Melisa Arellanes v. GlaxoSmithKline LLC

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ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE RE: POTENTIAL TRANSFER TO MULTIDISTRICT LITIGATION COURT, MDL NO. 2657 by Judge Otis D. Wright, II. Response to Order to Show Cause due by 11/12/2015.A request by Defendant for the Judicial Panel to transfer the case at bar under Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation Rule 7.1(a) will be considered a valid response to this Order. All other dates and deadlines in this action REMAIN on calendar. (lc)

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United States District Court
Central District of California

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MELISA ARELLANES,
Plaintiff,

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Case № 2:15-cv-05544-ODW (RAO)

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ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE RE:

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GLAXOSMITHKLINE LCC,

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Defendant.

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POTENTIAL TRANSFER TO
MULTIDISTRICT LITIGATION
COURT, MDL NO. 2657

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On October 13, 2015, the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation created

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MDL No. 2657, In Re: Zofran (Ondansetron) Products Liability Litigation. The

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Panel’s Transfer Order designated the District of Massachusetts as the transferee court

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for twelve currently pending matters, and designated any other related federal actions

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as “potential tag-along actions.”

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http://www.jpml.uscourts.gov/sites/jpml/files/MDL-2657-Initial_Transfer-10-15.pdf.

Conditional Transfer Order, MDL No. 2657,

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This Court now asks the parties if the case at bar involves such common

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questions of fact with the motions transferred to MDL No. 2657 that transfer to the

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MDL court in the District of Massachusetts is now appropriate. Alternatively, parties

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are to explain why, in the face of any commonalities between this action and those

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under the MDL, this matter should remain before this Court.

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Parties are to respond, in writing, to the above questions, including by joint

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stipulation, by November 12, 2015. A request by Defendant for the Judicial Panel to

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transfer the case at bar under Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation Rule 7.1(a) will

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be considered a valid response to this Order.

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All other dates and deadlines in this action REMAIN on calendar.

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IT IS SO ORDERED.

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October 29, 2015

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OTIS D. WRIGHT, II
UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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