UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

IN RE: ROUNDUP PRODUCTS
LIABILITY LITGATION

MDL No. 2741
Case No. 16-md-02741-VC

This document relates to:
ALL ACTIONS

PRETRIAL ORDER NO. 56:
BELLWETHER TRIAL SELECTION

In light of the parties’ agreement, the Court selects Hardeman v. Monsanto,
Case No. 3:16-cv-00525-VC, for the first bellwether trial. The other two Group 1
cases must still proceed in accordance with the schedule outlined in Pretrial Order 53,
and both must be ready for trial by February 25, 2019, in the event the Hardeman
case does not go to trial.1

IT IS SO ORDERED.
Date: November 20, 2018

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VINCE CHHABRIA
United States District Judge

Those cases are Stevick v. Monsanto Co., Case No. 3:16-cv-02341, and Gebeyehou v. Monsanto Co., 3:16-cv-05813.