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Nature of Suit Code: 890
Nature of Suit: Other Statutory Actions
Cause of Action: 28:1441 Petition for Removal

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SEDGWICK, DETERT, MORAN & ARNOLD LLP

PAUL J. RIEHLE (SBN 115199) paul.riehle@sdma.com

MATTHEW A. FISCHER (SBN 191451) matthew.fischer@sdma.com

One Market Plaza

Steuart Tower, 8th Floor

San Francisco, California 94105

Telephone: (415) 781-7900

Facsimile: (415) 781-2635

Attorneys for Defendant Bristol-Myers Squibb 

Company

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

- SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION -

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THE COUNTY OF SANTA CLARA, On 

Behalf of Itself and All Others Similarly 

Situated,

Plaintiff,

v.

ASTRA USA, INC., ASTRAZENECA 

PHARMACEUTICALS LP, AVENTIS 

PHARMACEUTICALS INC., BAYER 

CORPORATION, BRISTOL-MYERS

SQUIBB COMPANY, BURROUGHS 

WELLCOME CO., GLAXO WELLCOME 

INC., PFIZER INC., SCHERINGPLOUGH CORPORATION, TAP 

PHARMACEUTICAL PRODUCTS INC.,

WYETH-AYERST LABORATORIES, 

INC., ZENECA INC., ZLB BEHRING 

LLC, and DOES 1 through 100, inclusive.

Defendants.

CASE NO. C 05-03740 WHA

STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED]

ORDER EXTENDING THE TIME FOR 

ALL DEFENDANTS TO RESPOND TO 

THE COMPLAINT

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PURSUANT TO LOCAL RULE 6.2, counsel for Plaintiff and counsel for Defendants 

submit this stipulation and proposed order regarding the timing of Defendants’ responses to 

Plaintiff’s Complaint.

WHEREAS, Plaintiff filed the Complaint in this action in the Superior Court for the 

County of Alameda on August 16, 2005;

WHEREAS, on September 15, 2005, Defendants removed this case to the United States 

District Court for the Northern District of California;

WHEREAS, on September 20, 2005, the case was reassigned to the Honorable William 

H. Alsup for all further proceedings;

WHEREAS, Defendants’ time to respond to the Complaint is “within 20 days after the 

receipt through service or otherwise of a copy of the initial pleading . . . or within 5 [business]

days after the filing of the petition for removal, whichever period is longest” pursuant to Fed. 

Rules of Civ. Proc. 6(a), 81(c);

WHEREAS, Plaintiff has not decided whether to file a motion to remand;

WHEREAS, pursuant to 28 U.S.C. §1447(c), Plaintiff has thirty (30) days after the 

removal notice was filed in federal court to file a motion to remand;

WHEREAS, Defendants intend to file one or more motions to dismiss under Fed. R. Civ. 

Proc. 12(b), as well as perhaps other responsive pleadings;1

WHEREAS, the parties believe it would be in the best interests of the parties and the 

Court to postpone the filing by Defendants of their responses to the Complaint until after 

Plaintiff’s motion to remand, if any, has been decided; and

WHEREAS, this is the first request to the Court by the parties in this action for an 

extension of time.

IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED AND AGREED by the parties, by and through their 

respective counsel, that the time of any Defendant to respond to the Complaint in this Court is 

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 By filing this stipulation and proposed order, Defendants do not submit to personal 

jurisdiction. On the contrary, one or more Defendants may challenge the Court’s exercise of 

personal jurisdiction in this matter by filing a motion to dismiss pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 

12(b)(2).

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extended until either thirty (30) days after the Court rules on a motion to remand by Plaintiff or

thirty (30) days after Defendants receive written notice that Plaintiff has decided not to file a 

motion to remand, whichever comes first. For the foregoing reasons, the parties respectfully 

request that the Court approve the requested extension of time.

DATED: September 21, 2005 LERACH COUGHLIN STOIA GELLER

RUDMAN & ROBBINS LLP

PATRICK J. COUGHLIN

JACQUELINE E. MOTTEK

AELISH M. BAIG

JENNIE LEE ANDERSON

 S\ Jacqueline Mottek

JACQUELINE E. MOTTEK

100 Pine Street, Suite 2600

San Francisco, CA 941111

Tel: (415) 288-4545 / Fax: (415) 288-4534

HAGENS BERMAN LLP

STEVE W. BERMAN

1301 Fifth Ave., Suite 2900

Seattle, WA 98101

Tel: (206) 623-7292 / Fax: (206) 623-0594

OFFICE OF SANTA CLARA COUNTY COUNSEL

ANN MILLER RAVEL

70 W. Heading Street

9th Floor East Wing

San Jose, CA 95110

Tel: (408) 299-5900 / Fax: (408) 292-7240

Attorneys for Plaintiff

THE COUNTY OF SANTA CLARA

DATED: September 21, 2005 ARNOLD & PORTER, LLP

SHARON DOUGLASS MAYO

S\ Sharon Douglass Mayo

SHARON DOUGLASS MAYO

90 New Montgomery Street, Suite 600

 San Francisco, CA 94105

Tel.: 415.356.3000 / Fax: 415.356.3099

Attorneys for Defendants

ASTRA USA, INC.; ZENECA INC; ASTRAZENECA 

PHARMACEUTICALS LP

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DATED: September 21, 2005 SHOOK, HARDY & BACON LLP

