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

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF ALABAMA

SOUTHERN DIVISION

MARGARET HADLEY, HAROLD )

PERINE, and WILLIE MAE SMITH, )

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Plaintiffs, )

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vs. ) Civil Action No.: 05-470-BH-C

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MERCK & CO., INC.; et al., )

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Defendants. )

ORDER

This matteris before the Court onPlaintiffs’Motion(Doc. 8) to Remand. Currently, the Court has

Stayed all proceedings regarding this matter pending notification of whether it is to be transferred to the

Eastern District of Louisiana as part of In re Vioxx Products Liab. Litig. (MDL-1657). Plaintiffs,

however, ask that this Court not Stay its Motion to Remand as removal to any federal district court is

inappropriate because this matterlacks complete diversity of citizenship necessary for federal jurisdiction.

Afterproperlyreviewing Plaintiffs’ contentions, the Court declinesto rule onthe MotiontoRemand,finding

that it is to be STAYED, along with any other issues in this case, pending a determination by the MDL

Panel on whether it is to be transferred to the Eastern District of Louisiana. 

So ORDERED, this 23rd day of August, 2005.

s/ W. B. Hand

SENIOR DISTRICT JUDGE

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