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Nature of Suit Code: 355
Nature of Suit: Motor Vehicle Product Liability
Cause of Action: 28:1446 Petition for Removal

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

JASON BERTINO, ESAU GALINDO, )

and DONALD W. HEMANS, on )

behalf of themselves and all )

others similarly situated, )

) CIV. S-05-889 GEB (PAN)

Plaintiffs, )

) ORDER

v. )

) 

GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION, )

a Delaware corporation, )

)

Defendant. )

)

Defendant’s motion to dismiss Plaintiffs’ First Amended

Complaint and Plaintiffs’ motion to remand are presently scheduled for

hearing. Defendant has also moved the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict

Litigation (“Panel”) to transfer this action to the United States

District Court for the Southern District of Illinois pursuant to 28

U.S.C. § 1407. (Def.’s Not. of Filing Mot. to Transfer, Exh. A at 1.) 

In a letter to the undersigned Judge dated July 6, 2005, the Panel

states “the parties will have an opportunity to brief the question of

transfer and the matter will be considered at a bimonthly Panel

hearing session.” Therefore, the hearing date for Plaintiffs’ motion

to remand is moved to October 24, 2005, and the hearing date for

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1 The failure of one or more of the parties to

participate in the preparation of the Joint Status Report does

not excuse the other parties from their obligation to timely file

a status report in accordance with this Order. In the event a

party fails to participate as ordered, the party timely

submitting the status report shall include a declaration

explaining why it was unable to obtain the cooperation of the

other party or parties.

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Defendant’s motion to dismiss is moved to November 7, 2005. The

hearings are scheduled to commence at 9:00 a.m.

Finally, the Status (Pretrial Scheduling) Conference

currently scheduled to be held on August 1, 2005, is continued to

December 12, 2005, at 9:00 a.m. A joint status conference report

shall be filed no later than November 28, 2005.1

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: July 20, 2005

/s/ Garland E. Burrell, Jr.

GARLAND E. BURRELL, JR.

United States District Judge

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