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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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STIPULATION AND PROPOSED ORDER STAYING RULE 26(F) CONFERENCES PENDING RESOLUTION OF 

LAW AND MOTION MATTERS 

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) 

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

Dana A. Blanton (SBN 232373) 

REED SMITH LLP

1999 Harrison St., Suite 2400 

Oakland, CA 94612 

Telephone: 510.763.2000 

Facsimile: 510.273.8832 

Email: dblanton@reedsmith.com

Attorneys for Defendant 

Merck & Co., Inc. 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

DEBORAH SISEMORE, 

Plaintiff, 

vs. 

MERCK & COMPANY, INC., MCKESSON 

CORPORATION, PFIZER, INC., and DOES 1 

through 100, inclusive, 

Defendants. 

No.: 2:06-cv-00082-WBS-GGH 

STIPULATION AND PROPOSED ORDER 

STAYING RULE 26(F) AND INITIAL 

SCHEDULING CONFERENCES PENDING 

RESOLUTION OF LAW AND MOTION 

MATTERS 

Honorable William B. Shubb 

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STIPULATION AND PROPOSED ORDER STAYING RULE 26(F) CONFERENCES PENDING RESOLUTION OF 

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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, Deborah Sisemore v. Merck & Co., Inc., et al. Case Number 2:06-cv-00082-

WBS-GGH, was filed in state court on November 30, 2005 and removed to this Court on January 

12, 2006. 

No discovery has been conducted or scheduled. 

On January 17, 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 February 9, 2006, plaintiff filed a Motion to Remand this matter to state court. Also 

pending before this Court are Merck’s Motion to Stay Proceedings Pending Transfer to the Vioxx 

MDL, filed February 14, 2006 and Pfizer’s Motion to Stay, filed February 24, 2006. The hearings 

on all three of these Motions are calendared for April 3, 2006. 

On February 16, 2006, the plaintiff timely filed Notice of its Opposition to the “tag-along” 

transfer of this action to MDL No. 1657. Pursuant to a briefing schedule established by the MDL 

Panel, the plaintiff filed its opposition to the “tag-along” transfer of this action on March 2, 2006. 

Plaintiff’s motion in opposition to transfer of this action to MDL No. 1657 has not been yet set 

before hearing or argument. 

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STIPULATION AND PROPOSED ORDER STAYING RULE 26(F) CONFERENCES PENDING RESOLUTION OF 

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In light of the pending Motion to Remand and Motion to Stay, the parties respectfully 

request that further Joint Status Reports be postponed and that additional Discovery Conferences be 

removed from the calendar until final resolution of these matters. 

SO STIPULATED. 

Dated: March ___, 2006 

REED SMITH LLP 

By: __/s/Dana A. Blanton__________________

Dana A. Blanton 

Attorney for Defendant 

MERCK & CO., INC. 

Dated: March ___, 2006 

TUCKER ELLIS & WEST LLP 

By: __/s/ Tae-Yoon Kim____________________ 

Tae-Yoon Kim 

Attorney for Defendant 

PFIZER INC.

Dated: March ___, 2006 

CLAYEO C. ARNOLD, 

A Professional Law Corporation 

By: __/s/ Kirk Wolden______________________

Kirk Wolden 

Attorney for Plaintiff 

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ORDER

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

Court. The status conference is continued to May 8, 2006 at 9:00 a.m. The parties shall file 

their joint status report 14 days prior to the status conference. 

Dated: March 17, 2006 

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