Free Letter - District Court of California - California

Case 3:07-cv-04352-EMC

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Filed 10/31/2007

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TRIAL LAWYERS
ALAN R. BRAYTON GILBERT L. PURCELL _______ DAVID R. DONADIO CHRISTOPHER E. ANDREAS LLOYD F. LEROY
OF COUNSEL

222 Rush Landing Road P O Box 6169 Novato, California 94948-6169 Telephone: (415) 898-1555 Facsimile: (415) 898-1247 Portland: (503) 295-4931 Los Angeles: (415) 898-1555 Salt Lake City: (801) 366-9100 Email: [email protected] www.braytonlaw.com

JEFFREY D. EISENBERG* RICHARD R. KUHN ROBERT M. LEVY DARRELL J. SALOMON
* ADMITTED ONLY IN STATES OTHER THAN CALIFORNIA

DANA M. ALI FRANK J. ANDERS RON G. ARCHER LEAH F. BACCITICH DAVID H. BACKENSTOE GARY L. BRAYTON COURTNEY G. BROADEN* ANDREW CHEW KIMBERLY J. CHU HUGH C. COOK DOUGLAS V. DUKELOW PETER B. FREDMAN CHRISTINA D. FRENCH MICHAEL A. GERCHOW JOHN B. GOLDSTEIN LAUREL HALBANY CECILIA HAN ZACHARY B. HERSCHENSOHN* CHRIS E. HERSOM MEI L. HOM SARAH K. ISAACS GARY V. JUDD CLAYTON W. KENT KERRY LAIW CHRIS D. LAND MATTHEW B. LEE

JACQUELINE K. LOVELESS MAUREEN C. MCGOWAN S. BROOK MILLARD* JENELLE N. MOULYN JAMES P. NEVIN JULIET K. NGUYEN OREN P. NOAH MARY E. POUGIALES DEVIN N. ROBINSON* CHRISTOPHER J. ROGERS* TONY P. RUCH WILLIAM F. RUIZ JAMES E. SHADDUCK* CHRISTINA C. SKUBIC EDWARD S. SMITH ERIC C. SOLOMON ROBYN L. STEIN ROBERT C. STRICKLAND JENNIFER L. SUPMAN LISA D. TANDOC PAUL A. VAILLANCOURT GRANT E. WALTERS KIMBERLY A. WILLIAMS NANCY T. WILLIAMS KYOKO K. WYSE

October 31, 2007 VIA ELECTRONIC FILING Office of the Clerk of Court United States District Court for the Northern District of California Dear Clerk of Court: This letter is filed with the Court to explain the recent filing in this matter of the document(s) entitled "Statement of Case Status as to Plaintiff" which is captioned in the "Eastern District of Pennsylvania". These filings are not a mistake. Pursuant to Order of the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation (JPML) and 28 USC §1407, jurisdiction of this matter has been transferred to the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania for coordinated pretrial proceedings. However, at the direction of the Clerk of the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, all new filings are to be filed with and remain with the Northern District of California. This direction is made pursuant to the Order of July 29, 1991 in In re Asbestos Products Liability Litigation (No. VI) , 771 F.Supp 415, 424 (1991), wherein JPML Rule 19(a) is suspended so that the case files and docket sheets of the over 80,000 involved actions remain with their original Courts. If you have any questions regarding this matter, please contact my assistant, Montie Derby, at 415-898-1555 extension 335. Very Truly Yours, /s/ David R. Donadio David R. Donadio DRD:jmd cc: All Counsel by CM/ECF

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