Meta & Children's Online SafetyMeta Children’s Online Safety Litigation
Bellwether / Tag-AlongTucson Unified Sch. Dist. v. Meta Platforms, Inc.
Current Status
- Set as the next school-district bellwether per Case Management Order No. 35, following Breathitt County's dismissal. - Jury selection 2/3/2027; opening statements and evidence 2/8/2027. To be tried before Charleston County SD. - Defendants' summary judgment motion (SD MSJ No. 2) was filed 9/30/2025, set for hearing 1/26/2026, and remains undecided as of 9/11/2026.
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Timeline (7)
— Complaint filed (direct-filed into MDL 3047) — Tucson Unified Sch. Dist. v. Meta
Applies to: Tucson Unified Sch. Dist. v. Meta
Source type not recordedTucson Unified School District files its complaint directly in N.D. Cal. under the MDL’s direct-filing order; the member case opened the next day. Outcome not yet recorded.
— Selected as bellwether (CMO No. 24) — Tucson Unified Sch. Dist. v. Meta
Applies to: Tucson Unified Sch. Dist. v. Meta
Source type not recordedCourt selects Tucson Unified School District as one of six original school-district bellwethers.
— Summary judgment motion filed — Tucson Unified Sch. Dist. v. Meta
Applies to: Tucson Unified Sch. Dist. v. Meta
Source type not recordedDefendants move for summary judgment on Tucson Unified School District’s claims, one of six coordinated school-district bellwether motions.
— Trial date set (CMO No. 35) — Tucson Unified Sch. Dist. v. Meta
Applies to: Tucson Unified Sch. Dist. v. Meta
Source type not recordedCase Management Order No. 35 sets the school-district trial schedule following Breathitt County's dismissal.
— Breathitt in limine rulings applied to Tucson — Tucson Unified Sch. Dist. v. Meta
Applies to: Tucson Unified Sch. Dist. v. Meta
Source type not recordedCourt grants the parties’ joint stipulation that the Breathitt in limine rulings, and the briefing behind them, apply in the Tucson and Charleston trials, with all objections preserved for appeal.
— Scheduled jury selection — Tucson Unified Sch. Dist. v. Meta
Applies to: Tucson Unified Sch. Dist. v. Meta
Source type not recordedJury selection is scheduled to begin, set by Case Management Order No. 35 and shared with Charleston County SD, which is tried second.
— Scheduled trial start — Tucson Unified Sch. Dist. v. Meta
Applies to: Tucson Unified Sch. Dist. v. Meta
Source type not recordedOpening statements and evidence are scheduled to begin, set by Case Management Order No. 35.