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

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STIPULATION AND ORDER TO CONTINUE PRETRIAL DEADLINES 

108802v1 1 CASE NO. 2:06-cv-01960 FCD DAD

Dana N. Gwaltney, SBN 209530 

Sara J. Romano, SBN 227467 

SHOOK, HARDY & BACON L.L.P. 

333 Bush Street, Suite 600 

San Francisco, California 94104 

Telephone: (415) 544-1900 

Facsimile: (415) 391-0281 

Attorneys for Defendants 

GUIDANT CORPORATION, GUIDANT SALES 

CORPORATION, CARDIAC PACEMAKERS, INC., 

and BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

(SACRAMENTO DIVISION) 

RONALD CAMERON; ELIZABETH 

CARPENTER; MARJORIE FOSTER, 

individually and as successor in interest to 

ELDON FOSTER; FRANK HARRISON; 

ARTHUR HOLMAN, SR.; CHARLES 

KNIPPSCHILD; KIM MILLER REYNOSO, 

individually and as successor in interest to 

WILLIAM SMITH; and KIM WILKINS, 

Plaintiffs, 

v. 

GUIDANT CORPORATION; GUIDANT 

SALES CORPORATION; CARDIAC 

PACEMAKERS, INC.; BOSTON SCIENTIFIC 

CORPORATION; CATHOLIC 

HEALTHCARE WEST; SUTTER HEALTH 

SACRAMENTO SIERRA REGION; and Does 

1 through 100, inclusive, 

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Case No. . 2:06-cv-01960 FCD DAD 

STIPULATION AND ORDER TO CONTINUE 

PRETRIAL DEADLINES 

IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED by and between the parties through their designated counsel 

that the deadline for Defendants to answer or otherwise respond to Plaintiffs’ complaint in this 

action should be extended. It is further stipulated that the deadline for the parties to submit a joint 

status report pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 26(f) should be extended. Defendants seek 

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to transfer this case to the Multi-District Litigation proceeding established in the United States 

District Court, District of Minnesota (“MDL court”), and Plaintiffs have indicated that they will soon 

be filing a motion to remand this case to state court. Therefore, the parties are extending these dates 

to give the Court time to resolve Plaintiffs’ motion for remand. Accordingly, the following 

deadlines will be modified as follows: 

The deadline for Defendants to file an answer or otherwise respond to Plaintiffs’ complaint 

shall be as follows: 

(a) if the case is not remanded to state court, and is transferred to the MDL court, any 

response will be due pursuant to a deadline set by the MDL court; 

(b) if the case is not remanded and also is not transferred to the MDL court, any response 

will be due thirty (30) days after the decision by the JPML denying transfer to the MDL court; or 

(c) if the case is remanded, any response will be due thirty (30) days after the remand 

decision by this Court. 

The deadline for the parties to prepare and submit a joint status report shall be as follows: 

(a) if the case is not remanded to state court, and is transferred to the MDL court, any 

joint status report will be due pursuant to a deadline set by the MDL court; or 

(b) if the case is not remanded and also is not transferred to the MDL court, the joint 

status report will be due thirty (30) days after this Court denies remand. 

All other deadlines will be set pursuant to Federal and local rule. 

IT IS SO STIPULATED. 

DATED: September 6, 2006 Respectfully submitted, 

SHOOK, HARDY & BACON L.L.P. 

By:_____/s/ Dana N. Gwaltney________________

DANA N. GWALTNEY 

SARA J. ROMANO 

Attorneys for Defendants 

GUIDANT CORPORATION, GUIDANT SALES 

CORPORATION, CARDIAC PACEMAKERS, INC. 

and BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION 

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DATED: September 6, 2006 Respectfully submitted, 

GILLIN, JACOBSON, ELLIS & LARSEN 

By:______/s/ Kristin Lucey______________________ 

LUKE ELLIS 

KRISTIN LUCEY 

Attorneys for Plaintiffs 

RONALD CAMERON; ELIZABETH CARPENTER; 

MARJORIE FOSTER, individually and as successor in 

interest to ELDON FOSTER; FRANK HARRISON; 

ARTHUR HOLMAN, SR.; CHARLES 

KNIPPSCHILD; KIM MILLER REYNOSO, 

individually and as successor in interest to WILLIAM 

SMITH; and KIM WILKINS 

ORDER

Pursuant to stipulation, IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Dated: September 11, 2006 /s/ Frank C. Damrell Jr. 

 THE HONORABLE FRANK C. DAMRELL, JR. 

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