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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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United States District Court

For the Northern District of California

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

KATHLEEN A. MCALLISTER,

Plaintiff,

v.

ASTRAZENECA PHARMACEUTICALS, L.P.

et al., Defendants.

 

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No. C-06-0568 SC

ORDER DISMISSING

MOTION TO DISMISS

ACTION WITHOUT

PREJUDICE

Plaintiff Kathleen A. McAllister moves the Court to dismiss

her action without prejudice under Local Rule 7-11 and Federal

Rule of Civil Procedure 41(a)(2). The Court no longer has

jurisdiction over this action, and so DISMISSES the motion.

The Multidistrict Litigation Act, 28 U.S.C. § 1407, provides

that "[o]rders of transfer . . . shall be filed in the office of

the clerk of the district court of the transferee district and

shall be effective when thus filed." Once an order of transfer

is so effected, "the tranferee court assumes complete

jurisdiction for pretrial purposes," and, consequently, the

analogous jurisdiction of the transferor court is extinguished. 

In re "Agent Orange" Product Liability Litigation, 304 F. Supp.

Case 3:06-cv-00568-SC Document 18 Filed 07/27/06 Page 1 of 2
United States District Court

For the Northern District of California

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2d 404, 416 (E.D.N.Y. 2004).

On July 10, 2006, a Transfer Order was filed in the Middle

District of Florida and docketed under the case number 6:06-MD1769. The Transfer Order inter alia transferred Plaintiff's

action to the District Court of the Middle District of Florida. 

Transfer Order, In re Seroquel Product Liability Litigation,

Schedule A, Docket No. 1769 (July 6, 2006). Thus, the District

Court of the Middle District of Florida has complete jurisdiction

over Plaintiff's action, including pretrial motions such as the

instant motion to dismiss without prejudice. And this Court is

consequently deprived of jurisdiction over this action. 

For the foregoing reason, Plaintiff's motion to dismiss

without prejudice is DISMISSED.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: July 27, 2006

 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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