Free Motion to Stay - District Court of Delaware - Delaware

Case 1:08-cv-00015-GMS-LPS

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Filed 01/14/2008

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF DELAWARE ------------------------------------- x DIANE BLAS, as Trustee of the RAY & VIRGINIA HUNTER INTERVIVOS TRUST, Derivatively On : Behalf of Nominal Defendant, : Plaintiff, : vs. : E S A L YO N A , H S L F K H N , . T N E ' E L A MA S . A A A Y GREGORY J. FLEMING and JEFFREY N. : EDWARDS, Defendants, and MERRILL LYNCH & CO., INC., : : :

Civil Action No. 08-015

: Nominal Defendant. ------------------------------------- x MOTION TO STAY PROCEEDINGS PENDING DETERMINATION OF THE JUDICIAL PANEL ON MULTIDISTRICT LITIGATION Nominal Defendant Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc. ("Merrill Lynch"), by and through its undersigned counsel, on its own behalf and for the benefit of all defendants, hereby moves this Court for an Order staying all proceedings in the above-captioned matter until ten (10) days after the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation has taken final action on Defendants' request that the above-captioned case be transferred, pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1407, for coordination for pretrial purposes to the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, where 17 other related federal actions are currently pending. Merrill Lynch shall rely upon the accompanying Memorandum in Support of the Motion to Stay Proceedings Pending Determination of the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict

Case 1:08-cv-00015-GMS-LPS

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Filed 01/14/2008

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Litigation, the January 14, 2008 Declaration of Scott D. Musoff and the exhibits annexed thereto and upon the pleadings and all prior proceedings had herein. A proposed form of Order is submitted herewith. Pursuant to Local Rule 7.1.1, attorneys for Merrill Lynch state that they have made a reasonable effort to reach agreement with attorneys for Plaintiff concerning the matters set forth in this motion.

/s/ Paul J. Lockwood Edward P. Welch (I.D. No. 671) Paul J. Lockwood (I.D. No. 3369) SKADDEN, ARPS, SLATE, MEAGHER & FLOM LLP One Rodney Square Wilmington, Delaware 19801 Tel.: 302-651-3000 Fax: 302-651-3001 E-mail: [email protected] Attorneys for Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc. Of the New York Bar: Jay B. Kasner Scott D. Musoff SKADDEN, ARPS, SLATE, MEAGHER & FLOM LLP Four Times Square New York, New York 10036 Tel: 212-735-3000 Fax: 212-735-2000 Dated: January 14, 2008

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