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Parties Involved:
Judith Green
Plaintiff
Johnson & Johnson
Defendant
Johnson & Johnson Research and Development, LLC
Defendant
Ortho-McNeil Pharmaceutical, Inc.
Defendant

Document Text:

378675v1 JOINT REQUEST TO VACATE INITIAL STATUS CONFERENCE CASE NO. 3:06-CV-7106-SI 

DRINKER BIDDLE & REATH LLP

50 Fremont Street, 20th Floor 

San Francisco, CA 94105 

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CHARLES F. PREUSS (State Bar No. 45783) 

BRENDA N. BUONAIUTO (State Bar No. 173919) 

DRINKER BIDDLE & REATH LLP

50 Fremont Street, 20th Floor 

San Francisco, California 94105 

Telephone: (415) 591-7500 

Facsimile: (415) 591-7510 

Attorneys for Defendants 

ORTHO-MCNEIL PHARMACEUTICAL, INC., JOHNSON & 

JOHNSON, and JOHNSON & JOHNSON PHARMACEUTICAL 

RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT, L.L.C. 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA (SAN FRANCISCO) 

JUDITH GREEN, 

 Plaintiff, 

 v. 

ORTHO-MCNEIL PHARMACEUTICAL, 

INC.; JOHNSON & JOHNSON; 

JOHNSON & JOHNSON RESEARCH 

AND DEVELOPMENT, LLC; and DOES 

1-50, inclusive, 

 Defendants. 

Case No. 3:06-CV-7106-SI 

JOINT REQUEST TO VACATE 

INITIAL CASE MANAGEMENT 

CONFERENCE AND RELATED 

DEADLINES 

 On March 1, 2006, the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation (“JPML”) created 

MDL 1742, In re: Ortho Evra Products Liability Litigation, ruling that all federal actions 

involving allegations of injury or death from use of the prescription drug Ortho Evra® be 

centralized for pre-trial purposes in the United States District Court for the Northern 

District of Ohio, before the Honorable David A. Katz, Case Number 1:06-CV-40000-

DAK. To date, over 300 cases have been transferred to MDL 1742, and transfers of 

additional “tag-along” actions are pending. Defendants requested that this action be 

deemed a “tag-along” and transferred to MDL No. 1742. On December 14, 2006, the 

JPML issued Conditional Transfer Order 27 (“CTO-27”), conditionally transferring this 

action to the MDL. Plaintiff did not oppose and consents to that transfer. 

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JOINT REQUEST TO VACATE INITIAL STATUS CONFERENCE CASE NO. 3:06-CV-7106-SI 

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 The parties therefore respectfully request that, pending CTO-27 becoming 

effective and to achieve the judicial economies that underlie 28 U.S.C. Section 1407 

(Multi-District Litigation Procedures), this Court vacate the initial Case Management 

Conference, set for February 23, 2007. For these same reasons, the parties further request 

that the Court relieve the parties of the obligations to submit ADR Certifications on 

February 2, 2007 and Case Management Statements, Initial Disclosures, and Rule 26(f) 

Reports on February 16, 2007. 

Dated: January 17, 2007 LEE J. HOLLIS, ESQ. 

/s/ Lee J. Hollis (pro hac vice) (as authorized) 

THE HOLLIS LAW FIRM PA 

Attorneys for Plaintiff 

JUDITH GREEN 

Dated: January 17, 2007 DRINKER BIDDLE & REATH LLP 

/s/ Brenda N. Buonaiuto 

BRENDA N. BUONAIUTO 

Attorneys for Defendants 

ORTHO-MCNEIL PHARMACEUTICAL, INC., 

JOHNSON & JOHNSON, and JOHNSON & 

JOHNSON PHARMACEUTICAL RESEARCH 

& DEVELOPMENT, L.L.C. 

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORN

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IT IS SO ORDERED

Judge Susan Illston

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