Chang et al v. Bayer Corporation et al

Filing 10

STIPULATION AND ORDER. Signed by Magistrate Judge Bernard Zimmerman on 9/17/2008. (bzsec, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 9/17/2008) [Transferred from California Northern on 10/7/2008.]

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Geoffrey R. W. Smith (CSBN 49947) [e-mail] GEOFFREY SMITH PLLC 1350 I Street, NW, Suite 900 Washington, D.C. 20005 Telephone: [phone] Facsimile: [phone] Philip S. Beck (Pro Hac Vice to be filed) [e-mail] Lindley J. Brenza (Pro Hac Vice to be filed) [e-mail] Kaspar J. Stoffelmayr (Pro Hac Vice to be filed) [e-mail] Carolyn J. Frantz (Pro Hac Vice to be filed) [e-mail] BARTLIT BECK HERMAN PALENCHAR & SCOTT 54 West Hubbard Street, Suite 300 Chicago, IL 60610 Telephone: [phone] Facsimile: [phone] Duncan Barr (CSBN 49259) [e-mail] Molly A. Kuehn (CSBN 230763) [e-mail] O'CONNOR, COHN, DILLON & BARR 2405 16th Street San Francisco, CA 94103 Telephone: [phone] Facsimile: [phone] Attorneys for Defendant Bayer Corporation Marilyn A. Moberg (CSBN 126895) [e-mail] Monica Y. Choi (CSBN 215847) [e-mail] REED SMITH LLP 355 South Grand Avenue, Suite 2900 Los Angeles, CA 90017 Telephone: [phone] Facsimile: [phone] Richard Berkman (Pro Hac Vice to be filed) [e-mail] R. David Walk, Jr. (Pro Hac Vice to be filed) [e-mail] DECHERT LLP Cira Center 2929 Arch Street Philadelphia, PA 19104-2857 Telephone: [phone] Facsimile: [phone]
STIPULATION TO STAY PROCEEDINGS IN THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA PENDING OUTCOME OF PROCEEDINGS UNDER 28 U.S.C. § 1407 REGARDING TRANSFER TO MDL-986

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Attorneys for Defendant Baxter Healthcare Corporation UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA OAKLAND DIVISION Peng, et al., Plaintiffs, v. Bayer Corporation, et al., Defendants BZ CASE NO.: CV 08 3704 (JL) E-FILED STIPULATION TO STAY PROCEEDINGS IN THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA PENDING OUTCOME OF PROCEEDINGS UNDER 28 U.S.C. § 1407 REGARDING TRANSFER TO MDL-986

TO ALL PARTIES AND THEIR ATTORNEYS OF RECORD:

IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED by and between counsel for Plaintiffs in the above captioned case currently pending in this Court, and Defendants BAYER CORPORATION and BAXTER HEALTHCARE CORPORATION ("Defendants"), that all proceedings in the Northern District of California shall be stayed until the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation (hereinafter "the Panel") completes the proceedings now in progress to decide if this case will be transferred to MDL-986, currently pending before The Honorable John F. Grady in the Northern District of Illinois. The transfer process has already been initiated by the issuance by the Panel of Conditional Transfer Order No. 105 on August 19, 2008 (a copy of which is attached hereto). Under the Panel's procedures, if no opposition is received within fifteen days of the date of the CTO, a "final" transfer order will be sent by the Panel to the Clerk of the Northern District of Illinois and upon filing there

STIPULATION TO STAY PROCEEDINGS IN THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA PENDING OUTCOME OF PROCEEDINGS UNDER 28 U.S.C. § 1407 REGARDING TRANSFER TO MDL-986

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PROOF OF SERVICE

I am over the age of eighteen years and not a party to the within action. I am a member of the bar of this court. My business address is GEOFFREY SMITH PLLC, 1350 I Street, NW, Suite 900, Washington, DC 20005.

On August 25, 2008, I electronically filed the following document(s): Stipulation To Stay Proceedings In The Northern District Of California Pending Outcome Of Proceedings Under 28 U.S.C. § 1407 Regarding Transfer To Mdl-986

with the Clerk of the United States District Court for the Northern District of California, Oakland Division, using the CM/ECF system, and deposited copies thereof in the United States mail, first class postage prepaid, to the persons and at the addresses listed below. Michael L. Baum BAUM, HEDLUND, ARISTEI & GOLDMAN, P.C. 12100 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 950 Los Angeles, CA 90025 Attorney for Plaintiffs Marilyn Ann Moberg REED SMITH LLP 355 South Grand Avenue, Suite 2900 Los Angeles, CA 90017 Attorney for Defendant Baxter Healthcare Corporation I declare under penalty of perjury under the laws of the State of California that the above is true and correct. Executed on August 25, 2008, at Washington, D.C.

/s/Geoffrey R. W. Smith Geoffrey R.W. Smith

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