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Nature of Suit Code: 890
Nature of Suit: Other Statutory Actions
Cause of Action: 28:1446 Petition for Removal

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SFI-576706v1 Joint Report Re Status of Proceedings Before MDL Panel & 

Response re ADR Certification 

Case No. 07-05110 (MJJ) 

Julio J. Ramos (SBN 189944) 

ramosfortrustee@yahoo.com 

35 Grove Street, Suite 107 

San Francisco, California 94102 

Telephone: (415) 948-3015 

Facsimile: (415) 469-9787 

Attorney for Plaintiff 

AMY HARRINGTON 

Elwood Lui (SBN 45538) 

elui@jonesday.com 

Thomas A. Rector (SBN 199175) 

tarector@jonesday.com 

JONES DAY 

555 California Street, 26th Floor 

San Francisco, CA 94104 

Telephone: (415) 626-3939 

Facsimile: (415) 875-5700 

Attorneys for Defendants 

MATTEL, INC. AND FISHER-PRICE, INC. 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

AMY HARRINGTON, on behalf of herself and 

all others similarly situated, 

Plaintiff, 

v. 

MATTEL, INC. a Delaware Corp., and 

FISHER-PRICE INC. a Delaware Corp., and 

DOES 1 through 100, inclusive, 

Defendants. 

Case No. 07-05110 (MJJ) 

JOINT REPORT ON PROCEEDINGS 

BEFORE THE JUDICIAL PANEL ON 

MULTIDISTRICT LITIGATION AND 

RESPONSE TO ORDER RE ADR 

CERTIFICATION 

The parties are in receipt of the Court’s Notice Re Noncompliance With Court Order 

(Docket # 27) regarding the ADR certification. In response, the parties respectfully submit the 

following joint report on the status of proceedings before the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict 

Litigation (“JPML”). In sum, this action will be transferred to the Central District of California 

for coordinated or consolidated proceedings on or about January 18, 2008. 

On December 18, 2007, the JPML entered a Transfer Order transferring six actions for 

coordination or consolidation with five actions already pending in the Central District of 

California. See Exhibit A. In addition, the JPML designated this case as a potential tag-along 

action under Rules 7.4 and 7.5 of the Rules of Procedure of the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict 

AND ORDER

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SFI-576706v1

Joint Report Re Status of Proceedings Before MDL Panel & 

Response re ADR Certification 

Case No. 07-05110 (MJJ) 

Litigation. Id. at n.1. Accordingly, on January 3, 2008, the JPML issued a Conditional Transfer 

Order transferring this action to the Central District of California. See Exhibit B. 

Notice of Opposition to the Conditional Transfer Order is due on or before January 18, 

2008. None of the parties to this action intend to object to the transfer. Therefore, because no 

party intends to object, this action will be made part of the MDL proceeding and transferred to the 

Central District of California as soon as the fifteen day period to object expires. 

For this reason, unless otherwise directed by the Court, the parties do not intend to submit 

ADR certification or prepare a Rule 26(f) Report (currently due January 15) for this individual 

case and would request that the Case Management Conference scheduled for January 22 be taken 

off calendar. 

Dated: January 11, 2008 

Respectfully submitted, 

By: /s/ Julio J. Ramos __ Julio J. Ramos 

Attorney for Plaintiff 

Amy Harrington 

Respectfully submitted, 

By: /s/ Thomas A. Rector__ Thomas A. Rector 

Attorney for Defendants 

Mattel, Inc. and Fisher-Price, Inc. 

1/17/2008

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORN

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A

IT IS SO ORDERED

Judge Martin J. Jenkins

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