Opinion
2:06-cv-1776-GEB-DAD.
August 31, 2006
ORDER
The parties filed a Stipulation and Proposed Order on August 25, 2006, in which they request that "this matter be stayed pending a transfer of this action to In re Welding Fume Products Liability Litigation, MDL No. 1535 (N.D. Ohio)." The action will be stayed as the parties request, except as follows: the status conference currently scheduled for October 23, 2006, is rescheduled to commence at 9:00 a.m. on February 26, 2007; further, the parties shall file a joint status report no later than February 12, 2007, in which they only explain whether a decision has issued regarding the effort to transfer this action, and if so, the contents of that decision.
The parties are reminded that "[t]he failure of one or more of the parties to participate in the preparation of the Joint Status Report does not excuse the other parties from their obligation to timely file a status report in accordance with this Order. In the event a party fails to participate as ordered, the party timely submitting the status report shall include a declaration explaining why it was unable to obtain the cooperation of the other party or parties." (Order Setting Status (Pretrial Scheduling) Conference filed Aug. 10, 2006, at 2 n. 1.)
IT IS SO ORDERED.