexandria Rose Kachadoorian , Los Angeles, CA, for Defendants Citibank FSB, Citibank Inc., Citibank (West), FSB, Citibank, N.A.

Barbara J. Dawson , Snell & Wilmer, Phoenix, AZ, Brian J. Meenaghan , Ronald E. Beard , Rudy Albert Englund , Tara N. Gillespie , Lane Powell PC, Seattle, WA, Bryanne J. Schmitt , David M. Jolley , Margaret G. May , Sonya Diane Winner , Steven Duane Sassaman , Covington & Burling LLP, San Francisco, CA, Fox Rothschild LLP, West Palm Beach, FL, Emily Johnson Henn , Covington & Burling, Washington, DC, Jay Earl Smith , Smith Larsen & Wixom, Las Vegas, NV, Robert Matthew Kort , Snell & Wilmer LLP, Phoenix, AZ, Tracy L. Ashmore , Holme Roberts & Owen LLP, Denver, CO, for Defendant Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., Wells Fargo & Company.

Aaron Schur , Sharon D. Mayo , Arnold & Porter LLP, San Francisco, CA, Barbara Viniegra , James Randolph Liebler , Liebler, Gonzalez & Portuondo, PA, Miami, FL, Christopher Scott Tarbell , Laurence J. Hutt , Arnold & Porter LLP, Los Angeles, CA, Sonya Diane Winner , Covington & Burling LLP, San Francisco, CA, for Defendant Bank of America, N.A., Bank of America Corporation, Bank of America, California.

Ann Marie Mortimer , Hunton & Williams, Los Angeles, CA, Barry Rodney Davidson , James R. McGuire , Tracy Thomas Cottingham, III , for Defendant Wachovia Corporation, Wachovia Bank, N.A., Bank of America, N.A., Bank of America Corp.

Lisa Simonetti , Sonya Diane Winner , Barry Rodney Davidson , Julia B. Strickland , Stroock & Stroock & Lavan, Los Angeles, CA, for Defendant Citibank Inc., Citibank (West), FSB, Citibank, N.A.

A. Stephen Hut, Jr. , Michelle Ognibene , Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale & Dorr LLP, Washington, DC, Alan E. Schoenfeld , Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale & Dorr LLP, New York, NY, Andrew Benjamin Grossman , Matthew D. Benedetto , Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale & Dorr LLP, Los Angeles, CA, Christopher R. Lipsett , David Sapir Lesser , Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale & Dorr, New York, NY, for Defendant J.P. Morgan Chase Bank, N.A., J.P. Morgan Chase & Co.

Rita Lin , Morrison & Foerster, San Francisco, CA, for Defendant U.S. Bank N.A., U.S. Bank Corp.

C. Marie Eckert , Cody J. Elliott , Miller Nash LLP, Portland, OR, Morrison & Foerster, Los Angeles, CA, Sonya Winner , James R. McGuire , Barry Rodney Davidson , for Defendant U.S. Bank, NA.

Constance Melissa Ewing , David B. Darden , Eric Jon Taylor , Nancy H. Baughan , William J. Holley, II , Parker Hudson Rainer & Dobbs, Atlanta, GA, for Defendant Branch Banking and Trust Company.

Jan T. Chilton , John B. Sullivan , Mark Douglas Lonergan , Peter H. Bales , Severson & Werson, San Francisco, CA, for Defendant Union Bank, N.A. doing business as Union Bank of California, Unionbancal Corporation.

Alan S. Kaplinsky , Martin C. Bryce, Jr. , Ballard Spahr Andrews & Ingersoll, Philadelphia, PA, Bruce W. Neckers , John M. Lichtenberg , Paul A. McCarthy , Rhoades McKee PC, Grand Rapids, MI, for Defendant Huntington Bancshares, Inc., Huntington National Bank.

Lindsey Elisa Bowen , Lynette Eaddy Smith , William N. Withrow, Jr. , Troutman Sanders LLP, Atlanta, GA, for Defendant SunTrust Banks, Inc.

Mark D. Flanagan , Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale & Dorr LLP, Palo Alto, CA, for Defendant J.P. Morgan Chase Bank.


ORDER DENYING MOTION TO DISMISS OR, IN THE ALTERNATIVE, STAY IN FAVOR OF ARBITRATION

JAMES LAWRENCE KING, District Judge.

THIS CAUSE comes before the Court upon Defendants Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. ("Wells Fargo") and Wachovia Bank, N.A.'s ("Wachovia") Motion to Dismiss or, in the Alternative, to Stay in Favor of Arbitration (DE #1384), filed April 29, 2011. The Court is fully briefed in the matter and proceeds having had the benefit of...

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