Mitchell v. SmithKline Beecham Corporation d/b/a GlaxoSmithKline et al

Filing 4

ORDER granting 3 Unopposed Motion for Extension of Time to Answer; granting 3 Unopposed Motion to Stay. Signed by Judge James I. Cohn on 5/5/2011. (prd)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF FLORIDA
CASE NO. 11-60941-CIV-COHN/SELTZER
JOYCE MITCHELL,
Plaintiff,
vs.
SMITHKLINE BEECHAM CORPORATION,
d/b/a GLAXOSMITHKLINE,
GLAXOSMITHKLINE PLC, GLAXO WELLCOME
UK LTD., GLAXOSMITHKLINE UK LTD., and
WAL-MART STORES, INC.
Defendants.
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ORDER STAYING PROCEEDINGS
This cause is before the Court on Defendant GlaxoSmithKline LLC’s Unopposed
Motion to Stay of Proceedings and Extend Time to Respond to the Complaint [DE 3].
The Court has carefully considered the motion and is fully advised in the premises.
Defendant seeks to stay this action pending a decision by Judicial Panel on
Multidistrict Litigation whether to transfer this action to the MDL Court. Numerous other
actions have been transferred to the MDL Court. The present request for relief is
unopposed.
Accordingly, it is ORDERED AND ADJUDGED as follows:
1.

GlaxoSmithKline LLC’s Unopposed Motion to Stay of Proceedings and Extend
Time to Respond to the Complaint [DE 3] is hereby GRANTED;

2.

This case is STAYED, until the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation enters an
order regarding transfer of this action, or until further order of this Court;

3.

The Clerk of the Court shall CLOSE this case for administrative purposes, and
any pending motions shall be TERMINATED for statistical purposes;

4.

Defendant’s counsel shall immediately forward to this Court any orders from the
MDL panel regarding transfer of this action.
DONE AND ORDERED in Chambers at Fort Lauderdale, Broward County,

Florida, this 5th day of May, 2011.

copies to:
counsel of record on CM/ECF

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