In re JPMorgan Chase PPP

Case summary

Plaintiffs in actions alleging that JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. and JPMorgan Chase & Co. failed to process Paycheck Protection Program loan applications on the first-come, first-served basis federal regulations required moved under 28 U.S.C. § 1407 to centralize nine actions: Hyde-Edwards Salon & Spa proposed the Southern District of California, and Cyber Defense Group and Kull proposed the Central District of California; Chase opposed centralization. On August 5, 2020, after the July 30, 2020 hearing session at which it also heard the Bank of America (MDL No. 2952) and Wells Fargo (MDL No. 2954) PPP dockets, the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation, Chair Karen K. Caldwell, denied the motion for centralization of the seven remaining actions on Schedule A (MDL No. 2944, Document 105). The order is the only filing on the page.