O'Connor
O'Connor v. Syngenta AG
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
TIMOTHY O’CONNOR and CAROLYN
O’CONNOR,
Civil Action No. 4:21-cv-02495 Plaintiffs, The Honorable Haywood S. Gilliam v. Jr.
SYNGENTA AG, SYNGENTA CROP
PROTECTION LLC, CHEVRON U.S.A., INC. and DOES 1 through 60 inclusive, Defendants.
JOINT STIPULATION AND MOTION FOR STAY
PENDING POTENTIAL TRANSFER OF THIS ACTION BY THE
JUDICIAL PANEL ON MULTIDISTRICT LITIGATION; ORDER THEREON
Plaintiffs and Syngenta Crop Protection, LLC (“Syngenta”) respectfully submit this joint stipulation and motion in order to request the relief described as follows: WHEREAS, Plaintiffs initiated this action on April 7, 2021, see Dkt. #1, and served Syngenta on April 13, 2021; WHEREAS, the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation (“JPML”) is currently considering a petition to transfer this and other cases into federal Multidistrict Litigation (“MDL”) for coordinated or consolidated proceedings under 28 U.S.C. § 1407, and has scheduled the matter for its May 27, 2021 hearing session, see In re Paraquat Prod. Liab. Litig., MDL No. 3004 (J.P.M.L. Apr. 15, 2021), ECF No. 17; WHEREAS, Plaintiffs and Syngenta agree that a stay pending…