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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 PROCEEDINGS PENDING TRANSFER TO MDL 

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

Kevin M. Hara (SBN 221604) 

REED SMITH LLP 

1999 Harrison St., Suite 2400 

Oakland, CA 94610 

Telephone: 510.763.2000 

Facsimile: 510.273.8832 

Email: khara@reedsmith.com 

Attorneys for Defendants 

Merck & Co., Inc. 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

BESHAM SINGH, 

Plaintiff, 

vs. 

MERCK & COMPANY, INC., a corporation; 

MCKESSON CORPORATION, a corporation; 

DOES 1 to 100, PHARMACEUTICAL 

DISTRIBUTOR DOES 101 to 200, 

PHARMACY DEFENDANT DOES 201 to 300 

inclusive, 

Defendants. 

No.: 2:06-cv-02480-DFL-GGH 

STIPULATION AND ORDER STAYING 

PROCEEDINGS 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, Besham Singh v. Merck & Co., Inc., et al. Case Number 2:06-cv-02480-DFLGGH, was filed in state court on September 27, 2006 and removed to this Court on November 8, 

2006. No discovery has been conducted or scheduled. 

On November 10, 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 29, the JPML issued a 

conditional transfer order that included this case. The MDL court filed the transfer order on 

December 18, 2006, transferring this case to the MDL. 

Plaintiff did 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 all 

proceedings, discovery, and status conferences be stayed. 

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STIPULATION AND PROPOSED ORDER STAYING PROCEEDINGS PENDING TRANSFER TO MDL 

SO STIPULATED. 

Dated: January 8, 2007 

REED SMITH LLP 

By: __/s/Kevin M. Hara 

Kevin M. Hara 

Attorney for Defendant 

MERCK & CO., INC. 

Dated: January 8, 2007 

ANDREWS & THORNTON 

By: __/s/ __ 

John C. Thornton 

Attorney for Plaintiffs 

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STIPULATION AND PROPOSED ORDER STAYING PROCEEDINGS PENDING TRANSFER TO MDL 

ORDER

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

Court. 

Dated: 1/15/2007 

______________________________ 

DAVID F. LEVI 

United States District Judge

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