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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

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

LINDA TAFOYA-BASSETT and TOM

BASSETT,

Plaintiffs,

 v.

ELI LILLY AND COMPANY,

Defendant

 /

No. C-06-1004 MMC

ORDER VACATING CASE

MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE

Before the Court is plaintiffs’ Case Management Conference Statement, filed June 8,

2006, by which plaintiffs seek to continue the June 23, 2006 case management conference

in the instant action by approximately 120 days. Plaintiffs state a continuance is necessary

because they anticipate the instant action will be transferred for inclusion in MDL No. 1596,

In re Zyprexa Products Liability Litigation, and because they have not served defendant.

Because the instant action was filed February 14, 2006, the 120-day deadline for

plaintiffs to serve defendant, pursuant to Rule 4(m) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure,

is June 14, 2006, i.e., today. Plaintiffs have not sought relief from the deadline. The Court,

however, has been notified by the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation (“JPML”), by

letter dated May 17, 2006, that the JPML has directed the Clerk of Eastern District of New

York to file an order transferring the above-titled action to said district court for inclusion in

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MDL No. 1596. Consequently, the Court will defer to the transferee court the issue of

whether the above-titled action should be dismissed for failure to timely serve defendant.

Accordingly, for good cause shown in light of the pending transfer, the June 23,

2006 case management conference is hereby VACATED.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: June 14, 2006 

MAXINE M. CHESNEY

United States District Judge

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