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Nature of Suit Code: 367
Nature of Suit: TORTS - Personal Injury - Health Care/Pharmaceutical Personal Injury/Product Liability
Cause of Action: 28:1441 Petition for Removal- Product Liability

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STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER ON BRIEFING SCHEDULE FOR MOTION TO

DISMISS AND MOTION TO REMAND; CASE NO. 16-cv-03369 

Alycia A. Degen (SBN 211350) 

adegen@sidley.com 

Bradley Dugan (SBN 271870) 

bdugan@sidley.com 

SIDLEY AUSTIN LLP 

555 West Fifth Street, Suite 4000 

Los Angeles, California 90013 

Telephone: (213) 896-6000 

Facsimile: (213) 896-6600 

Attorneys for Defendants 

BAYER CORPORATION, 

BAYER HEALTHCARE LLC, 

BAYER ESSURE, INC., and BAYER 

HEALTHCARE PHARMACEUTICALS, INC. 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION 

NORMA SCOTT, 

Plaintiff, 

vs. 

BAYER CORP., an Indiana corporation; 

BAYER HEALTHCARE LLC, a Delaware 

company; BAYER ESSURE INC. (F/K/A 

CONCEPTUS, INC.), a Delaware corporation; 

BAYER HEALTHCARE 

PHARMACEUTICALS, INC. a Delaware 

corporation; and DOES 1 - 10, inclusive, 

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Case No. 16-cv-3369-WHA 

STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] 

ORDER ON BRIEFING SCHEDULE FOR 

MOTION TO DISMISS AND MOTION TO 

REMAND 

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STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER ON BRIEFING SCHEDULE FOR MOTION TO

DISMISS AND MOTION TO REMAND; CASE NO. 16-cv-03369 

Plaintiff Norma Scott and defendants Bayer Corporation, Bayer HealthCare LLC, Bayer 

Essure Inc., and Bayer HealthCare Pharmaceuticals Inc. (collectively, “Bayer”) hereby stipulate and 

agree as follows: 

1. Plaintiff filed her complaint on May 16, 2016, in the Superior Court for the State of 

California, County of Alameda, asserting claims involving the Essure® Permanent Birth Control 

System (the “Essure Device”). 

2. Bayer removed this action to federal court on June 16, 2016. [Dkt. No. 1]. 

3. Bayer filed its Motion to Dismiss on June 23, 2016. [Dkt. No. 14]. Pursuant to the 

Local Rules, Plaintiff’s opposition is due on July 7, and Bayer’s reply is due on July 14. [Id.]. 

4. Thereafter, the matter was reassigned to the Honorable William. H. Alsup. [Dkt. No. 

22]. Pursuant to the Related Case Order entered on June 30, 2016, the Court instructed Bayer, as the 

moving party on the Motion to Dismiss, to re-notice its Motion to Dismiss. [Id.]. 

5. This case is related to Aigner, et al. v. Bayer Corporation, et al., No. 3:16-cv-03437-

WHA, and Bayer has filed a similar Motion to Dismiss in that case. 

6. The parties have met and conferred on a briefing schedule that will permit a 

coordinated hearing on the motions to dismiss in Scott and Aigner. In addition, Plaintiffs in this case 

and in Aigner have indicated that they will be filing Motion to Remands the actions to the Superior 

Court for the State of California, s. 

7. In the interests of efficiency and to permit coordination of briefing and hearing of the 

issues among the related cases, the parties agree to and request the Court to order the following 

briefing schedule for Bayer’s Motion to Dismiss and Plaintiff’s anticipated Motion to Remand, 

which is the first time the parties have requested this type of relief and which will not otherwise 

affect the schedule in this case: 

• July 22, 2016 – Plaintiff’s deadline to file Motion to Remand 

• August 8, 2016 – Plaintiff’s deadline to respond to Motion to Dismiss 

• August 12, 2016 – Bayer’s deadline to respond to Motion to Dismiss 

• August 22, 2016 – Bayer’s deadline to file reply in support of Motion to Dismiss 

• August 24, 2016 – Plaintiff’s deadline to file reply in support of Motion to Remand 

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STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER ON BRIEFING SCHEDULE FOR MOTION TO

DISMISS AND MOTION TO REMAND; CASE NO. 16-cv-03369 

IT IS SO STIPULATED. 

Dated: July 6, 2016 

SIDLEY AUSTIN LLP 

By: /s/ Alycia A. Degen 

Alycia A. Degen 

Attorneys for Defendants 

BAYER CORPORATION, 

BAYER HEALTHCARE LLC, 

BAYER ESSURE, INC., and BAYER 

HEALTHCARE PHARMACEUTICALS, INC. 

Dated: July 6, 2016 

GRANT & EISENHOFER P.A. 

By: /s/ M. Elizabeth Graham 

M. Elizabeth Graham 

Attorneys for Plaintiff 

NORMA SCOTT 

 

Filer’s Attestation: 

Pursuant to Local Rule 5-1(i)(3), regarding signatures, Alycia A. Degen hereby attests that 

concurrence in the filing of this document has been obtained from M. Elizabeth Graham. 

By: /s/ Alycia A. Degen 

 Alycia A. Degen 

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STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER ON BRIEFING SCHEDULE FOR MOTION TO

DISMISS AND MOTION TO REMAND; CASE NO. 16-cv-03369 

[PROPOSED] ORDER

PURSUANT TO THE PARTIES STIPULATION, and for good cause shown, IT IS 

ORDERED THAT: 

a. Plaintiff shall file her motion to remand on or before July 22, 2016. 

b. Plaintiff’s opposition to Bayer’s Motion to Dismiss is due August 8, 2016. 

c. Bayer’s opposition to Plaintiff’s Motion to Remand is due August 12, 2016. 

d. Bayer’s reply in support of its Motion to Dismiss is due August 22, 2015 

e. Plaintiff’s reply in support of her Motion to Remand is due August 24, 2016. 

Dated: July __, 2016 ___________________________________ 

 Honorable William Alsup 

215822957 

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