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In re Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc., No. 10-M958 (Fed. Cir. Jan. 10, 2011)

Denied
Discovery
Court
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Case No.
No. 10-M958
Decided
January 10, 2011
Judge
Gajarsa, J.
Document
Nonprecedential Opinion
Length
2 pages
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Nore: This order is nonprecedential. Gnutted States Court of Appeals

for the Federal Circuit

IN RE KIMBERLY-CLARK WORLDWIDE, INC.,

Petitioner.

Miscellaneous Docket No. 958

On Petition for Writ of Mandamus to the United States District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania in case no. 09-CV-1685, Judge William W. Caldwell.

ON PETITION

Before GAJARSA, FRIEDMAN, and MOORE, Circuit Judges.

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GAJARSA, Circuit Judge.

ORDER

Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc. (Kimberly-Clark) petitions for a writ of mandamus to direct the United States District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania to vacate its orders granting First Quality Baby Products, LLC (First Quality)’s motion to compel discovery. First Quality opposes. Kimberly-Clark replies.

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2IN RE KIMBERLY-CLARK 2

This petition for a writ of mandamus was filed simultaneously with Kimberly-Clark’s 28 U.S.C. § 1292() petition. Because we agreed to hear Kimberly-Clark’s interlocutory appeal under § 1292(b), we deny this petition for a writ of mandamus.

Accordingly, It Is ORDERED THAT: Kimberly-Clark’s petition for a writ of mandamus is denied.

For THE CouRT JAN 10 2001 /s/ Jan Horbaly

Date Jan Horbaly

Clerk

ce: Constantine L. Trela, Jr., Esq.

D. Michael Underhill, Esq.

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FILED

U.S. COU

THE FEDERAL CIRCLE

JAN 10 2011

JAN HORBALY

CLERK

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