Jane Doe, a minor plaintiff, filed a motion on October 2, 2026, asking the U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation (JPML) to transfer 26 federal actions involving allegations about Grok and other generative AI tools for coordinated pretrial proceedings. The motion proposes the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Arkansas, before Chief Judge Timothy L. Brooks. The motion invokes 28 U.S.C. § 1407, which provides for coordinated or consolidated pretrial proceedings in cases that share factual questions.

What the motion asks the JPML to do

Multidistrict litigation, or an MDL, brings related federal cases before one court for pretrial proceedings. Jane Doe’s motion asks the JPML to transfer the actions listed in its schedule, along with later cases involving similar common factual questions, to the proposed Arkansas court. The request concerns how the cases would proceed before trial; it does not decide the allegations or defendants’ liability.

The filing says it covers 26 Jane and John Doe plaintiffs or actions, and that eight actions were already pending in the Western District of Arkansas before Judge Timothy L. Brooks when the motion was filed. Both figures are counts stated in the motion.

What the cases allege about Grok

The motion alleges that Grok or other generative AI tools produced sexual images or videos depicting real minors. It challenges the defendants’ design and safeguards and names x.AI Corp., x.AI, LLC, x.AI Holdings LLC, and X Corp. as defendants. Those claims remain allegations in the litigation.

How the cited image estimates were derived

Jane Doe’s motion says the Center for Countering Digital Hate (CCDH) analyzed a sample of 20,000 images from an approximate pool of 4.6 million generated between December 29, 2025, and January 8, 2026. The motion attributes to that research estimates of about 3 million sexualized images, including roughly 23,000 depicting children. These are research estimates cited in the filing, not an official count or a court finding.

What 1:26-P-49 means

The motion displays 1:26-P-49 as its JPML petition docket reference. MassArbitration reported that the request remained pending and no MDL number had been assigned as of October 9, 2026. The docket reference identifies the petition; it is not an assigned MDL number. MassArbitration’s October 9 status report