ALICIA J. DONAHUE

SARA ROMANO

 S\ Alicia Donahue

ALICIA J. DONAHUE

333 Bush Street, Suite 600

San Francisco, CA 94104-2828

Tel.: 415.544.1900 / Fax: 415.391.0281

Attorneys for Defendants

AVENTIS PHARMACEUTICALS INC.;

ZLB BEHRING LLC

DATED: September 21, 2005 SIDLEY AUSTIN BROWN & WOOD LLP

TIMOTHY T. SCOTT

PAUL YANOSY

 S\ Timothy Scott

TIMOTHY T. SCOTT

555 California Street, Suite 2000

San Francisco, CA 94104-1715

Tel.: 415.772.1200 / Fax: 415.772.7400

Attorneys for Defendant

BAYER CORPORATION

DATED: September 20, 2005 DECHERT LLP

FREDERICK G. HEROLD

VALERIE M. WAGNER

PHILIP BARILOVITS

 S\ Frederick G. Herold

FREDERICK G. HEROLD

 1117 California Ave.

Palo Alto, CA 94304

Tel.: 650.813.4800 / Fax: 650.813.4848

Attorneys for SMITHKLINE BEECHAM 

CORPORATION, successor in interest to named but 

defunct Defendants BURROUGHS WELLCOME CO. 

and GLAXO WELLCOME, INC.

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DATED: September 21, 2005 SEDGWICK, DETERT, MORAN & ARNOLD LLP

 PAUL J. RIEHLE

 MATTHEW A. FISCHER

 S\ Paul Riehle

PAUL J. RIEHLE

 One Market Plaza

 Steuart Tower, 8th Floor

 San Francisco, CA 94105

 Tel.: 415.781.7900 / Fax: 415.781.2635

Attorneys for Defendant

BRISTOL-MYERS SQUIBB COMPANY

DATED: September 21, 2005 MORGAN, LEWIS & BOCKIUS LLP

MOLLY M. LANE

TERA HEINTZ

______________S\ Molly Lane________________________

MOLLY M. LANE

One Market, Spear Street Tower

San Francisco, CA 94105-1126

Tel.: 415.442.1000 / Fax: 415.442.1001

Attorneys for Defendant

PFIZER INC.

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DATED: September 21, 2005 PILLSBURY WINTHROP SHAW PITTMAN LLP

KIRKE M. HASSON

COLIN T. KEMP

_________S\ Kirke M. Hasson________________

KIRKE M. HASSON

50 Fremont Street

San Francisco, CA 94105-2228

Tel.: 415.983.1000 / Fax: 415.983.1200

Attorneys for Defendant 

SCHERING-PLOUGH CORPORATION

DATED: September 21, 2005 JONES DAY

PETER N. LARSON

_________S\ Peter Larson ______________

PETER N. LARSON

555 California Street, 26th Floor

San Francisco, CA 94104

Tel.: 415.626.3939 / Fax: 415.875.5700

Attorneys for Defendant 

TAP PHARMACEUTICAL PRODUCTS INC.

DATED: September 21, 2005 GORDEN & REES LLP

FLETCHER C. ALFORD

_____________S\ Fletcher Alford_______________

FLETCHER C. ALFORD

275 Battery Street, Suite 2000

San Francisco, CA 94111

Tel.: 415.986.5900 / Fax: 415.986.8054

Attorneys for Defendant 

“WYETH-AYERST LABORATORIES, INC.”

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O R D E R

BASED ON THE FOREGOING AND GOOD CAUSE APPEARING, IT IS HEREBY 

ORDERED THAT:

Based on the parties’ stipulation agreeing to extend the time for any Defendant to file a 

responsive pleading, the deadline for any Defendant to answer, file a Federal Rule 12(b) motion 

or otherwise respond to the Complaint in this Court shall be extended to thirty (30) days after the 

Court rules on a motion to remand by Plaintiff or thirty (30) days after Defendants receive

written notice that Plaintiff will not file a motion to remand, whichever comes first.

PURSUANT TO STIPULATION, IT IS SO ORDERED.

DATED:

HONORABLE JUDGE WILLIAM H. ALSUP 

September 22, 2005

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

IT IS SO ORDERED

Judge William Alsup

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