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Nature of Suit Code: 410
Nature of Suit: Antitrust
Cause of Action: 15:1 Antitrust Litigation

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ATTORNEYS AT LAW

SAN FRANCISCO

STIPULATION TO CONSOLIDATE

CASES AND [PROPOSED] ORDER

CASE NO. 3:15-CV-06283-WHA

LATHAM & WATKINS LLP 

Christopher S. Yates, Bar No. 161273 

James K. Lynch, Bar No. 178600 

Meaghan P. Thomas-Kennedy, Bar No. 303578 

505 Montgomery Street, Suite 2000 

San Francisco, California 94111-6538 

Telephone: +1.415.391.0600 

Facsimile: +1.415.395.8095 

chris.yates@lw.com

jim.lynch@lw.com

meaghan.thomas-kennedy@lw.com 

Attorneys for Defendants NORTHBAY 

HEALTHCARE CORPORATION, NORTHBAY 

HEALTHCARE GROUP, INC., and NORTHBAY 

MEDICAL GROUP (erroneously named as a defendant as 

NORTHBAY HEALTHCARE 

MEDICAL GROUP, INC.) 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION 

NORTHERN CALIFORNIA MINIMALLY

INVASIVE CARDIOVASCULAR 

SURGERY, INC., a California Medical 

Corporation, and RAMZI DEEIK, M.D., an 

individual, 

Plaintiff, 

v. 

NORTHBAY HEALTHCARE 

CORPORATION, a California public 

benefit corporation, NORTHBAY 

HEALTHCARE GROUP, INC., a 

California public benefit corporation, and 

NORTHBAY MEDICAL GROUP, 

Defendants. 

CASE NO. 3:15-cv-06283-WHA 

STIPULATION TO CONSOLIDATE 

CASES AND [PROPOSED] ORDER 

Judge: The Hon. William Alsup 

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ATTORNEYS AT LAW

SAN FRANCISCO 1

STIPULATION TO CONSOLIDATE

CASES AND [PROPOSED] ORDER

CASE NO. 3:15-CV-06283-WHA

 WHEREAS, Deeik v. NorthBay Healthcare Group, et al., Case No. FCS-045917 was 

filed in the Superior Court of Solano on September 4, 2015 (the “state case”); 

 WHEREAS, this case, Northern California Minimally Invasive Cardiovascular Surgery 

Inc., et al., v. NorthBay Healthcare Corp., Case No. 3:15-cv-06283-WHA was filed in this 

district on December 29, 2015 and assigned to the Honorable William Alsup on January 21, 

2016 (“this case”); 

 WHEREAS, during the April 21, 2016 case management conference in this case, the 

Honorable William Alsup requested that the parties meet and confer about consolidating the 

two cases; 

 WHEREAS, consolidation of these cases would allow for the efficient adjudication of the 

disputes; 

THE PARTIES HEREBY STIPULATE AND AGREE as follows: 

1. Plaintiffs will file an amended complaint in this case on or before May 15, 2016. The 

amended complaint will add Dr. Deeik’s Health and Safety Code section 1278.5 claim—

the sole claim pending in the state case. That claim will be asserted only on behalf of Dr. 

Deeik and set forth in a separate section of the amended complaint. Plaintiffs will also 

amend the allegations of their tortious interference with prospective economic advantage 

claim that was dismissed with leave to amend by an order dated April 19, 2016 (Dkt. 

39). 

2. With the consent of the court, Plaintiffs’ time to file their amended complaint is 

extended until May 15, 2016; 

3. Defendants agree not to seek dismissal of the Health and Safety Code section 1278.5 

claim under Rule 12 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure once it is added to the 

amended complaint in this case; 

4. Defendants agree that upon inclusion of the Health and Safety Code section 1278.5 

claim in the amended complaint, that claim (and only that claim) shall be deemed to 

have been filed for statute of limitations purposes on the filing date of the state case, 

September 4, 2015; 

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ATTORNEYS AT LAW

SAN FRANCISCO 2

STIPULATION TO CONSOLIDATE

CASES AND [PROPOSED] ORDER

CASE NO. 3:15-CV-06283-WHA

5. Nothing in this stipulation shall be read as eliminating any affirmative defenses that 

Defendants may seek to assert to any of the counts Plaintiffs may bring in the amended 

complaint in this case, including the defense of statute of limitations with respect to the 

Health and Safety Code section 1278.5 claim; 

6. Defendants agree that they will not seek fees and costs associated with the addition of 

Plaintiffs’ Health and Safety Code section 1278.5 claim in this case under Rule 41(d) of 

the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure; 

7. Defendants agree that they will not seek fees and costs in the Superior Court of Solano 

County as a result of Plaintiffs’ voluntary dismissal of the state case; and 

8. Within five (5) days of entry of this stipulation as an order of the Court, Plaintiffs will 

dismiss the complaint in the state case. 

IT IS SO STIPULATED.

Dated: April 27, 2016 LATHAM & WATKINS LLP 

By /s/ Christopher S. Yates 

 Christopher S. Yates 

James K. Lynch 

Meaghan P. Thomas-Kennedy 

505 Montgomery Street, Suite 2000 

San Francisco, CA 94111-6538 

Telephone: 415.391.0600 

Fax: 415.395.8095 

Email: chris.yates@lw.com 

Attorneys for Defendants Northbay 

Healthcare Corporation, NorthBay 

Healthcare Group, Inc., and 

NorthBay Medical Group 

Dated: April 27, 2016 BONA LAW PC 

 By /s/ Jarod Bona 

Jarod Bona 

Aaron Gott 

4275 Executive Square, Suite 200 

La Jolla, CA 92037 

Telephone: 858.964.4589 

Fax: 858.964.2301 

Email: jarod.bona@bonalawpc.com

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ATTORNEYS AT LAW

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STIPULATION TO CONSOLIDATE

CASES AND [PROPOSED] ORDER

CASE NO. 3:15-CV-06283-WHA

Attorneys for Plaintiffs Northern 

California Minimally Invasive 

Cardiovascular Surgery, Inc., and 

Ramzi Deeik, M.D. 

ATTESTATION OF CONCURRENCE IN THE FILING 

 Pursuant to Civil Local Rule 5-1(i)(3), I declare that concurrence has been obtained from 

each of the above signatories to file this document with the Court. 

 /s/ Christopher S. Yates 

 CHRISTOPHER S. YATES 

[PROPOSED] ORDER 

PURSUANT TO STIPULATION, IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Dated: 

 Hon. William Alsup 

 United States District Judge 

April 28, 2016.

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