Record Co. v. Puryear

Full title: IN RE: RECORD COMPANY INFRINGEMENT LITIGATION, UMG RECORDINGS, INC.…

Court: UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT MIDDLE DISTRICT OF FLORIDA ORLANDO DIVISION

Date published: Jun 10, 2015

Case No. 6:15-cv-708-Orl-37DAB (M.D. Fla. Jun. 10, 2015)

Opinion

Case No. 6:15-cv-708-Orl-37DAB Case No. 6:15-cv-776-Orl-37DAB

06-10-2015

IN RE: RECORD COMPANY INFRINGEMENT LITIGATION, UMG RECORDINGS, INC.; CAPITOL RECORDS, LLC; SONY MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT; SONY MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT US LATIN, LLC; ARISTA MUSIC; PROVIDENT LABEL GROUP, LLC; WARNER BROS. RECORDS, INC.; ATLANTIC RECORDING CORPORATION; ELEKTRA ENTERTAINMENT GROUP, INC.; and WARNER MUSIC LATINA, INC., Plaintiffs, v. RON PURYEAR; GEORGIA LEE PURYEAR; PURYEAR ENTERPRISES, INC.; and WORLD WIDE GROUP, LLC, Defendants.

ROY B. DALTON JR. United States District Judge

ORDER

This cause is before the Court on the Joint Motion of Plaintiffs and Defendants to Consolidate for Discovery (Doc. 95), filed June 5, 2015 in Case Number 6:15-cv-776-Orl-37DAB ("776 Action"); and Notice of Filing Motion to Consolidate (Doc. 17), filed June 5, 2015 in Case Number 6:15-cv-708-Orl-37DAB ("Consolidated Action").

Upon consideration, the Court finds that the 776 Action is due to be consolidated for purposes of discovery with Alticor Inc. v. UMG Recordings, Inc., Case No. 6:14-cv-541-Orl-37DAB ("541 Action"), UMG Recordings, Inc. v. Foley, Case No. 6:14-cv-1511- Orl-37DAB ("1511 Action"), and UMG Recordings, Inc. v. Mahakkapong, 6:14-cv-2045-Orl-37DAB ("2045 Action"). Discovery in the 776 Action will be managed in the Consolidated Action in accordance with the Court's Order dated April 30, 2015 and the Report and Recommendation dated April 10, 2015. (Consolidated Action, Docs. 1 & 2.)

CONCLUSION

Accordingly, it is hereby ORDERED AND ADJUDGED:

1. The Joint Motion of Plaintiffs and Defendants to Consolidate for Discovery (776 Action, Doc. 95) is GRANTED.



2. The 776 Action is CONSOLIDATED with the 541 Action, 1511 Action, and 2045 Action for purposes of discovery.



3. The Clerk is DIRECTED to designate the Defendants in the 776 Action—Ron Puryear, Georgia Lee Puryear, Puryear Enterprises, Inc., and World Wide Group, LLC—as additional Defendants in the Consolidated Action.



4. Until the conclusion of discovery, the parties in the 776 Action are DIRECTED to file all documents in the Consolidated Action except for matters pertaining solely to non-common, discrete aspects of the 776 Action.

DONE AND ORDERED in Chambers in Orlando, Florida, on June 10, 2015.

/s/_________

ROY B. DALTON JR.

United States District Judge
Copies: Counsel of Record