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Nature of Suit Code: 365
Nature of Suit: Personal Injury - Product Liability
Cause of Action: 28:1441 Petition for Removal- Personal Injury

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STIPULATION AND PROPOSED ORDER STAYING RULE 26(F) CONFERENCE 

Michael K. Brown (SBN 104252) 

Thomas J. Yoo (SBN 175118) 

REED SMITH LLP 

355 South Grand Avenue, Suite 2900 

Los Angeles, CA 90071 

Telephone: 213.457.8000 

Facsimile: 213.457.8080 

Email: mkbrown@reedsmith.com

tyoo@reedsmith.com

Steven J. Boranian (SBN 174183) 

REED SMITH LLP 

Two Embarcadero Center, Suite 2000 

San Francisco, CA 94111-3922 

Telephone: 415.543.8700 

Facsimile: 415.391.8269 

Email: sboranian@reedsmith.com

Dana A. Blanton (SBN 232373) 

REED SMITH LLP 

1999 Harrison St., Suite 2400 

Oakland, CA 94610 

Telephone: 510.763.2000 

Facsimile: 510.273.8832 

Email: dblanton@reedsmith.com 

Attorneys for Defendants 

Merck & Co., Inc. 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

MARIA MARTINEZ, 

Plaintiff, 

vs. 

MERCK & CO. INC., et al. 

Defendants. 

No.: 2:06-cv-02281-DFL-DAD 

STIPULATION AND PROPOSED ORDER 

STAYING RULE 26(F) AND INITIAL 

SCHEDULING CONFERENCES PENDING 

TRANSFER TO VIOXX MDL NO. 1657 

Honorable David F. Levi 

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TO THE CLERK OF THE COURT OF THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR 

THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA, PLAINTIFF AND DEFENDANT, THROUGH 

THEIR ATTORNEYS, FILE THIS STIPULATION AND PROPOSED ORDER. 

This case, Maria Martinez v. Merck & Co., Inc., et al. Case Number 2:06-cv-02281-DFLDAD, was filed in state court on September 26, 2006 and removed to this Court on October 16, 

2006. 

No discovery has been conducted or scheduled. 

On October 20, 2006, Merck, pursuant to Rule 7.5(c) of the Rules of Procedure of the 

Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation (“R.P.J.P.M.L.”), provided notice to the MDL Panel of the 

pendency of this “tag-along” action and furnished the MDL Panel with a copy of the docket sheet 

and complaint. Merck requested that the MDL Panel transfer this action to the multidistrict litigation 

known as In re Vioxx Products Liability Litigation, MDL No. 1657, currently pending in the Eastern 

District of Louisiana, District Judge Eldon Fallon presiding. On November 28, 2006, the Judicial 

Panel on Multidistrict Litigation filed a Conditional Transfer Order that included this case with the 

Vioxx MDL in the Eastern District of Louisiana, effecting final transfer of this case and other cases 

to Vioxx MDL No. 1657. 

Plaintiff does not oppose the transfer of this case to the Vioxx MDL. 

In light of the transfer of this case to the Vioxx MDL, the parties respectfully request that 

further Joint Status Reports be postponed and that Discovery Conferences be continued pending 

transfer of this case to the Eastern District of Louisiana, MDL No. 1657. 

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SO STIPULATED. 

Dated: December 15, 2006 

REED SMITH LLP 

By: ___ /s/ Dana A. Blanton 

Dana A. Blanton 

Attorney for Defendant 

MERCK & CO., INC. 

Dated: December 15, 2006 

LAW OFFICES OF STEVEN A. FABBRO 

By: ___ /s/ Steven Fabbro 

Steven Fabbro 

Attorney for Plaintiff 

Maria Martinez 

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[PROPOSED] ORDER

IT IS HEREBY ORDERED the above terms of this Stipulation are approved by this 

Court. 

Dated: 12/18/2006 

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DAVID F. LEVI 

United States District Judge

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