Privette et al v. Mentor Corporation

Filing 6

ORDER granting 4 Motion to Stay Pending a Ruling on Transfer by the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation. Signed by Magistrate Judge Carl Horn, III on 3/18/2009. (tmg)

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT F O R THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF NORTH CAROLINA C H A R L O T T E DIVISION C a s e No. 3:09-cv-00094-FDW-CH G A IL PRIVETTE and M A U R IC E PRIVETTE, ) ) ) Plaintiffs, ) ) v. ) ) M E N T O R CORPORATION, ) ) Defendant. ) __________________________________ ) O R D E R TO STAY PENDING A RULING ON TRANSFER BY THE J U D I C IA L PANEL ON MULTIDISTRICT LITIGATION T h e Court having considered Defendant Mentor Corporation's Consent Motion to S ta y Pending a Ruling on Transfer by the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation and th e arguments raised in the Memorandum in support of the Consent Motion, hereby O R D E R S that all proceedings in this case are stayed pending the final determination of th e Joint Panel on Multidistrict Litigation ("MDL Panel") to transfer this case to the M id d le District of Georgia for coordinated or consolidated pretrial treatment. If the MDL P an el refuses to transfer this case to the Middle District of Georgia, Mentor Corporation's a n s w e r will be due ten (10) days after the lifting of this Order to Stay.
SO ORDERED.

Signed: March 18, 2009