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

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

THOMAS MITCHELL, et al., CASE NO. CV F 12-1907 LJO SKO 

Plaintiffs, ORDER TO VACATE HEARING AND TERM

MOTION

vs. (Doc. 29)

McKESSON CORPORATION, et al.,

Defendants.

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ORDER

This action is before the Multi-District Litigation Panel pursuant to the Panel’s conditional

transfer order. A motion to remand this action to state court remains stayed pending the Panel’s decision

on motions to vacate the conditional transfer order. This Court will entertain no F.R.Civ.P. 12 motions

until transfer to the Panel and remand are resolved. As such, this Court VACATES the June 5, 2013

hearing on defendant Xanodyne Pharmaceuticals, Inc.’s (“Xanodyne’s”) F.R.Civ.P. 12(c) motion and

will take no action on Xanodyne’s motion until resolution of conditional transfer and remand. If this

action remains with this Court after resolution of conditional transfer and remand, Xanodyne may refile

and reset its F.R.Civ.P. 12(c) motion. Plaintiffs need not respond to, and this Court will take no action

on, Xanodyne’s F.R.Civ.P. 12(c) motion at this time. The clerk is directed to term doc. 29.

STATEMENT TO PARTIES AND COUNSEL

Judges in the Eastern District of California carry the heaviest caseload in the nation, and this

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Court is unable to devote inordinate time and resources to individual cases and matters. This Court must

avoid devotion of resources to unfruitful matters, such as motions which become moot, and must take

measures to maximize limited judicial resources and staff. The parties and counsel are encouraged to

contact the offices of United States Senators Diane Feinstein and Barbara Boxer to address this Court’s

inability to accommodate the parties and this action. The parties are required to consider, or reconsider,

consent to a Magistrate Judge to conduct all further proceedings in that the Magistrate Judges’

availability is far more realistic and accommodating to parties than that of U.S. District Judge Lawrence

J. O'Neill who must prioritize criminal and older civil cases. 

Civil trials set before Judge O'Neill trail until he becomes available and are subject to suspension

mid-trial to accommodate criminal matters. Civil trials are no longer reset to a later date if Judge O'Neill

is unavailable on the original date set for trial. If a trial trails, it may proceed with little advance notice,

and the parties and counsel may be expected to proceed to trial with less than 24 hours notice. 

Moreover, this Court’s Fresno Division randomly and without advance notice reassigns civil actions to

U.S. District Judges throughout the nation to serve as visiting judges. If this action remains in this

Court, it will be considered for such reassignment. In the absence of Magistrate Judge consent, this

action is subject to reassignment to a U.S. District Judge from outside the Eastern District of California.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: April 5, 2013 /s/ Lawrence J. O'Neill 66h44d

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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