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8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
9 SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
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11 LAVETA DANETTE THOMAS, an ) Case No. 06cv2746-WQH (BLM)
individual, )
12 ) ORDER FINDING EARLY NEUTRAL
Plaintiff, ) EVALUATION CONFERENCE
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MERCK & COMPANY, INC., a )
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CORPORATION; a Corporation; )
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CORPORATION, DOES 1 to 100; )
17 PHARMACEUTICAL DEFENDANT DOES )
101 to 200; DISTRIBUTOR )
18 DEFENDANT DOES 201 to 300, )
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1 Due to Defendant Merck & Company, Inc.’s intention to seek transfer

2 of this case to the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation, see Doc.
3 No. 1, the Court finds it inappropriate to convene an Early Neutral
4 Evaluation Conference at this time. See CivLR 16.1(c) (instructing that
5 the “judicial officer shall hold [] conferences as he or she deems
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7 IT IS SO ORDERED.
8 DATED: January 5, 2007
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