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Nature of Suit Code: 365
Nature of Suit: Personal Injury - Product Liability
Cause of Action: 28:1441 Petition for Removal

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CV16-05996-HSG

[PROPOSED] ORDER RE STIPULATION TO STAY ALL PROCEEDINGS 

DAVID C. ALLEN (SBN 190479)

david.allen@btlaw.com

KELLEY S. OLAH (SBN 245180)

kelley.olah@btlaw.com

ALEXANDRA S. KELLY (SBN 305811)

alexandra.kelly @btlaw.com

BARNES & THORNBURG LLP

2029 Century Park East, Suite 300

Los Angeles, California 90067

Telephone: (310) 284-3880

Facsimile: (310) 284-3894

Attorneys for Defendants

DEPUY ORTHOPAEDICS, INC.; JOHNSON & 

JOHNSON SERVICES, INC.; JOHNSON & JOHNSON 

(erroneously sued as “Johnson & Johnson, Inc.”); DEPUY 

INTERNATIONAL LIMITED (erroneously sued as “DePuy 

International, Ltd.”)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

ALAN SCHMIDT,

Plaintiffs,

vs.

DEPUY ORTHOPAEDICS, INC.; 

JOHNSON & JOHNSON SERVICES, 

INC., JOHNSON & JOHNSON, INC., 

DEPUY INTERNATIONAL, LTD., 

THOMAS P. SCHMALZRIED, M.D., 

THOMAS P. SCHMALZRIED, M.D. A 

PROFESSIONAL CORPORATION; and 

DOES 1 through 20, inclusive,

Defendants.

Case No. CV16-05996-HSG

ORDER RE STIPULATION TO STAY ALL 

PROCEEDINGS 

JURY TRIAL DEMANDED 

Complaint Filed: August 24, 2016

TO ALL PARTIES, AND THEIR ATTORNEYS OF RECORD:

Upon consideration of the Stipulation to Stay Proceedings submitted by Plaintiff ALAN 

SCHMIDT and Defendants DEPUY ORTHOPAEDICS, INC., JOHNSON & JOHNSON 

SERVICES, INC., JOHNSON & JOHNSON (erroneously sued as “Johnson & Johnson, Inc.”), 

DEPUY INTERNATIONAL LIMITED (erroneously sued as “DePuy International, Ltd.”), 

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[PROPOSED] ORDER RE STIPULATION TO STAY ALL PROCEEDINGS

THOMAS P. SCHMALZRIED, M.D., and THOMAS P.SCHMALZRIED, M.D. A 

PROFESSIONAL CORPORATION (hereafter collectively “the Parties”); upon consideration of 

all documents, files, and pleadings in this action; and upon good cause shown, it is hereby 

ORDERED that: 

1. The Parties’ request for a stay of proceedings is GRANTED;

2. All proceedings in this action are hereby stayed, pending a decision by the Judicial 

Panel on Multidistrict Litigation on whether this case should be transferred to In re DePuy 

Orthopaedics, Inc. Pinnacle Hip Implant Products Liability Litigation, MDL Docket No. 2244. 

3. Deadlines relating to any outstanding responsive pleading are extended pending 

entry of a Scheduling Order in the MDL court addressing responsive pleadings and the deadline 

to file any remand motion is extended pursuant to the MDL court's August 14, 2012 “Order 

Regarding Cases Removed from State Court,” and any subsequent orders that the MDL Court 

may issue. 

PURSUANT TO STIPULATION, IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: October 25, 2016 _______________________________

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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