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Nature of Suit Code: 368
Nature of Suit: Asbestos Personal Injury - Prod.liab.
Cause of Action: 28:1332 Diversity-Personal Injury

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BRAYTON

{PURCELL LLP

ATTORNEYS AT LAW

222 RUSH LANDING ROAD

P O BOX 6169

NOVATO, CALIFORNIA 94948-6169

(415) 898-1555

ALAN R. BRAYTON, ESQ., S.B. #73685

DAVID R. DONADIO, ESQ., S.B. #154436

BRAYTON{PURCELL LLP

Attorneys at Law

222 Rush Landing Road

P.O. Box 6169

Novato, California 94948-6169

(415) 898-1555

(415) 898-1247 (Fax No.)

Attorneys for Plaintiff

THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION

 MILTON BARTHOLOMEW,

Plaintiff,

vs.

GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY,

NEWPORT NEWS SHIPBUILDING

AND DRY DOCK COMPANY, and

DOES 1-300,

Defendants.

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No. C05-4947 MMC

 JOINT MOTION AND STIPULATION TO

STAY; [PROPOSED] ORDER

Pursuant to Civil L. R. 7-11 and 7-12, the following parties hereby stipulate to, and

respectfully move the Court for, an Order extending time as set forth in the Case Management

Scheduling Order filed December 8, 2005 (Document 5), for the following good cause:

Defendant NEWPORT NEWS SHIPBUILDING AND DRY DOCK COMPANY filed

Document 9, a Notice to Tag Along Action regarding the pending Multidistrict Litigation

(“MDL”) in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, seeking among other things, to move

Jurisdiction of this matter to that District. 

On July 29, 1991, the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation (“JPML”) entered an

order transferring all asbestos personal injury cases pending in the federal courts to the United

States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, for coordinated pretrial

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proceedings pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1407. That order also applies to “tag-along actions,” or

actions involving common questions of fact filed after January 17, 1991. Such actions are to be

transferred to the Eastern District of Pennsylvania as part of MDL 875, for coordinated pretrial

proceedings.

 On February 10, 2006, in response to the notice of Defendant NEWPORT NEWS

SHIPBUILDING AND DRY DOCK COMPANY, the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation

(“JPML”) issued its Conditional Transfer Order (“CTO-258") and transmitted said order to the

parties in this action. (A true and accurate photocopy of the letter and CTO-258 is attached

hereto as Exhibit “A”).

 Pursuant to CTO-258, it becomes effective upon filing with the United States District

Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. The “Condition” referred to in this Conditional

Transfer Order is the 15 day stay pending opposition which has since passed. As no party filed

an objection, the 15 day stay of transmission of the Order expired on February 25, 2006 and it

was sent to and has been received by the Pennsylvania Court.

By operation of CTO-258, it appears that Jurisdiction over this matter has already

transferred to the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.

 The JPML has held that a district court has the authority to stay pending a transfer order.

In re Asbestos Products Liability Litigation, 170 F. Supp. 2d 1348, 1349 n.1 (J.P.M.L. 2001)

(“[T]hose courts concluding that such issues should be addressed by the transferee judge need 

not rule on them, and the process of 1407 transfer in MDL-875 can continue without any

unnecessary interruption or delay.”)

The parties hereby respectfully request that the Court stay the deadlines set in place by

the Order of December 8, 2005 (Document 5), as jurisdiction has been transferred.

Due to the pending action by the Clerk of the JPML, the parties hereby STIPULATE to

and respectfully request the Court VACATE its Case Management Scheduling Order filed

December 8, 2005 (Document 5). The parties further stipulate to and move that the Court issue

an Order STAYING this action as jurisdiction has been transferred to the Eastern District of

Pennsylvania.

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The parties make this Motion on the grounds that a stay of this action would (a) promote

judicial efficiency, (b) allow consistency in pretrial rulings, and (c) be most convenient to the

parties.

Dated: March 1, 2006 BRAYTON{PURCELL LLP

/s/ David R. Donadio

 By: __________________________ 

 David R. Donadio

 Attorneys for Plaintiffs

Dated: February 28, 2006 SEDGWICK, DETERT, MORAN &

ARNOLD, LLP

 /s/ Damon McClain

 By: __________________________ 

Damon McClain

Attorneys for Defendant 

GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY

Dated: March 1, 2006 HAIGHT BROWN & BONESTEEL LLP

 /s/ Daniel J. Kelly

 By: __________________________ 

Daniel J. Kelly

Attorneys for NEWPORT NEWS 

SHIPBUILDING AND DRY DOCK 

COMPANY

 [PROPOSED] ORDER

IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the hearing date and deadlines specified in the Case

Management Scheduling Order filed December 8, 2005 (Document 5), are hereby VACATED.

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that this action is STAYED pending transfer to the United

States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.

Dated: _____________________

_____________________________ . 

Maxine M. Chesney

United States District Court Judge 

March 3, 2006

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