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Case 3:07-cv-05077-CRB A CERTIFIED TRUE COPY

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.JUO CIAL PANEL ON MULTIDISTRICT LITIGATIO N

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UNITED STA TES JUDICIAL PANEL ON MUL TIDISTI WYP I TIGA TION d - 16 `i r

MDL NO. 1699
IN RE Bextra and Celebrex Marketing, Sales Practices and Products Liability Litigatio n
William Griffin, etc. v. Pfizer Inc., S .D . Georgia , C .A . No . 5:06-75 Robert Lippincott v . Pfizer Inc., et a!, D. Minnesota , C.A . No . 0:07-3572 Andrew Falkoff, et al. v. Pfizer Inc., D . Minnesota , C .A . No . 0:07-370 7

CONDITIONAL TRANSFER ORDER (CTO-81)
On September 6, 2005, the Panel transferred 30 civil actions to the United States District CoiIrt for the Northern District of California for coordinated or consolidated pretrial proceedings pursuant to 28 U .S .C . § 1407 . See 391 F .Supp .2d 1377 (J,P .M .L . 2005) . Since that time, 1,143 additional actions have been transferred to the Northern District of California . With the consent of that court, all such actions have been assigned to the Honorable Charles R . Breyer . It appears that the actions on this conditional transfer order involve questions of fact that are common to the actions previously transferred to the Northern District of California and assigned to Judge Breyer . Pursuant to Rule 7 .4 of the Rules of Procedure of the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation. 199 F .R .D . 425, 435-36 (2001), these actions are transferred under 28 U .S .C . § 1407 to the Northern District of California for the reasons stated in the order of September 6, 2005, and, with the consent of that court, assigned to the Honorable Charles R . Breyer . This order does not become effective until it is filed in the Office of the Clerk of the United States District Court for the Northern District of California . The transmittal of this order to said Clerk shall be stayed 15 days from the entry thereof If any party files a notice of opposition with the Clerk of the Panel within this 15-day period, the stay will be continued until further order of the Panel .

Inasmuch as no objection is pending at this time, the stay is lifted .

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CLERK 'S OFFICE JUDICIAL PANEL ON MULTI DISTRICT LITIGATION

Case 3:07-cv-05077-CRB

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OFFICE OF THE CLERK

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNI A Richard W . Wieking 450 Golden Gate Avenue Clerk San Francisco, CA 9410 2 415 .522 .200 0

18 September 200 7 U .S . District Court Southern District of Georgia 125 Bull Street, Room 304 Savannah , GA 3140 1 Re: MDL 05-1699 In re Bextra and Celebrex Marketing , Sales Practices and Products Liability Litigation Title of Case(s) Your Case Number(s ) C .A. No. 5:06-0075 William Griffin, etc . -v- Pfizer Inc. Dear Clerk: Enclosed is a certified copy of the order from the Judicial panel on Multidistrict Litigation transferring the above entitled action to the Northern District of California, San Francisco Division . The case has been assigned to the Honorable Charles R . Breyer for coordinated or consolidated pretrial processing pursuant to 28 USC §1407 . Please forward the original record and a certified copy of the docket entries in the case listed above along with the enclosed copy of this transmittal letter to : United States District Court Northern District of Californi a 450 Golden Gate Avenue, P .O . Box 36060 San Francisco, CA 94102 Attn : Simone Volt z If the case is an electronic case filing please do one of the following : 1) e-mail the PDF documents, as separate PDF files, including a PDF copy of the docket sheet to SFmdl clerk cand .uscourts. ov 2) provide us with a temporary log in and a password to directly access your database and to expedite the downloading of the PDF files we need and/or require, or, 3) if you prefer, on a disc . We appreciate your prompt attention to this matter .

Sincerely yours , Richard W . Wieking, Clerk I. C.

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By: Rufino C . Santos Deputy Cler k Encl .