Jens v. The Boeing Company Aircraft Securities Litigation

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON AT SEATTLE IN RE THE BOEING COMPANY CASE NO. 2:25-mc-00043-LK 11 AIRCRAFT SECURITIES LITIGATION ORDER GRANTING MOTION TO 12 TRANSFER MOTION TO QUASH NON-PARTY SUBPOENA TO 13 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS This matter comes before the Court on Darren Jens’ Unopposed Motion to Transfer Motion to Quash Non-Party Subpoena to Northern District of Illinois. Dkt. No. 3. Mr. Jens, a retired Boeing engineer, filed a Motion to Quash Non-Party Subpoena served on him by Plaintiffs Public Employees’ Retirement System of Mississippi in the underlying matter of In Re the Boeing Company Aircraft Securities Litigation, Case No. 1:19-cv-02394, a putative class action pending in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois. Dkt. No. 1 at 2–3.

Pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 45(f), “[w]hen the court where compliance is required did not issue the subpoena, it may transfer a motion under this rule to the issuing court if the person subject to the subpoena consents or if the court finds exceptional circumstances.” Here, Mr. Jens requests and consents to the transfer, Dkt. No. 3, and circumstances warrant it to “avoid[] piecemeal litigation in multiple fora,” P.H. Glatfelter Co. v. Windward Prospects Ltd., 847 F.3d 2 452, 458 (7th Cir. 2017); see also Parse Biosciences Inc. v. Shendure, No. 2:24-mc-00065-LK, 2024 WL 4710735, at *2 (W.D. Wash. Nov. 7, 2024).

4 Accordingly, the Court GRANTS the Unopposed Motion to Transfer Motion to Quash Non-Party Subpoena to Northern District of Illinois. Dkt. No. 3. The Court directs the Clerk to transfer this matter to the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, in the case captioned In Re the Boeing Company Aircraft Securities Litigation, Case No. 1:19-cv-02394 (N.D. Ill.), and to close this matter.

9 Dated this 11th day of July, 2025.

10 A 11 Lauren King United States District Judge