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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
IN RE: BEXTRA AND CELEBREX
MARKETING SALES PRACTICES
AND PRODUCT LIABILITY
LITIGATION
CASE NO. M:05-CV-01699-CRB
MDL No. 1699
This Order Relates to:
ALL CASES.
PRETRIAL ORDER NO. 2: INITIAL CASE
MANAGEMENT AND ORGANIZATION
OF COUNSEL
I.
SCOPE OF ORDER
1.
This Order shall govern the practice and procedure in those actions
transferred to this Court by the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation (“the Panel”)
pursuant to its Transfer Orders of September 6, 2005, any “tag-along” actions transferred
to this Court by the Panel pursuant to the Panel’s Rules of Procedure, and all related
actions that have been or will be originally filed in, transferred to, or removed to this
Court and assigned thereto.
2.
This Order and all subsequent Case Management Orders shall be binding
on all parties and their counsel in all cases currently pending or subsequently transferred
to In Re: Bextra and Celebrex Marketing, Sales Practices and Product Liability
Litigation, MDL No. 1699 and shall govern each case in the proceedings unless they
explicitly state that they relate to specific cases.
Case 3:05-cv-05358-CRB Document 3 Filed 01/04/2006 Page 1 of 11
Pease v. Pfizer Inc. et al
Doc. 3
Dockets.Justia.com
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II.
CASES BEFORE THIS COURT
3.
The Court will be guided by the Manual for Complex Litigation, Fourth
(“MCL 4th”) (2004 ed.), as well as by the Civil Local Rules of Court for the United
States District Court for the Northern District of California (“the Civil Local Rules”).
Counsel are directed to familiarize themselves with the MCL 4th, this Order, and the
Civil Local Rules.
4.
The inclusion of any action in In Re: Bextra and Celebrex Marketing,
Sales Practices and Product Liability Litigation, MDL No. 1699, whether such action
was or will be filed origi