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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

MAYRA VALENCIA,

Plaintiff,

v.

PFIZER INC.; VIATRIS INC.;

GREENSTONE LLC; PRASCO, LLC d/b/a 

PRASCO LABS.; PHARMACIA & UPJOHN

CO, LLC; and PHARMACIA LLC, 

Defendants.

Case No. 1:24-cv-01346-HBK

ORDER GRANTING STIPULATED 

MOTION TO STAY ACTION

(Doc. No. 12)

Plaintiff Mayra Valencia (“Plaintiff”) and Defendants Pfizer Inc., Pharmacia & Upjohn 

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

Greenstone LLC (“Defendants”), (collectively the “Parties”), filed a joint stipulated motion to stay 

this action on November 27. 2024. (Doc. No. 12). The Parties seek a stay of this action pending a 

determination by the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation (“JPML”) to centralize this and other 

related Depo-Provera cases. 

Accordingly, it is ORDERED:

1. The Parties’ joint stipulated motion to stay (Doc. No. 12) is GRANTED.

2. This action shall be stayed until February 15, 2025 or a decision by the JPML on a 

petition to centralize the above-captioned action in a Multidistrict Litigation, whichever 

comes sooner. 

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3. The Parties shall either file a joint status update on February 15, 2025, or if the JPML 

has denied a petition to centralize this and other actions, Defendants shall have through 

and until 21 days after the JPML rules to respond to the Complaint.

Dated: December 2, 2024 

HELENA M. BARCH-KUCHTA

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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