Spiers et al v. McKesson Corporation et al

Filing 23

ORDER REQUESTING SUPPLEMENTAL SUBMISSIONS [re 11 MOTION to Stay All Proceedings Pending Transfer By The Judicial Panel On MultiDistrict Litigation to MDL 1871 (E.D. PA) filed by SmithKline Beecham Corporation, 12 MOTION to Rem and filed by Betty Harris, Margaret Berry, Leo Cruz, Jeremy Parkerson, Michael Cohen, Nusrat Khan, Robert Gould, Vera Young, Sandra Walker, Luis Ramirez, Linda Govreau, Flossie Batt, Deloris Caldwell, Octavia Salerno, Ernest At ianese, Cicero Beatty, Ricky Clark, Donnie Brownfield, Joann Wilson, Joseph Gonzalez, Louise Thomas, Jeffrey Citron, Hipatel Yusaf, George Williams, Debbie Bustamante, David Williams, John Stote, Marjorie Cerda, Dennis Husch, Robert St ewart, Herman Martinez, Frances Hall, Doris Ehler, Gary Buff, Louis Cannizzaro, Ann Shepard, Jeanette Schmidt, Suzanne Hughes, Darrin Donaty, Vincent Cardella, Beverly Davis, Vercen Brandon, Lazaro Huicochea, Orlie Middleton, William W right, Ronald Nelson, Evelyn Wyatt, Sylvia Glover, Allen Bell, John Denoble, William Fippinger, Guy Vega, Alvin Beard, Joan White, Virginia Rambach, Mark Stokes, Trudy Seyle, Willie Brown, John Sugg, Michael Daly, Rose Willis, Kathy Chandler, Shirley Dutrisac, Elizabeth Schmidt, William Clyde Jacobs, Anthony Hayes, Malinda Robinson, Billie Leuthauser, Bertha Iacovetti, Della Hawkins, Kenneth Minardi, Wilma Jennings, Lee Stevens, William Herrera, John Archer, Carlie Spiers, Mario Aiello, Fanny Holloway, Richard Prytikin, Carmen Camacho, Myra Rubin, Doreen Strack, Mary Griffin, William Skaggs, Elizabeth Colvin, Elias Ghanem, Frank Tortolano, Jimmie Boyd, Donna Johnston]. Plaintiffs' Response is due by 3:00 p.m. 8/16/2013. Signed by Judge William Alsup on 8/14/2013. (whasec, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 8/14/2013)

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
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CHARLIE SPIERS, et al.,

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No. C 13-03046 WHA

v.

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MCKESSON CORPORATION, a
California corporation, SMITHKLINE
BEECHAM CORPORATION d/b/a/
GLAXOSMITHKLINE LLC, a
corporation, and DOES 1–100, inclusive,

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Defendants.

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For the Northern District of California

United States District Court

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Plaintiffs,

ORDER REQUESTING
SUPPLEMENTAL
SUBMISSIONS

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In this product liability action for the prescription medication Avandia, a multidistrict

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litigation proceeding was started in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of

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Pennsylvania. The present action was first filed in state court and then removed to federal court

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by defendant GlaxoSmithKline LLC. Pending before this Court are plaintiffs’ motion to remand

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and defendants’ motion to stay pending transfer to the MDL. The MDL judge has previously

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held that removal is proper when “an out-of-state defendant removes after it has been served, but

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prior to service upon any forum defendant.” In re Avandia, 624 F.Supp.2d 396, 411 (E.D. Pa.,

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2009) (Judge Cynthia Rufe). Counsel for plaintiffs are ordered to file proof of the date each

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defendant in this action was served with the original complaint. Plaintiffs’ response shall be

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made by 3:00 P.M. on AUGUST 16, 2013.

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IT IS SO ORDERED.
Dated: August 14, 2013.

WILLIAM ALSUP
UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE