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Nature of Suit Code: 355
Nature of Suit: Motor Vehicle Product Liability
Cause of Action: 28:1446 Petition for Removal

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

JASON BERTINO, ESAU GALINDO, )

and DONALD W. HEMANS, on )

behalf of themselves and all )

others similarly situated, )

) 02:05-cv-0889-GEB-PAN

Plaintiffs, )

) ORDER

v. )

) 

GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION, )

a Delaware corporation, )

)

Defendant. )

)

Defendant’s motion to dismiss Plaintiffs’ First Amended

Complaint and Plaintiffs’ motion to remand are presently scheduled for

hearing. Defendant has filed a motion with the Judicial Panel on

Multidistrict Litigation (“Panel”) to transfer this action to the

United States District Court for the Southern District of Illinois

pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1407. (Def.’s Not. of Filing Mot. Transfer,

Exh. A at 1.) Defendant indicated in its Status Report, filed October

6, 2005, that its motion to transfer has been fully briefed and is

presently being considered by the Panel. (Def.’s Status Report

Concerning Mot. Transfer at 2.) Therefore, the hearing on Plaintiffs’

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1 The failure of one or more of the parties to

participate in the preparation of the Joint Status Report does

not excuse the other parties from their obligation to file

a status report in accordance with this Order. In the event a

party or parties fails to participate as ordered, the party or

parties submitting the status report shall include a declaration

explaining why it was unable to obtain the cooperation of the

other party or parties.

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motion to remand is continued to December 19, 2005, and the hearing on

Defendant’s motion to dismiss is continued to January 9, 2006. Both

hearings are scheduled to commence at 9:00 a.m. Finally, the Status

(Pretrial Scheduling) Conference currently scheduled to be held on

December 12, 2005, is continued to February 6, 2006, at 9:00 a.m. A

Joint Status Report shall be filed no later than January 23, 2006.1

IT IS SO ORDERED.

DATED: October 11, 2005

/s/ Garland E. Burrell, Jr.

GARLAND E. BURRELL, JR.

United States District Judge 

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