Blaszkowski et al v. Mars Inc. et al

Filing 424

ORDER denying without prejudice 421 Motion to Stay; denying 422 Motion for Hearing. Signed by Judge Cecilia M. Altonaga on July 21, 2008. (ps1)

Blaszkowski et al v. Mars Inc. et al

Doc. 424

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF FLORIDA MIAMI DIVISION CASE NO. 07-21221-CIV-ALTONAGA/Brown RENEE BLASZKOWSKI, et al., Plaintiffs, vs. MARS INCORPORATED, et al., Defendants. ____________________________/ ORDER ON MOTION TO STAY THIS CAUSE is before the Court on Plaintiffs' Motion to Stay [D.E. 421], opposed by Defendants. Plaintiffs seek a stay of discovery as to all but one of the Defendants, until November 14, 2008, on the anticipation that the district court in the In re: Pet Food Products Liability Litigation case pending in the District of New Jersey will have granted or denied final approval of a class settlement in that action. With neither final approval a certainty on the date suggested by Plaintiffs, nor that Plaintiffs' objections to the form of settlement, if any, will be fully resolved by the date selected, the requested stay in this case is not appropriate. Accordingly, it is ORDERED AND ADJUDGED that the Motion to Stay [D.E. 421] is DENIED without prejudice, and the associated request for oral argument [D.E. 422] is similarly DENIED. Plaintiffs are invited to confer with all parties concerning a stay of this case in its entirety until such time as final approval and any appellate proceedings related thereto of the settlement in the New Jersey action are concluded.

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CASE NO. 07-21221-CIV-ALTONAGA

DONE AND ORDERED in Chambers at Miami, Florida this 21st day of July, 2008.

_________________________________ CECILIA M. ALTONAGA UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE cc: counsel of record

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