Lyon

1 2 3 4 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 5 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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7 DEBORAH LYON, Case No. 19-cv-05270-PJH 8 Plaintiff,

9 v. ORDER GRANTING MOTION TO

STAY PROCEEDINGS PENDING

10 DEPUY ORTHOPAEDICS, INC., et al., MULTIDISTRICT LITIGATION

TRANSFER DETERMINATION AND

11 Defendants. VACATING MOTION TO REMAND 12 Re: Dkt. Nos. 11, 16

13 Before the court is defendants Depuy Orthopaedics, Inc., Johnson & Johnson 14 Services, Inc., Johnson & Johnson, Depuy International Limited, and Depuy Products, 15 Inc., (collectively, the “Removing Defendants”) motion to stay all proceedings in this 16 action pending a determination by the Judicial Panel for Multidistrict Litigation (“JMPL”) 17 on whether to transfer this action to MDL No. 2244: In re DePuy Orthopaedics, Inc., 18 Pinnacle Hip Implant Products Liability Litigation (the “MDL No. 2244 proceeding”). The 19 matter is fully briefed and suitable for decision without oral argument. Accordingly, the 20 hearing set for October 9, 2019 is VACATED. Having…