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

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HUNTER PYLE, SBN 191125

RACHEL EVANS, SBN 291876

SUNDEEN SALINAS & PYLE

428 Thirteenth Street, Eighth Floor

Oakland, California 94612

Telephone:(510) 663-9240

Facsimile: (510) 663-9241

hpyle@ssrplaw.com; revans@ssrplaw.com

Attorneys for Plaintiffs

Edwin Houston Hayes and Greg Knapp

Additional Counsel Listed Below

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.

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JOINT STIPULATION AND ORDER 

MODIFYING PRETRIAL SCHEDULING 

ORDER

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BLANK ROME LLP

Michael L. Ludwig (SBN 173850)

Ludwig@BlankRome.com

Shirley M. Kong (SBN 252838)

SKong@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, 

DePuy Synthes Sales, Inc., 

Johnson & Johnson Services, Inc., 

Synthes, Inc., and Synthes USA Sales, LLC

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By and through their undersigned counsel of record, Plaintiffs Edwin Houston Hayes and 

Greg Knapp (“Plaintiffs”) and Defendants DePuy Synthes Sales, Inc.; Johnson & Johnson Services, 

Inc.; Synthes, Inc.; and Synthes USA Sales, LLC (“Defendants”) (collectively, the “Parties”) hereby 

stipulate and agree as follows:

WHEREAS, this Court entered its 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, Plaintiffs propounded written discovery in February 2016, and Defendants 

requested, and Plaintiffs agreed to, a two week extension on their deadline to respond to Plaintiffs’ 

written discovery;

WHEREAS, Plaintiffs’ counsel has a trial beginning on April 11, 2016, which is expected to 

last between 4 and 6 weeks;

WHEREAS, Rachel Evans, counsel for Plaintiffs, will be leaving Sundeen Salinas & Pyle

and will withdraw as Plaintiffs’ counsel of record in May 2016;

WHEREAS, Hunter Pyle, counsel for Plaintiffs, will be unavailable during the last ten days 

of May 2016 due to speaking at and attending a conference in Switzerland;

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

sufficient time to complete the discovery that is reasonably necessary for filing dispositive motions 

and preparing for trial;

WHEREAS, based on the progress of this case, a 60-day extension of the deadlines for 

completing fact discovery and disclosing expert witnesses will allow the Parties to engage in 

meaningful discovery and to adequately prepare to file dispositive motions and prepare for trial;

WHEREAS, the proposed stipulated 60-day extension of the deadlines for completing fact 

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

case;

WHEREAS, Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 16(b)(4) requires good cause and judicial 

consent as prerequisites to modifying a scheduling order; and

WHEREAS, no extensions of time have been previously sought by the Parties, and the 

requested extension will not affect the trial date in this case.

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

Court, continuing the deadlines contained in the Scheduling Order as follows:

1. The Parties shall complete fact discovery by August 2, 2016; and

2. The Parties shall disclose experts and produce reports in accordance with Federal 

Rule of Civil Procedure 26(a)(2) no later than October 4, 2016.

Respectfully submitted,

Dated: March 11, 2016 SUNDEEN SALINAS & PYLE

By: /s/ Hunter Pyle_______________________

Hunter Pyle

Attorneys for Plaintiffs

Edwin Houston Hayes and Greg Knapp

Dated: March 11, 2016 BLANK ROME LLP

By: /s/ Caroline Donelan___________________

(as authorized on March 9, 2016, L.R. 131(e))

Caroline Donelan 

Attorneys for Defendants

DePuy Synthes Sales, Inc., 

Johnson & Johnson Services, Inc., 

Synthes, Inc., and Synthes USA Sales, LLC

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IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: March 11, 2016

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