Meta & Children's Online SafetyMeta Children’s Online Safety Litigation
Bellwether / Tag-AlongMelton v. Meta Platforms, Inc.
Current Status
- Selected as a federal personal-injury bellwether per Case Management Order No. 24. - No trial date is set — Case Management Order No. 36 lists only the AG and school-district bellwether trials. - This case's docket shows no activity since selection.
Docket entries (0)
No published docket entries linked to this case.
Timeline (5)
— Complaint filed (Hicks o/b/o minor D.M.) — Melton v. Meta
Applies to: Melton v. Meta
Source type not recordedVeronica Hicks, as next friend to minor plaintiff D.M., files complaint. Outcome not yet recorded.
— Short-form complaint filed (Melton) — Melton v. Meta
Applies to: Melton v. Meta
Source type not recordedDavid Melton files a short-form complaint under the MDL master complaint; per CMO No. 16 (Dkt. 1023), this and six other bellwether-pool cases (Clevenger, Craig, Copelton, Murden, Naber, Smith) all filed SFCs on this date. Outcome not yet recorded.
— Motion to add YouTube/Google as defendants denied (CMO No. 16) — Melton v. Meta
Applies to: Melton v. Meta
Source type not recordedCourt denies Melton's (and fellow bellwether plaintiffs Clevenger's and Craig's) motion for leave to amend to add Google/YouTube as defendants, to preserve the bellwether pool's representativeness (adding them would have raised YouTube-named cases from 2/12 to 5/12 of the pool). Court holds Melton may instead file a separate complaint against Google/YouTube.
— Amended complaint filed — Melton v. Meta
Applies to: Melton v. Meta
Source type not recordedMelton files an amended complaint, consistent with CMO No. 16 permitting a separate complaint against Google/YouTube. Outcome not yet recorded.
— Selected as bellwether (CMO No. 24) — Melton v. Meta
Applies to: Melton v. Meta
Source type not recordedCourt selects Melton as one of five original federal individual-plaintiff bellwethers.