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Nature of Suit Code: 365
Nature of Suit: Personal Injury - Product Liability
Cause of Action: 28:1332 Diversity-(Citizenship)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

LINDA LASATER,

NO. CIV. S-05-1244 LKK/GGH

Plaintiff,

v. O R D E R

NOVARTIS PHARMACEUTICALS CORPORATION; 

ORTHO-MCNEIL PHARMACEUTICAL, INC.; 

JOHNSON & JOHNSON, individually and 

as successor-in-interest to 

Ortho-McNeil Pharmaceutical, Inc.; 

PFIZER, INC.; WYETH d/b/a WYETH, INC., 

WYETH LABORATORIES, WYETH-AYERST, 

AYETH AYERST LABROATORIES, WYETH LEDERLE, 

LEDERLE LABORATORIES and fka 

AMERICAN HOME PRODUCTS CORPORATION,

Defendants.

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The court is in receipt of plaintiff’s status report and

request for continuance of the Status Conference pending transfer

to the Multidistrict Litigation Panel as to defendant Novartis

Pharmaceuticals Corporation. On August 4, 2005, the court

stayed the action as to defendant Pfizer Inc., pending transfer to

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the In re Prempro Prods. Liab. Litig. Multidistrict Litigation

(“MDL”) proceeding (MDL No. 1507) in the United States District

Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas (the “MDL Court”).

In order to conserve judicial resources, this court hereby

stays the entire case pending transfer to the In re Prempro Prods.

Liab. Litig. in the United States District Court for the Eastern

District of Arkansas.

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

DATED: September 1, 2005

/s/Lawrence K. Karlton 

LAWRENCE K. KARLTON

SENIOR JUDGE

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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