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Nature of Suit Code: 190
Nature of Suit: Other Contract Actions
Cause of Action: 28:1332 Diversity-Breach of Contract

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1-SF/7287564.1 Case No. C05 1138 MJJ 

JOINT STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER EXTENDING TIME FOR DEFENDANT 

ALCON LABORATORIES, INC. TO FILE A RESPONSIVE PLEADING 

JOAN M. HARATANI, State Bar No. 118221 

BENJAMIN P. SMITH, State Bar No. 197551 

WILLIAM W. FRIEDMAN, State Bar No. 215185 

MORGAN, LEWIS & BOCKIUS LLP 

One Market, Spear Street Tower 

San Francisco, CA 94105-1126 

Tel: 415.442.1000 

Fax: 415.442.1001 

Email: jharatani@morganlewis.com 

 bpsmith@morganlewis.com 

 wfriedman@morganlewis.com 

Attorneys for Defendant 

ALCON LABORATORIES, INC. 

MARK B. FREDKIN, State Bar No. 53550 

WILLIAM SIAMAS, State Bar No. 133111 

MORGAN, FRANICH, FREDKIN & MARSH 

99 Almaden Boulevard, Suite 1000 

San Jose, CA 95113-1606 

Tel: 408.288-8288 

Fax: 408.288-8325 

Email: mfredkin@mffmlaw.com 

 wsiamas@mffmlaw.com 

 

Attorneys for Plaintiff 

MEDICAL INSTRUMENT DEVELOPMENT 

LABORATORIES, INC. 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

MEDICAL INSTRUMENT 

DEVELOPMENT LABORATORIES, 

INC., a California corporation, 

Plaintiff, 

vs.

ALCON LABORATORIES, INC., a 

Delaware corporation and DOES 1-50, 

Defendant.

Case No. C05 1138 MJJ 

JOINT STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] 

ORDER EXTENDING TIME FOR 

DEFENDANT ALCON LABORATORIES, 

INC. TO FILE A RESPONSIVE 

PLEADING

Judge: Hon. Martin J. Jenkins 

Court: Courtroom 11, 19th Floor 

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1-SF/7287564.1 Case No. C05 1138 MJJ

JOINT STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER EXTENDING TIME FOR DEFENDANT 

ALCON LABORATORIES, INC. TO FILE A RESPONSIVE PLEADING

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STIPULATION

Plaintiff Medical Instrument Development Laboratories, Inc. (“MID Labs”) and defendant 

Alcon Laboratories, Inc. (“Alcon,” together with MID Labs, the “Parties”) hereby submit the 

following Joint Stipulation and [Proposed] Order Extending Time for Defendant Alcon 

Laboratories, Inc. to File a Responsive Pleading. 

RECITALS

WHEREAS, on September, 9, 2005, MID Labs filed and served its First Amended 

Complaint [Docket No. 33]; 

WHEREAS, after reviewing MID Labs’ First Amended Complaint, Alcon has concluded 

that it will likely file a Motion to Dismiss, or in the Alternative, Motion to Strike; 

WHEREAS, pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 12(a), Alcon’s responsive 

pleading is due on September 29, 2005; 

WHEREAS, the Parties are scheduled to conduct a full-day mediation before the 

Honorable William Cahill (Ret.) on October 28, 2005 to attempt to resolve the Parties’ dispute; 

WHEREAS, the Parties have met and conferred and agree that the time for Alcon to file a 

responsive pleading should be extended to allow the Parties to resolve this action through 

mediation, and to conserve both the Parties’ and the Court’s resources. 

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1-SF/7287564.1 Case No. C05 1138 MJJ

JOINT STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER EXTENDING TIME FOR DEFENDANT 

ALCON LABORATORIES, INC. TO FILE A RESPONSIVE PLEADING

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STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER

The Parties hereby stipulate that Alcon shall be granted an extension of time to file its 

responsive pleading to allow the Parties to resolve this action through mediation. Alcon’s 

responsive pleading must be filed and served no later than 20-days after the Parties complete 

mediation before the Honorable William Cahill (Ret.). 

Dated: September 19, 2005 MORGAN, FRANICH, FREDKIN & MARSH 

By: //s// William Siamas 

 William Siamas 

Attorneys for Plaintiff 

MEDICAL INSTRUMENT DEVELOPMENT 

LABORATORIES, INC. 

Dated: September 19, 2005 MORGAN, LEWIS & BOCKIUS LLP 

By: //s// William W. Friedman 

 William W. Friedman 

Attorneys for Defendant 

ALCON LABORATORIES, INC. 

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Dated: September ___, 2005 ____________________________________ 

 HONORABLE MARTIN J. JENKINS 

 United States District Court Judge 

 Northern District Of California 

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