Rettey v. DePuy Orthopaedics Inc et al

Filing 11

STIPULATION and ORDER TO STAY ALL PROCEEDINGS signed by District Judge Troy L. Nunley on 4/20/17. The PartieS' Request for a stay of proceedings is GRANTED; All proceedings in this action are hereby STAYED, pending a decision by the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation on whether this case should be transferred to In re DePuy Orthopaedics, Inc. Pinnacle Hip Implant Products Liability Litigation, MDL Docket No. 2244.(Mena-Sanchez, L)

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DAVID C. ALLEN (SBN 190479)
[e-mail]
KELLEY S. OLAH (SBN 245180)
[e-mail]
GABRIELLE ANDERSON-THOMPSON (SBN 247039)
[e-mail]
BARNES & THORNBURG LLP
2029 Century Park East, Suite 300
Los Angeles, California 90067
Telephone:
[phone]
Facsimile:
[phone]
Attorneys for Defendants
DEPUY ORTHOPAEDICS, INC.; JOHNSON & JOHNSON
(erroneously sued as “Johnson & Johnson, Inc.”); JOHNSON
& JOHNSON SERVICES, INC.

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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DAVID RETTEY,

Case No. 2:16-cv-02385-TLN-EFB

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Plaintiff,

ORDER RE STIPULATION TO STAY ALL
PROCEEDINGS

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vs.
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DEPUY ORTHOPAEDICS, INC., an
Indiana corporation; JOHNSON &
JOHNSON SERVICES, INC., a New
Jersey corporation; JOHNSON &
JOHNSON, INC., a New Jersey
corporation; THOMAS P.
SCHAMLZRIED, MD; and THOMAS P.
SCHAMLZRIED, MD, A Professional
California Corporation; and DOES 1
through 100, inclusive,
Defendants.

JURY TRIAL DEMANDED

Complaint Filed: October 4, 2016

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TO ALL PARTIES, AND THEIR ATTORNEYS OF RECORD:

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Upon consideration of the Stipulation to Stay All Proceedings submitted by Plaintiff

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DAVID RETTEY and Defendants DEPUY ORTHOPAEDICS, INC., JOHNSON & JOHNSON,

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JOHNSON & JOHNSON SERVICES, INC., THOMAS SCHMALZRIED, MD, and THOMAS P.

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SCHMALZRIED, MD, A Professional California Corporation (hereafter collectively “the

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T HORNBURG LLP
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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

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Parties”); upon consideration of all documents, files, and pleadings in this action; and upon good

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cause shown, it is hereby ORDERED that:

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The Parties’ request for a stay of proceedings is GRANTED;

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All proceedings in this action are hereby stayed, pending a decision by the Judicial

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Panel on Multidistrict Litigation on whether this case should be transferred to In re

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DePuy Orthopaedics, Inc. Pinnacle Hip Implant Products Liability Litigation,

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MDL Docket No. 2244;

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Deadlines relating to any outstanding responsive pleading are extended pending
entry of a Scheduling Order in the MDL court addressing responsive pleadings and

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the deadline to file any remand motion is extended pursuant to the MDL court's

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August 14, 2012 “Order Regarding Cases Removed from State Court,” and any

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subsequent orders that the MDL Court may issue.

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PURSUANT TO STIPULATION, IT IS SO ORDERED.

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Dated: April 20, 2017

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Troy L. Nunley
United States District Judge

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