Karjala v. Toyota Motor Corporation et alDO NOT DOCKET. CASE HAS BEEN TRANSFERRED OUT.

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ORDER GRANTING 4 Motion to Stay (Written Opinion). Signed by Judge John R. Tunheim on April 2, 2010. (HAM)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT OF MINNESOTA DALE KARJALA, Plaintiff, v. ORDER TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION AND TOYOTA MOTOR SALES, USA, INC. Defendants. Civil No. 10-0766 (JRT/RLE)

This matter is before the Court on the parties' joint motion to stay this action pending ruling by the Judicial Panel of Mulitdistrict Litigation, filed March 29, 2010. Based on the foregoing, all the files, records, and proceedings herein, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that: 1. 2. The joint motion for stay [Docket No. 4] is GRANTED. All pretrial deadlines are stayed, including without limitation (1) all

scheduling deadlines pursuant to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure and Local Rules of the United States District Court for the District of Minnesota, (2) discovery, and (3) the deadline to answer or otherwise respond to Plaintiff's Complaint, pending a ruling by the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation ("JPML") concerning the transfer of this action. DATED: April 2, 2010 at Minneapolis, Minnesota. ____s/ John R. Tunheim ____ JOHN R. TUNHEIM United States District Judge

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