Migliore v. Menu Foods

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Migliore v. Menu Foods

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Case 2:07-cv-00575-RSL

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Filed 07/06/2007

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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 MENU FOODS, a foreign corporation, Defendant. v.

The Honorable Robert S. Lasnik

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON AT SEATTLE LAURA MIGLIORE, No. CV 07-0575 RSL Plaintiff, NOTICE OF MULTIDISTRICT CONSOLIDATION PURSUANT TO 28 U.S.C. § 1407 AND REQUEST TO MAINTAIN STAY

On June 19, 2007, the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation (the JPML ) issued a Transfer Order, creating a new multidistrict proceeding entitled In re Pet Food Products Liability Litigation (the MDL ), and assigning the MDL to Judge Noel L. Hillman of the District of New Jersey. The June 19, 2007 Transfer Order is attached hereto. On June 28, 2007, the JPML issued the attached Conditional Transfer Order ( CTO-1 ), conditionally

20 21 22 23 24 25 26 transferring this case to the MDL, pursuant to Rule 7.4 of the Rules of Procedure of the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation. In light of the likely imminent transfer of this case, Menu Foods requests that the current stay of proceedings remain in place pending transfer to the MDL, in order to serve the interests of judicial economy.

NOTICE OF MULTIDISTRICT CONSOLIDATION PURSUANT TO 28 U.S.C. §1407 AND REQUEST TO MAINTAIN STAY - CV 07-0575 RSL - 1

GARDNER BOND TRABOLSI PLLC
ATTORNEYS

2200 SIXTH AVENUE, SUITE 600 SEATTLE, WASHINGTON 98121 TELEPHONE [phone] FACSIMILE [phone]

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Case 2:07-cv-00575-RSL

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DATED this 5th day of July, 2007. GARDNER BOND TRABOLSI PLLC

By: /s/______________________________ Gary A. Trabolsi, WSBA No. 13215 Jeffrey T. Kestle, WSBA No. 29648 Attorneys for Defendant MENU FOODS

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE 7 I, Jodie Tomlinson, say: 8 I hereby certify that on July 6, 2007, I electronically filed the Notice of Multidistrict 9 Consolidation Pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1407 and Request to Maintain Stay, and this Certificate 10 of Service with the Clerk of the Court and I hereby certify that I have sent via electronic 11 service, these documents to the following: 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 /s/Jodie Tomlinson Jodie Tomlinson Legal Assistant to Jeffrey T. Kestle DATED this 6th of July, 2007, at Seattle, Washington. Steve W. Berman Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro LLP 1301 Fifth Avenue, Suite 2900 Seattle, WA 98101 [e-mail] Michael David Myers Myers & Company 1809 Seventh Avenue, Suite 700 Seattle, WA 98101 [e-mail]

NOTICE OF MULTIDISTRICT CONSOLIDATION PURSUANT TO 28 U.S.C. § 1407 AND REQUEST TO MAINTAIN STAY - 2

GARDNER BOND TRABOLSI PLLC
ATTORNEYS

2200 SIXTH AVENUE, SUITE 600 SEATTLE, WASHINGTON 98121 TELEPHONE [phone] FACSIMILE [phone]