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Nature of Suit Code: 890
Nature of Suit: Other Statutory Actions
Cause of Action: 28:1331 Fed. Question

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United States District Court

Northern District of California

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

IN RE: DEPUY ORTHOPAEDICS, INC. 

PINNACLE HIP IMPLANT PRODUCTS 

LIABILITY LITIGATION 

THIS DOCUMENT RELATES TO:

ALL CASES

Case No. 15-mc-80259-JSC 

ORDER VACATING HEARING

The hearing on the motion of non-parties Cardno Chemrisk, LLC and Dennis J. 

Paustenbach for a protective order scheduled for December 10, 2015 is vacated pending the 

MDL’s ruling on Plaintiffs’ proposed order. While the Court has considered the non-parties’ 

response filed November 30, 2015, the Court prefers to rule on the question of whether to transfer 

the motion to the MDL court after the MDL court has ruled. While the MDL court’s signing of 

the proposed order is not dispositive of the “extraordinary circumstances” question, in the Court’s 

view the MDL court’s refusal to sign the proposed order would mandate that this Court decide the 

pending motion. Accordingly, the December 10, 2015 hearing is VACATED and shall be 

rescheduled upon the MDL court’s action on the proposed order. 

Given that the discovery sought of the non-parties is stayed until this Court rules on the 

pending motion, the non-parties are not prejudiced by this delay. Plaintiffs are likewise not 

prejudiced given that they filed the proposed order and asked this Court to consider it. If at some 

point Plaintiffs do not want any further delay, they may so notify the Court and the parties and the 

Court will forthwith reschedule the pending motion for hearing. Plaintiffs are directed to notify the 

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Court within three business days of the MDL court ruling on the proposed order.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: December 7, 2015

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JACQUELINE SCOTT CORLEY

United States Magistrate Judge

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