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Nature of Suit Code: 365
Nature of Suit: Personal Injury - Product Liability
Cause of Action: 28:1332 Diversity-Product Liability

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United States District Court

For the Northern District of California

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

MATTHEW BANKSTON, a resident of

McDonough, Georgia

Plaintiff,

v.

BAYER CORPORATION, an Indiana

corporation, successor to CUTTER

BIOLOGICAL, a California

corporation; BAXTER HEALTHCARE

CORPORATION, a Delaware

corporation, and its HYLAND

DIVISION; and ALPHA THERAPEUTIC

CORPORATION, a California

corporation,

Defendants. 

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No. C-06-0783 SC

ORDER GRANTING 

MOTION TO STAY

Defendant Bayer Corporation has filed a motion to stay the

pretrial proceedings and deadlines of this action, pending

transfer to a multidistrict proceeding. The remaining defendants

have not filed anything in response to this motion. Plaintiff

Bankston has filed a statement of non-opposition. 

"District Courts have inherent authority to stay proceedings

before them." Rohan ex rel. Gates v. Woodford, 334 F.3d 803, 817

(9th Cir. 2003), citing Landis v. North American Company, 299 U.S.

248, 254 (1936). In deciding whether to issue or grant a stay, a

Court should weigh the competing interests of the case, e.g., the

possible hardship to the parties, the orderly course of justice,

and the possible damage that may result from a delay. See Lockyer

v. Mirant Corp., 398 F.3d 1098, 1110 (9th Cir. 2005). 

The Court finds that issuing a stay at this time promotes the

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orderly course of justice and will not cause hardship to the

parties. Therefore, the Court GRANTS Defendant Bayer

Corporation's unopposed motion to stay the pretrial proceedings

and pretrial deadlines of this action, pending transfer to a

multidistrict proceeding. 

Accordingly, the Court STAYS the pretrial proceedings and

deadlines of the above entitled action. 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: April 3, 2006

 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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