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Nature of Suit Code: 367
Nature of Suit: TORTS - Personal Injury - Health Care/Pharmaceutical Personal Injury/Product Liability
Cause of Action: 28:1332 Diversity-Product Liability

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

JENNIFER HUDSON, 

Plaintiff, 

v. 

PFIZER INC., VIATRIS INC., GREENSTONE 

LLC, PRASCOLABS, PHARMACIA & 

UPJOHN; and DOES 1 through 50, Inclusive, 

Defendants. 

Case No. 2:24-cv-03441-TLN-SCR 

ORDER GRANTING JOINT 

STIPULATION TO STAY ACTION 

Complaint Filed: December 11, 2024 

Trial Date: None set 

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Before the Court is the stipulation of Jennifer Hudson (“Plaintiff”) and Defendants Pfizer 

Inc., Pharmacia & Upjohn Company LLC, Prasco, LLC d/b/a Prasco Laboratories, Viatris Inc., and 

Greenstone LLC (“Defendants”), to stay this action. 

On November 26, 2024, certain plaintiffs filed a petition with the Judicial Panel on 

Multidistrict Litigation (“JPML”) to centralize this and other cases in which plaintiffs allege 

personal injuries relating to the use of Depo-Provera, into a Multidistrict Litigation (“MDL”) (the 

“Petition”). The JPML has set the Petition for a hearing on January 30, 2025, and is expected to 

decide the Petition in early February 2025. The parties seek a stay of this case through February 

28, 2025, or until the Petition is decided, whichever is sooner. Courts routinely find good cause to 

stay a case during the pendency of a JPML petition. E.g., Romine v. Pfizer Inc., et al., No. 1:24-

cv-01446, ECF No. 15 (E.D. Cal. Dec. 20, 2024); Silber v. Davol Inc., No. 1:18-cv-00479, 2018 

WL 10323817, at *1 (E.D. Cal. June 18, 2018) (“Cases such as this are frequently stayed pending 

the outcome of pending transfer petitions before the MDL panel.”); Stark v. McKesson Corp., No. 

2:17-cv-00095, 2017 WL 1153135, at *3 (E.D. Cal. Mar. 28, 2017); Sprint Commc'ns Co. L.P. v. 

Pac. Bell Tel. Co., No. 2:14-cv-01257, 2014 WL 7239474, at *2 (E.D. Cal. Dec. 16, 2014). 

Accordingly, the Court finds good cause for the stipulation and hereby GRANTS the 

stipulation. This action shall be stayed through February 28, 2025 or until the JPML decides the 

Petition, whichever is sooner. On February 28, 2025, if this action is not transferred to an MDL 

proceeding, the parties shall file a joint status update. If the Petition is denied, Defendants shall 

have through and until 21 days after the JPML rules on the anticipated JPML petition to respond to 

the Complaint. 

Dated: January 3, 2025 

 ____________________________

Troy L. Nunley

Chief United States District Judge

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