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Nature of Suit Code: 360
Nature of Suit: Other Personal Injury
Cause of Action: 28:1332 Diversity-Personal Injury

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

JOANNE ELIZABETH CLEVELAND,

et al.,

Plaintiff(s),

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COMPASS VISION INC., et al.,

Defendant(s).

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No. C07-5642 BZ

Related Case: C07-3431 BZ

ORDER DENYING NMS LAB’S

PETITION FOR CERTIFICATION

PURSUANT TO 28 U.S.C.

SECTION 1292(B)

 Having reviewed the papers submitted, I find no need for

argument. IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that NMS Labs’ petition for an

interlocutory appeal pursuant to 28 U.S.C. section 1292(b) of

my February 29, 2008 order denying its motion to dismiss is

DENIED and the April 30, 2008 hearing is VACATED. 

The matter is not appropriate for immediate appeal at

this time. The issue of whether NMS Labs owed a duty to

plaintiffs is not a “‘pure question of law’” but instead

depends on the application of facts not presented to the court

in the motion to dismiss. Sierra Foothills Pub. Util. Dist.

v. Clarendon Am. Ins. Co., 2006 WL 2085244, 3* (E.D. Cal.

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2006) quoting Ahrenholz v. Bd. of Trustees, 219 F.3d 674,

675-77 (7th Cir. 2000). 

Nor could an interlocutory appeal result in any

appreciable saving of resources, since NMS is not seeking an

interlocutory appeal in the related case of Wilson v. Compass

Vision, et al. C07-3431. 

Dated: April 24, 2008

 Bernard Zimmerman

United States Magistrate Judge

G:/BZALL/-BZCASES/CLEVELAND V.COMPASSVISION\ORDER DENYING NMS LAB’S REQUEST FOR INTERLOCUTORY

APPEAL.WPD

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