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Nature of Suit Code: 360
Nature of Suit: Other Personal Injury
Cause of Action: 28:1331 Fed. Question

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Case No.: 2:24-cv-02701-SCR

John R. Parker, Jr. (SBN 257761)

ALMEIDA LAW GROUP LLC

3550 Watt Avenue, Suite 140

Sacramento, California 95821

T: (916) 616-2936

jr@almeidalawgroup.com

Matthew Langley*

ALMEIDA LAW GROUP LLC

849 W. Webster Avenue

Chicago, Illinois 60614

T: (312) 576-3024)

matt@almeidalawgroup.com

Attorneys for Plaintiffs 

David DiSabato (admitted pro hac vice)

Tyler Bean (admitted pro hac vice)

SIRI & GLIMSTAD LLP

745 Fifth Avenue, Suite 500

New York, NY 10151

T: 929-677-5144

F: (305) 676-9006

ddisabato@sirillp.com

tbean@sirillp.com

Attorneys for Plaintiffs 

Shawn S. Ledingham, Jr. (SBN 275268)

Aaron M. Francis (SBN 355686)

PROSKAUER ROSE LLP

2029 Century Park East, Suite 2400

Los Angeles, CA 90067

T: (310) 557-2900

F: (310) 557-2193

sledingham@proskauer.com

afrancis@proskauer.com

Attorneys for Defendant Church & 

Dwight Co., Inc. 

Baldassare Vinti*

Jeffrey H. Warshafsky*

PROSKAUER ROSE LLP

11 Times Square

New York, NY 10036

T: (212) 969-3000

F: (212)969-2900

bvinti@proskauer.com

jwarshafsky@proskauer.com

*Pro hac vice application forthcoming.

Attorneys for Defendant Church & 

Dwight Co., Inc.

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

A.D. and A.O.S., individually and on 

behalf of all others similarly situated,

Plaintiffs,

v. 

CHURCH & DWIGHT CO., INC. d/b/a 

FIRST RESPONSE,

Defendant.

Case No.: 2:24-cv-02701-WBS-SCR

JOINT ADMINISTRATIVE MOTION 

TO ENLARGE TIME FOR CHURCH 

& DWIGHT TO RESPOND TO 

COMPLAINT PURSUANT TO L.R. 

144 AND 233 AND TO SET 

BRIEFING SCHEDULE FOR 

MOTION TO DISMISS

Complaint Filed: September 30, 2024

Complaint Served: November 15, 2024

Current Response Date: January 3, 2025

Proposed New Response Date: January 

20, 2025 

Hon. Sean C. Riordan

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Pursuant to Local Rules 144 and 233, Plaintiffs A.D. and A.O.S. (collectively, “Plaintiffs”) 

and Defendant Church & Dwight Co., Inc. (“CHD”), d/b/a First Response, through their undersigned 

counsel, jointly submit the following administrative motion. 

Under Local Rule 144, the Parties must seek any extension to respond to an initial complaint 

beyond 28 days from the Court. The Complaint in this action was filed against CHD on September 

30, 2024 (Dkt. No. 1) and served on November 15, 2024 (Dkt. No. 10). Thus, pursuant to Federal 

Rule of Civil Procedure 12(a)(4)(A), CHD’s answer to the Complaint is currently due on December 

6, 2024.

On November 27, 2024, counsel for CHD, Proskauer Rose LLP, notified Plaintiffs’ counsel, 

Almeida Law Group and Siri & Glimstad LLP, that it had been retained in connection with the 

above captioned matter. CHD inquired whether Plaintiffs would be amenable to a 45-day extension 

of its deadline to respond to the Complaint, because of the several intervening end-of-year holidays. 

Plaintiffs agreed. Accordingly, the Parties are filing concurrently with this administrative motion a 

stipulation to extend that deadline by 28 days, the maximum permitted without court order.

