# Haitham Saeed v. Scott Wilkinson > District Court, C.D. California · December 13, 2019 URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/10036400 ## Case - **Court:** District Court, C.D. California - **Decided:** December 13, 2019 - **Opinion:** 100trialcourt - **Cited by:** 0 later opinions in the Frix Law Library ## Citator (automated) - No negative treatment found by the automated citator. That is not the same as a confirmation that the case is good law; read the citing cases. - Full citator and citing cases: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/10036400 ## Opinion text UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA CIVIL MINUTES - GENERAL Case No. CV 19-8634 FMO (AGRx) Date December 13, 2019 Title Haitham Saeed v. Scott Wilkinson, et al. Present: The Honorable Fernando M. Olguin, United States District Judge Cheryl Wynn None None Deputy Clerk Court Reporter / Recorder Tape No. Attorney Present for Plaintiff(s): Attorney Present for Defendant(s): None Present None Present Proceedings: (In Chambers) Order to Show Cause Re: Consolidation of Actions On October 7, 2019, plaintiff Haitham Saeed (“plaintiff Saeed”) filed a shareholder derivative complaint on behalf of Inogen, Inc. (“Inogen”) against various of Inogen’s corporate officers (collectively, “defendants”). (See Haitham Saeed v. Scott Wilkinson, et al., Case No. CV 19-8634 FMO (AGRx) (C.D. Cal.) (“Saeed”), Dkt. 1, “Saeed Complaint” at Jf] 1, 31-78). Plaintiff Saeed alleges claims for violation of section 14(a) of the Exchange Act, breach of fiduciary duty, unjust enrichment, and waste of corporate assets. Plaintiff Saeed’s claims arise from allegations that defendants misled investors about the reasons for Inogen’s initial financial success, exaggerated the size of the market for the company’s products as well as its growth potential, and failed to disclose material information about the company. (See Dkt 1, Saeed Complaint at □□ 5- 22). Within weeks or months of the filing of plaintiff Saeed’s complaint, several other Inogen shareholders filed derivative lawsuits against the company’s corporate officers, alleging the same violations as plaintiff Saeed’ and making similar factual allegations. (See, generally, Twana Brown v. Scott Wilkinson, et al., Case No. CV 19-5568 FMO (AGRx) (C.D. Cal.), Dkt. 1, “Brown Complaint”; Carole Butcher v. Scott Wilkinson, et al., Case No. CV 19-8685 FMO (AGRx) (C.D. Cal.), Dkt. 1, “Butcher Complaint’; John Mitchell v. Scott Wilkinson, et al., Case No. CV 19-9374 FMO (AGRx) (C.D. Cal.), Dkt. 1, “Mitchell Complaint’). “If actions before the court involve a common question of law or fact, the court may... consolidate the actions[.]” Fed. R. Civ. P. 42(a)(2). The court “weighs the saving of time and effort consolidation would produce against any inconvenience, delay, or expense that it would cause.” Huene v. United States, 743 F.2d 703, 704 (9th Cir. 1984). “A district court generally has ' Although plaintiff John Mitchell's factual allegations against defendants are substantively similar, his causes of action are slightly different. (See John Mitchell v. Scott Wilkinson, et al., Case No. CV 19-9374 FMO (AGRx) (C.D. Cal.), Dkt. 1, “Mitchell Complaint” at {J 140-62). Unlike the other three plaintiffs, plaintiff John Mitchell brought an insider trading claim and did not bring UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA CIVIL MINUTES - GENERAL Case No. CV 19-8634 FMO (AGRx) Date December 13, 2019 Title Haitham Saeed v. Scott Wilkinson, et al. ‘broad’ discretion to consolidate actions[.]” Pierce v. Cty. of Orange, 526 F.3d 1190, 1203 (9th Cir. 2008). Accordingly, IT |S ORDERED that by no later than December 20, 2019, the parties shall file either a stipulation or response, not to exceed five pages, to show cause why the Saeed, Brown, Butcher, and Mitchell actions should not be consolidated. 00 : 00 Initials of Preparer cw --- Source: Frix Law Library, https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/10036400. Public record. Not legal advice.