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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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26(f) JOINT STATUS REPORT 

Michael K. Brown (SBN 104252) 

Thomas J. Yoo (SBN 175118) 

REED SMITH LLP 

355 South Grand Avenue, Suite 2900 

Los Angeles, CA 90071-1514 

Telephone: 213.457.8000 

Facsimile: 213.457.8080 

Email: mkbrown@reedsmith.com

tyoo@reedsmith.com

Steven J. Boranian (SBN 174183) 

Kevin M. Hara (SBN 221604) 

REED SMITH LLP 

Two Embarcadero Center, Suite 2000 

San Francisco, CA 94111 

Telephone: (415) 543-8700 

Facsimile: (415) 391-8269 

Email: sboranian@reedsmith.com

khara@reedsmith.com

Attorneys for Defendant 

Merck & Co., Inc. 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

JAMES MARK REAGLE, 

Plaintiff, 

vs. 

MERCK & COMPANY, INC., and DOES 1-100, 

inclusive, 

Defendants. 

No.: 2:05-cv-02356-DFL-PAN

JOINT 26(f) JOINT STATUS REPORT

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26(f) JOINT STATUS REPORT 

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 JOINT STATUS REPORT. 

Present Status Of Case 

This case, Reagle v. Merck & Co., Inc., et al., Case No. 2:05-cv-02356-DFL-PAN, was filed 

in state court and removed to this Court on November 21, 2005. 

No discovery has been conducted or scheduled. 

On November 29, 2005, 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. 

The MDL Panel issued Conditional Transfer Order No. 36 on January 6, 2006, which 

included this action. Plaintiff indicated that he will not oppose the Conditional Transfer Order. 

Pending before this Court is Merck’s Motion to Stay Proceedings Pending Transfer to the 

Vioxx MDL, filed December 13, 2005. The hearing on this Motion is calendared for February 1, 

2006. Merck has agreed to drop its Motion and instead stipulate to a stay of all proceedings. 

The parties respectfully submit this status report in lieu of the Court’s requested Joint Status 

Report. 

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In light of the pending transfer to the MDL, the parties respectfully request that further Joint 

Status Reports and Case Management Conferences be postponed and that additional Discovery 

Conferences be removed from the calendar until the MDL Panel issues the final transfer order. 

DATED: January _20, 2006. 

REED SMITH LLP 

By /s/ Kevin M.Hara 

Kevin M. Hara 

Attorneys for Defendant 

Merck & Co., Inc. 

DATED: January 20, 2006. 

GIANNI PETOYAN 

By /s/ Laura A. Gianni 

Laura A. Gianni 

Attorneys for Plaintiff 

James Mark Reagle 

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ORDER

Having considered the foregoing joint status report, and good cause appearing therefore, IT 

IS SO ORDERED. 

DATED: 1/20/2006 

______________________________ 

DAVID F. LEVI 

United States District Judge

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