Baia et al v. American Medical Systems, Inc.

Filing 17

ORDER STAYING CASES (Illston, Susan) (Filed on 1/10/2012)

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1 2 3 4 5 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 6 FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 7 8 9 United States District Court For the Northern District of California 10 11 No. C 11-04610 SI SHELLIE HILL, Plaintiff, v. AMERICAN MEDICAL SYSTEMS, et al., 12 Defendants. / 13 No. C 11-04671 SI FRANCIS BAIA and DAVID PERLINGIERI 14 Plaintiffs, 15 ORDER STAYING CASES v. 16 AMERICAN MEDICAL SYSTEMS, et al., 17 Defendants. 18 / 19 20 Currently before the Court are defendants’ motion to stay these cases pending resolution of the 21 parties’ motions pursuant to 28 U.S.C. section 1407 by the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation. 22 Plaintiffs’ responseS to the motions were due on or before January 3, 2012. No responses or 23 oppositions have been filed as of this date. In their joint case management conference statements, the 24 parties indicate that the JPMDL will be hearing the section 1407 motions in late January. In the same 25 filings, plaintiffs indicate they do not oppose a stay pending the resolution of the motions by the 26 JPMDL, at least through February 8, 2012. See Case No. 4610 Docket No. 15; Case No. 4671 Docket 27 No. 16. 28 For good cause shown, the Court GRANTS defendants’ motions to stay these cases pending a 1 decision on transfer by the JPMDL. Pursuant to Civil Local Rule 7-1(b), the Court VACATES the 2 January 13, 2012 initial case management conferences and the January 27, 2012 hearings on the motions 3 to stay. 4 5 IT IS SO ORDERED. 6 7 Dated: January 10, 1012 SUSAN ILLSTON United States District Judge 8 9 United States District Court For the Northern District of California 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 2

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