This website’s purpose is to provide the parties, counsel, and the public with current information, including Orders, schedules, and important documents, in the Lyft Sexual Assault Multi-District Litigation (‘MDL’) 3171, IN RE: LYFT, INC. PASSENGER SEXUAL ASSAULT LITIGATION, before Judge Rita F. Lin in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California San Francisco Division. It will be updated regularly by the Court-appointed plaintiffs’ leadership.
Important common benefit fee and cost assessment notice for all plaintiffs’ counsel regarding PTO 16: Establishing a Common Benefit Fee and Expense Fund: click here.
On March 26, 2026, the Court appointed Roopal P. Luhana of Chaffin Luhana, Aimee H. Wagstaff of Wagstaff Law Firm, and Rachel Abrams of Peiffer Wolf Carr Kane Conway & Wise, LLP as Plaintiffs’ Co-Lead Counsel (PTO No. 2).
The Court has issued multiple Pre Trial Orders:
- Pretrial Order No. 3: Direct Filing
- Pretrial Order No. 4: Plaintiffs Proceeding Under Pseudonym
- Pretrial Order No. 5: Scheduling Order Regarding Master and Short Form Complaints
- Pretrial Order No. 6: Discovery Conducted in JCCP No. 5061 and Interim Protective Order
- Pretrial Order No. 7: Designation of Liaison Counsel
- Pretrial Order No. 8: Governing Plaintiffs’ Co-Lead Counsel and Plaintiffs’ Steering Committee
- Pretrial Order No. 9: Appointment of Fouad Kurdi as Special Master
- Pretrial Order No. 10: Common Benefit Order – Timekeeping and Expenses Protocol
- Pretrial Order No. 11: Case Schedule
- Pretrial Order No. 12: Stipulated Protective Order
- Pretrial Order No. 14: Disclosure of Rideshare Receipt Information
- Pretrial Order No. 15: Implementation of Master and Short Form Complaints
- Pretrial Order No. 16: Establishing a Common Benefit Fee and Expense Fund
- Pretrial Order No. 17: Plaintiff and Defendant Fact Sheets
- Plaintiff Fact Sheet
- Defendant Fact Sheet
On May 8, 2026 Plaintiffs’ Co-Lead Counsel and the Plaintiffs’ Steering Committee filed the Master Long-Form Complaint.
On June 8, 2026, the Court approved a template Short-Form Complaint (“SFC”) through Pretrial Order No.15. The SFC is an abbreviated form that each individual Plaintiff will complete to indicate their individual claims, adopt the factual allegations set forth in the Master Complaint as the basis for those claims, and provide additional factual allegations. Any future Plaintiff may file a SFC directly into the MDL pursuant to Pretrial Order No. 3. The template SFC is available here.
The next Case Management Conference set for 7/15/2026 at 01:30 PM in San Francisco – Videoconference Only. This proceeding will be held via a Zoom webinar. Webinar Access: All counsel, members of the public, and media may access the webinar information at https://www.cand.uscourts.gov/judges/lin-rita-f-rfl/ Civ LR 77-3(d).
US Court Public Hearing LinkWebinar ID: 161 548 2105
Password: 315725