Citation Codes Equivalent Citations citation codes Docket Number Civil No. 04-1481 (JRT/AJB). Motions Motion to stay : Granted Attorney(S) Charles S. Zimmerman, Ronald S. Goldser, Stacy K. Hauer, ZIMMERMAN REED, P.L.L.P., Minneapolis, MN, for plaintiff. Courtney Ward-Reichard, HALLELAND LEWIS NILAN SIPKINS JOHNSON, P.A., Minneapolis, MN and John S. Sandberg, SANDBERG, PHOENIX von GONTARD, P.C., Louis, MO, for defendants. Judges John R. Tunheim Acts Judiciary And Judicial Procedure — District Courts; Venue — Jurisdiction And Venue — Multidistrict Litigation See more information ... Smart Summary Please sign up to generate summary. THOMAS CALDER, Plaintiff, v. A.O. SMITH CORPORATION; AIRCO/THE BOC GROUP, INC., as itself and as successor to Airco, Inc. (f/k/a Air Reduction Co.) and Wilson Welder Metal Co.; ALLEGHENY TECHNOLOGIES, INC. as successor to Teledyne-McKay Welding Products; AVESTA POLARIT WELDING, INC.; CATERPILLAR, INC.; ESAB GROUP, INC., as itself and as successor to Alloy Rods Inc., and L-TEC Welding and Cutting Systems, Inc.; EUTECTIC CORPORATION, as itself and as successor to the Reid-A ORDER GRANTING PLAINTIFF'S MOTION FOR STAY JOHN TUNHEIM, District Judge Defendants filed a Motion to Dismiss the above action on April 21, 2004. In his response, plaintiff advised the Court that he had moved to transfer the action into MDL 1535, In re: Welding Rods Products Liability Litigation, and requested that this Court stay action on defendants' Motion to Dismiss pending the MDL Panel's decision to transfer the case. It is appropriate to defer the resolution of certain pretrial matters until the Panel renders a decision with regard to whether a case should be transferred to the MDL court. See Manual for Complex Litigation § 31.131, at 252 (3rd ed. 2000) ("[I]t may be advisable to defer certain matters until the panel has the opportunity to rule on transfer."). Deference to the MDL court for resolution of these matters provides the opportunity for the uniformity, consistency, and predictability in litigation that underlies the multidistrict litigation system. See 28 U.S.C. § 1407. The Court will therefore grant plaintiff's motion. ORDER Based on the foregoing, all the records, files, and proceedings herein, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that plaintiff's Motion for Stay [Docket No. 8] is GRANTED, and defendants' Motion to Dismiss [Docket No. 4] is STAYED pending transfer of this action by the Multidistrict Litigation Panel.