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Parties Involved:
Sheila Ettinger
Plaintiff
Guidant Corporation
Defendant
Guidant Sales Corporation
Defendant

Document Text:

United States District Court

For the Northern District of California

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SHEILA ETTINGER,

Plaintiff,

 v.

GUIDANT CORPORATION, GUIDANT

SALES CORPORATION,

Defendants. /

No. C 05-03279 WHA

AMENDED ORDER GRANTING

CONTINUANCE OF CASE

MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE

PENDING TRANSFER

DECISION BY THE JUDICIAL

PANEL ON MULTIDISTRICT

LITIGATION

Having considered plaintiff’s objections, the October 26 order granting defendant’s

motion to continue case management deadlines is amended as follows:

(1) The case management conference scheduled for NOVEMBER 10, 2005 is VACATED. If

the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation denies the pending motions for transfer and

consolidation, another case management conference shall be scheduled within sixty days

of that ruling. A joint case management statement will be due not less than fourteen

days before the hearing.

(2) To prevent any discovery prejudice while awaiting the decision of the JPML, initial

disclosures must be made by DECEMBER 7, 2005, as previously scheduled. Discovery

may begin thereafter.

(3) If the motions for transfer and consolidation are granted by the JPML, all case

management deadlines, including the deadline for Rule 26(a) disclosures referenced
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above, shall be set by the transferee court. If those motions are denied by the JPML, the

remaining deadlines vacated by the previous order shall be thirty days after such denial.

(4) The parties shall notify the Court of any ruling by the JPML within ten calendar days.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: October 28, 2005 

WILLIAM ALSUP

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE