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Nature of Suit Code: 365
Nature of Suit: Personal Injury - Product Liability
Cause of Action: 28:1391 Personal Injury

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STIPULATION AND ORDER

Case No. 15-cv-02262-MCE-KJN

David T. Biderman (Bar No. 101577)

DBiderman@perkinscoie.com

Joshua A. Reiten (Bar No. 238985)

JReiten@perkinscoie.com

PERKINS COIE LLP

505 Howard Street, Suite 1000

San Francisco, CA 94105-3204

Telephone: 415.344.7000

Facsimile: 415.344.7050

Charles C. Sipos (pro hac vice)

CSipos@perkinscoie.com

PERKINS COIE LLP

1201 Third Avenue, Suite 4900

Seattle, WA 98101-3099

Telephone: 206.359.8000

Facsimile: 206.359.9000

Attorneys for Defendants

General Mills, Inc.; General Mills Sales, Inc.; General 

Mills Operations, LLC; and Roxanne Ornelas

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

KERI VAN LENGEN, et al.,

Plaintiffs,

v.

GENERAL MILLS, INC.; GENERAL 

MILLS SALES, INC.; GENERAL MILLS 

OPERATIONS, LLC, ROXANNE 

ORNELAS, AND DOES 1-50,

Defendants.

Case No. 15-cv-02262-MCE-KJN

STIPULATION AND ORDER RE: (1) 

CONTINUING HEARING DATE AND 

SETTING BRIEFING SCHEDULE ON 

MOTION TO DISMISS/STRIKE, AND (2)

CONTINUING DEADLINE FOR JOINT 

STATUS REPORT

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STIPULATION AND ORDER

Case No. 15-cv-02262-MCE-KJN

Plaintiffs Keri Van Lengen and Deborah Nava and Defendants General Mills, Inc., 

General Mills Sales, Inc., General Mills Operations, LLC, and Roxanne Ornelas, by and through

their respective counsel, hereby stipulate and agree as follows:

WHEREAS, Defendants received service of Plaintiffs’ complaint on November 4, 2015;

WHEREAS, pursuant to the Court’s Order Requiring Joint Status Report (Dkt. 3), the 

parties are required to prepare and submit to the Court a joint status report by January 4, 2016

(i.e., within 60 days of service of the complaint);

WHEREAS, on December 18, 2015, Defendants jointly filed a motion to strike the class 

allegations in Plaintiffs’ complaint and motion to dismiss this action under Rules 12(b)(1) and 

12(b)(6) (the “Motion”), which is currently noticed for a hearing on January 28, 2016;

WHEREAS, Plaintiffs have since requested that Defendants stipulate to a continuance of 

the hearing and the setting of a briefing schedule on the Motion; 

WHEREAS, the parties agree that in the interest of judicial efficiency the deadline to file 

a joint status report should be continued until after the Court hears the Motion; 

THEREFORE, the parties hereby stipulate and agree as follows: 

1. The hearing on the Motion shall be February 25, 2016, at 2:00 p.m.;

2. Plaintiffs will file their opposition to the Motion on or before February 4, 2016;

3. Defendants will file their reply papers in support of the Motion on or before 

February 18, 2016;

4. The parties will, within 45 days of the hearing on the Motion, and subject to any 

intervening decision on the Motion, prepare and submit to the Court a joint status report pursuant 

to the Court’s Order Requiring Joint Status Report (Dkt. 3).

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STIPULATION AND ORDER

Case No. 15-cv-02262-MCE-KJN

IT IS SO STIPULATED.

DATED: December 31, 2015 CUTTER LAW P.C.

By: s/ John R. Parker, Jr. (as authorized on 12/31/15)

John R. Parker, Jr.

Attorneys for Plaintiffs

Keri Van Lengen and Deborah Nava

DATED: December 31, 2015 PERKINS COIE LLP

By: /s/ Joshua Reiten

Joshua Reiten

Attorneys for Defendants

General Mills, Inc., General Mills Sales, Inc., 

General Mills Operations, LLC, and Roxanne 

Ornelas

ORDER

Pursuant to the foregoing stipulation, the hearing on the Motion shall be February 25, 

2016, at 2:00 p.m. Plaintiffs will file their opposition to the Motion on or before February 4, 

2016. Defendants will file their reply papers in support of the Motion on or before February 18, 

2016. The parties will, within 45 days of the hearing on the Motion, and subject to any 

intervening decision on the Motion, prepare and submit to the Court a joint status report pursuant 

to the Court’s Order Requiring Joint Status Report. 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: January 11, 2016

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