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Parties Involved:
Eli Lilly and Company
Defendant
Jerry Lee Ginn
Plaintiff
Judith Ann Nadle
Plaintiff

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

JERRY LEE GINN, et al.,

Plaintiffs,

 v.

ELI LILLY AND COMPANY, 

Defendant. /

No. C 06-0008 SBA

ORDER

This matter comes before the Court on Plaintiffs Jerry Lee Ginn and Judith Ann Nadle's

("Plaintiffs") Case Management Conference Statement. In the Case Management Conference Statement,

Plaintiffs request a continuance of the April 5, 2006 Case Management Conference for 120 days

because: (1) Plaintiffs have not yet served defendant; and (2) this case falls within the purview of

Multidistrict Proceeding No. 1596 - In re Zyprexa Products Liability Litigation and Plaintiffs anticipate

that it will be transferred by the MDL Panel or to Judge Wilken. 

It has come to the Court's attention that the above-captioned case is related to forty-nine other

cases currently pending before this Court, all filed by the same Plaintiffs' counsel. All of these cases

are completely stagnant. Indeed, Plaintiffs' counsel does not appear to have served the defendant with

the summons and Complaint in any of the actions. Further, although Plaintiffs' counsel states that he

"anticipates" a transfer, it is not clear to the Court how Plaintiffs' counsel believes this transfer will

occur since it does not appear that he has taken any steps to effectuate transfer by filing the appropriate

motion with the MDL panel. Thus, the Court does not agree with Plaintiffs' counsel that a 120 day

continuance of the Case Management Conference is warranted. 

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United States District Court

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Accordingly, 

IT IS HEREBY ORDERED THAT Plaintiffs' request for a continuance of the Case Management

Conference is DENIED. Plaintiffs' counsel shall appear for a telephonic Case Management Conference

on Wednesday, April 5, 2006 at 4:00 p.m by calling (510) 637-3559 at the specified time. At the Case

Management Conference, Plaintiffs' counsel should be prepared to inform the Court of the status of the

case, including: (1) the reason why the defendant has not yet been served with the summons and

Complaint; (2) whether Plaintiffs' counsel has notified the MDL panel of this action and/or any of the

forty-nine other related cases pending before the Court; and (3) when Plaintiffs' counsel estimates that

a motion to transfer will be filed, if Plaintiffs' counsel has not yet filed such a motion. 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

 Dated: 3/31/06 SAUNDRA BROWN ARMSTRONG

United States District Judge

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