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Nature of Suit Code: 790
Nature of Suit: Other Labor Litigation
Cause of Action: 28:1332 Diversity-(Citizenship)

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JOINT STIPULATION TO EXTEND DEADLINES

BLANK ROME LLP 

Michael L. Ludwig (SBN 173850) 

Ludwig@BlankRome.com 

Caroline P. Donelan (SBN 268762) 

CDonelan@BlankRome.com 

2029 Century Park East, 6th Floor 

Los Angeles, CA 90067 

Telephone: 424.239.3400 

Facsimile: 424.239.3434 

BLANK ROME LLP 

Anthony B. Haller (pro hac vice) 

Haller@BlankRome.com 

One Logan Square 

130 North 18th Street 

Philadelphia, PA 19103 

Telephone: 215.569.5690 

Facsimile: 215.832.5690 

Attorneys for Defendants, 

Synthes, Inc., DePuy Synthes Sales, Inc., 

Johnson & Johnson Services, Inc., 

and Synthes USA Sales, LLC 

HUNTER PYLE, SBN 191125 

hpyle@ssrplaw.com

CHAD SAUNDERS, SBN 257810 

csaunders@ssrplaw.com

SUNDEEN SALINAS & PYLE 

428 Thirteenth Street, Eighth Floor 

Oakland, California 94612 

Telephone: (510) 663-9240 

Facsimile: (510) 663-9241 

Attorneys for Plaintiffs 

Edwin Houston Hayes and Greg Knapp 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

EDWIN HOUSTON HAYES and GREG 

KNAPP,

Plaintiffs,

v.

DEPUY SYNTHES SALES, INC., 

JOHNSON & JOHNSON SERVICES, 

INC.; SYNTHES, INC., and 

SYNTHES USA SALES, LLC,

Defendants.

Case No.: 2:15-cv-01200-TLN-AC

Assigned for all purposes to the 

Honorable Troy L. Nunley

JOINT STIPULATION TO REVISE 

CURRENT CASE SCHEDULE AND 

ORDER THEREON

[MODIFIED FROM SUBMITTED 

VERSION]

FAC filed: June 10, 2015 

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JOINT STIPULATION TO EXTEND DEADLINES 

Defendants SYNTHES, INC., DEPUY SYNTHES SALES, INC., 

JOHNSON & JOHNSON SERVICES, INC. and SYNTHES USA SALES, LLC 

(“Defendants”) and Plaintiffs EDWIN HOUSTON HAYES and GREG KNAPP 

(“Plaintiffs”), (collectively referred to herein as “the Parties”) by and through their 

counsel of record, hereby jointly stipulate and respectfully request that the Court 

extend the fact discovery, expert disclosure, and dispositive motion deadlines for 

this litigation. In support of this stipulation, the Parties state as follows: 

WHEREAS, this Court entered its initial Pretrial Scheduling Order 

(“Scheduling Order”) on November 13, 2015 (Docket number 12); 

WHEREAS, on October 28, 2015 and November 5, 2015 Defendants 

tendered to Plaintiffs statutory offers to compromise pursuant to Rule 68 of the 

Federal Rules of Civil Procedure; 

WHEREAS, the Parties engaged in good faith discussions regarding the Rule 

68 offers to compromise through the end of November 2015, and Plaintiffs 

ultimately declined Defendants’ Rule 68 offers; 

WHEREAS, from February to May 2016, the Parties propounded and 

exchanged written discovery, including the production of documents and 

voluminous electronically stored information; 

WHEREAS, the Parties have requested in good faith and received two 

previous extensions to the fact discovery deadlines in this case (Docket numbers 15 

and 20) based primarily on the availability of witnesses and attorneys for 

deposition; 

WHEREAS, in August 2016 the Parties again began to engage in good faith 

settlement discussions and agreed to postpone fact witness depositions and instead 

participate in private mediation, which mediation was held on September 13, 2016 

before Ret. Judge Bonnie Sabraw of ADR Services, Inc.; 

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JOINT STIPULATION TO EXTEND DEADLINES 

WHEREAS, the Parties were unsuccessful in resolving this matter at 

mediation, but have continued to engage in good faith settlement discussions and 

negotiations both directly and through Judge Sabraw; 

WHEREAS, the Parties agree that the current Scheduling Order does not 

allow the Parties sufficient time to continue those discussions and complete fact 

discovery by the October 14, 2016 deadline; 

WHEREAS, based on the progress of the case and the settlement discussions 

between the Parties, a short extension of the deadline for completing fact discovery 

(and a short corresponding extension of other deadlines) will allow the Parties to 

continue to engage in meaningful settlement discussions and to adequately prepare 

for trial if those negotiations prove unsuccessful; 

WHEREAS, the Parties filed a proposed stipulation on October 14, 2017, 

which this Court denied without prejudice with the direction that the Parties 

“submit a proposal in which ALL of the current pretrial dates are amended in 

compliance with the Court’s Pretrial Scheduling Order, thus affording the Court 

adequate time between the applicable deadlines” (Docket numbers 24-25); 

WHEREAS, the Parties have now prepared this stipulation consistent with 

this Court’s direction; 

WHEREAS, good cause exists for the proposed stipulated extension because 

it will serve the interests of judicial economy by allowing the Parties to fully 

explore the possibility settlement without incurring the costs of further depositions 

or expert discovery and will not delay or prejudice the timely resolution of this 

case; and 

WHEREAS, the requested extension will not affect the March 13, 2017, trial 

date in this case and, in the view of the Parties, affords this Court adequate time 

between the applicable deadlines; 

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JOINT STIPULATION TO EXTEND DEADLINES 

THEREFORE, THE PARTIES HEREBY STIPULATE to, and seek an order 

from this Court, continuing the deadlines contained in the Scheduling Order as 

follows: 

Event Existing Deadline Revised Deadline

Close of Fact Discovery October 14, 2016 December 5, 2016

Expert Disclosures & 

Reports

November 7, 2016 December 19, 2016 

Dispositive Motions December 8, 2016 January 26, 2017

Joint Final Pretrial 

Statement

January 5, 2017 April 27, 2017

Final Pretrial Conference January 12, 2016 May 4, 2017, at 2:00 

p.m.

Trial Date March 13, 2017 July 10, 2017, at 9:00 

a.m.

IT IS SO STIPULATED, THROUGH COUNSEL OF RECORD. 

DATED: October 17, 2016 /s/ Chad Saunders

(As authorized on October 17, 2016, L.R. 

131(e))

Attorney for Plaintiffs

DATED: October 17, 2016 /s/ Caroline P. Donelan

Attorney for Defendants

 IT IS SO ORDERED: 

Dated: October 18, 2016 

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