Zulch et al v. Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation

Filing 28

ORDER parties shall confer before 8/27/14 as noted; pleading shall be filed on or before 9/3/2014. Signed by Magistrate Judge Dennis Howell on 8/13/14. (nv)

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR
THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF NORTH CAROLINA
BRYSON CITY DIVISION
2:14 CV 013

BARBARA AND EDWARD ZULCH,

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Plaintiff
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NOVARTIS PHARMACEUTICALS
CORPORATION,
Defendant.

ORDER

THIS MATTER is before the undersigned based upon a review of the file
in this matter. On April 28, 2014 a copy of the Complaint (#1) was filed in this
cause.

Additionally, thereafter, copies of a Conditional Transfer Order (#2),

Notice of extraction of case (#4), and a certified copy of a Conditional Remand
Order (#6) was filed. An examination of the file in this matter does not show that
there has been filed any other pleadings that relate to this case; such as, any
Answer or responsive pleading filed by the Defendant, nor any scheduling orders,
or other orders or documents from which this Court can make a determination of
the status of this case as of the time that it was transferred to the Western District
of North Carolina. As a result, the parties and their counsel will be directed to
confer and to then file with this Court previously filed documents, including the
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Answer of the Defendant and other pleadings which will allow this Court to
administer and manage this case.
ORDER
IT IS, THEREFORE, ORDERED that counsel for the Plaintiffs and
counsel for the Defendant shall confer before August 27, 2014 for the purpose of
their determining what pleadings should be filed with the Clerk of the United
States District Court for the Western District of North Carolina. Those pleadings
shall include the Answer or responsive pleading of the Defendant and such other
documents as have been filed in previous courts such that this Court can make a
determination of the status of this case. Such pleadings shall be filed on or before
September 3, 2014.
Signed: August 13, 2014

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