A 28-day extension, however, would put CHD’s deadline to respond to the Complaint on 

January 3, 2025, shortly after the New Years’ holiday. In addition, the Parties have conferred 

regarding the possibility of an early resolution to the claims. The additional time to respond will 

enable the Parties to exchange preliminary information and continue those discussion.

Accordingly, the Parties submit this joint administrative motion to further extend the 

response deadline by an additional seventeen days to January 20, 2025.

CHD intends to move to dismiss the Complaint, and the Parties further request that the Court 

enter an order establishing the following briefing schedule on that motion:

• The deadline for CHD’s motion to dismiss the Complaint is due January 20, 2025;

• Plaintiffs’ opposition to CHD’s motion to dismiss is due February 21, 2025;

• CHD’s reply is due March 14, 2025.

This motion is made in good faith and is not interposed for the purpose of delay. 

Furthermore, no party will be prejudiced by the granting of this motion. This motion is the first 

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extension request regarding a response to the Complaint made by either party, other than the 

concurrently filed stipulated extension of twenty-eight days.

For the avoidance of doubt, CHD expressly reserves and does not waive any of its rights, 

claims, or defenses.

For the forgoing reasons, the Parties respectfully request that the Court grant CHD an 

extension to respond to the Complaint until January 20, 2025, and enter an order consistent with the 

above briefing schedule such that (i) CHD’s deadline to move to dismiss the Complaint is enlarged 

to and includes January 20, 2025; (ii) Plaintiffs’ deadline to oppose CHD’s motion to dismiss is set 

to February 21, 2025; and (iii) CHD’s deadline to reply to Plaintiffs’ opposition is set to March 14, 

2025.

Dated: December 5, 2024 PROSKAUER ROSE LLP 

By: /s/ Shawn S. Ledingham, Jr.

Shawn S. Ledingham, Jr.

Attorneys for Defendant CHURCH & 

DWIGHT CO., INC. 

E-mail: sledingham@proskauer.com

Dated: December 5, 2024 ALMEIDA LAW GROUP LLC

By: /s/ Matthew J. Langley

Matthew J. Langley

Attorneys for Plaintiffs A.D. and A.O.S.

E-mail: matt@almeidalawgroup.com

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CERTIFICATION

Pursuant to Section 2(f)(4) of the Electronic Case Filing Administrative Policies 

and Procedures Manual, I hereby certify that the content of this document is 

acceptable to Matthew J. Langley, counsel for Plaintiff, and that I have obtained Mr. 

Langley’s authorization to affix his electronic signature to this document.

Dated: December 5, 2024 Shawn S. Ledingham, Jr.

PROSKAUER ROSE LLP 

By: /s/ Shawn S. Ledingham, Jr.

Shawn S. Ledingham, Jr.

Attorneys for Defendant CHURCH & 

DWIGHT CO., INC.

E-mail: sledingham@proskauer.com

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ORDER

The Court, having reviewed the Joint Administrative Motion to Enlarge Time 

for Church & Dwight to Respond to Complaint Pursuant to L.R. 144 and 233 and 

Setting Briefing Schedule for Motion to Dismiss of the Parties, and finding good 

cause, hereby issues an Order to:

1. Extend the deadline for Church & Dwight Co., Inc. (“CHD”) to respond 

to the complaint filed by Plaintiffs A.D. and A.O.S. (collectively, “Plaintiffs”) on 

September 30, 2024 and served on November 15, 2024 from January 3, 2025 to 

January 20, 2025.

2. Set the deadline for Plaintiffs’ opposition to CHD’s motion to dismiss to 

February 21, 2025.

3. Set the deadline for CHD’s reply to Plaintiffs’ opposition to March 14, 

2025.

4. The motion hearing shall be noticed for March 31, 2025 at 1:30 p.m. in 

Courtroom 5 (WBS). 

5. The Scheduling Conference is reset for June 2, 2025 at 1:30 p.m. A 

joint status report shall be filed no later than May 19, 2025 in accordance with the 

Court’s Order Re: Status (Pretrial Scheduling) Conference filed December 9, 2024

(Docket No. 15).

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: December 11, 2024

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