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Nature of Suit Code: 365
Nature of Suit: Personal Injury - Product Liability
Cause of Action: 28:1441 Petition for Removal- Personal Injury

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United States District Court

For the Northern District of California

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

ZHI MIN TONG, et al.,

Plaintiffs,

 v.

MEDTRONIC, INC.,

Defendant.

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No. C-05-1075 MMC

ORDER GRANTING UNOPPOSED

MOTION TO AMEND COMPLAINT AND

REMAND ACTION TO STATE COURT;

VACATING HEARING

(Docket No. 13)

Before the Court is plaintiffs’ motion, filed May 2, 2006, seeking leave to amend their

complaint to add a non-diverse party, Coyness Ennix, M.D. (“Dr. Ennix”), as a Doe

defendant and to remand the action to state court. On May 18, 2006, defendant Medtronic,

Inc. filed a statement of non-opposition to the motion. Having reviewed the papers filed in

support of the motion, and the statement of non-opposition, the Court finds the matter

appropriate for decision without oral argument, see Civil L.R. 7-1(b), and hereby VACATES

the June 9, 2006 hearing.

Good Cause Appearing,

The motion is hereby GRANTED, the First Amended Complaint (previously

submitted as Exhibit F to the Declaration of Khaldoun A. Baghdadi) shall be FILED by the

Clerk, and the above-titled action is hereby REMANDED to the California Superior Court

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for the County of Alameda.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: May 18, 2006 

MAXINE M. CHESNEY

United States District Judge

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