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Nature of Suit Code: 190
Nature of Suit: Other Contract Actions
Cause of Action: 28:1331 Fed. Question

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

MEDTRONIC, INC.

Plaintiff,

 v.

DR. GEOFFREY WHITE,

Defendant.

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LOS ANGELES BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH

INSTITUTE AT HARBOR-UCLA MEDICAL

CENTER,

Third-Party Intervenor and

Plaintiff,

 v.

GEOFFREY WHITE,

Defendant.

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No. C 04-02201 JSW

ORDER PERMITTING FURTHER

TRIAL BRIEF FROM L.A.

BIOMED

The Court has received the parties’ letters with respect to the Supplemental Trial Brief

filed by Dr. Geoffrey White on January 30, 2006. First, the Court ORDERS the parties that any

further requests from the parties shall be in pleading form. Second, the Court’s belief that

lawyers abhor a vacuum has been reinforced by the parties’ correspondence. However, because

Dr. White’s supplemental trial brief addresses affirmative defenses he now intends to raise, the

Court believes L.A. Biomed deserves an opportunity to respond. 

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Accordingly, L.A. Biomed may submit a supplemental trial brief responding solely to

the issues in Sections V and VII of Dr. White’s supplemental trial brief. The Court finds the

remaining portions of that brief largely duplicative of matters already presented to the Court and

no further response is required.

L.A. Biomed shall file its brief by no later than February 15, 2006, and the brief shall not

exceed 7 pages. Dr. White SHALL NOT file a response to this brief.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: February 7, 2006 

JEFFREY S. WHITE

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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