Opinion
NO. C12-6426 TEH
03-06-2013
MICHAEL A. ARNOLD, et al., Plaintiffs, v. BRISTOL-MYERS SQUIBB COMPANY, et al., Defendants.
ORDER DENYING
DEFENDANT'S MOTION FOR
ORDER SHORTENING TIME
On February 28, 2013, Defendant Bristol-Myers Squibb Company filed a motion to stay proceedings pending possible transfer by the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation and pending possible relation of this case by Judge Edward M. Chen to Caouette v. Bristol-Myers Squibb Co., Case No. 12-1814 EMC, and other cases pending before him. Defendant also filed a motion for an order shortening time on the motion to stay but failed to request any specific timeline. Plaintiffs filed neither an opposition nor a statement of non-opposition to the request to shorten time.
Upon careful consideration, the Court does not find good cause to shorten time on Defendant's motion to stay. Accordingly, Defendant's motion to do so is DENIED. However, the Court will not rule on Plaintiffs' pending motion to remand until after it has first considered the motion to stay.
IT IS SO ORDERED.
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THELTON E. HENDERSON, JUDGE
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT