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Nature of Suit Code: 360
Nature of Suit: Other Personal Injury
Cause of Action: 28:1332 Diversity-Fraud

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No.: 2:08-cv-00152-LEW-EFB 

STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER TO EXTEND TIME TO RESPOND TO COMPLAINT 

Colleen T. Davies (SBN 111371) 

Email: cdavies@reedsmith.com 

Steven J. Boranian (SBN 174183) 

Email: sboranian@reedsmith.com 

Karen A. Braje (SBN 193900) 

Email: kbraje@reedsmith.com

Alison B. Riddell (SBN 246120) 

Email: ariddell@reedsmith.com

REED SMITH LLP

Two Embarcadero Center, Suite 2000 

San Francisco, CA 94111-3922 

Mailing Address:

P.O. Box 7936 

San Francisco, CA 94120-7936 

Telephone: +1 415 543 8700 

Facsimile: +1 415 391 8269 

Attorneys for Defendants 

Merck & Co., Inc. 

Schering-Plough Corporation, 

Schering Corporation, 

Schering-Plough Healthcare Products, Inc., 

Schering-Plough Biopharma Corporation and 

Schering-Plough Healthcare Products Sales 

Corporation 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

GEORGE ARTENSTEIN, individually and on 

behalf of those similarly situated, 

Plaintiffs, 

vs. 

MERCK & CO., INC.; SCHERING-PLOUGH 

CORPORATION; SCHERING 

CORPORATION; SCHERING-PLOUGH 

HEALTHCARE PRODUCTS, INC.; 

SCHERING-PLOUGH BIOPHARMA 

CORPORATION; and SCHERING-PLOUGH 

HEALTHCARE PRODUCTS SALES 

CORPORATION, inclusive, 

Defendants. 

No.: 2:08-cv-00152-LEW-EFB 

STIPULATION AND ORDER TO 

EXTEND TIME TO RESPOND TO 

COMPLAINT 

Compl. Filed: January 18, 2008 

Trial Date: None set 

Disc. Cut-Off: None set 

Honorable Ronald S.W. Lew 

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No.: 2:08-cv-00152-LEW-EFB – 1 – 

STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER TO EXTEND TIME TO RESPOND TO COMPLAINT 

Pursuant to Civil Local Rule 6-144(a), the parties hereto file this Stipulation and [Proposed] 

Order to extend the time within which Defendants may respond to the Complaint. 

Plaintiff filed the Complaint on January 18, 2008, and the last day for Defendants Merck & 

Co., Inc., Schering Corporation, Schering-Plough Healthcare Products, Inc. and Schering-Plough 

Biopharma Corporation to file a responsive pleading is February 21, 2008. The last day for 

Defendants Schering-Plough Corporation and Schering-Plough Healthcare Products Sales 

Corporation to file a responsive pleading is February 25, 2008. 

This case is one of several cases filed against the Defendants involving claims related to 

VytorinTM. Currently, there is a hearing scheduled before the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict 

Litigation in In re Vytorin/Zetia Marketing, Sales Practices and Products Liability Litigation (MDL 

No. 1938) to determine whether these cases should be centralized. Pending the outcome of this 

hearing, the parties stipulate that Defendants’ time within which to respond to the Complaint shall be 

extended to April 15, 2008. The parties respectfully request the Court issue an order consistent with 

this stipulation. 

DATED: February 21, 2008. 

REED SMITH LLP

By /s/ Karen A. Braje 

Steven J. Boranian 

Karen A. Braje 

Attorneys for Defendants 

Merck & Co., Inc. 

Schering-Plough Corporation, 

Schering Corporation, 

Schering-Plough Healthcare Products, Inc., 

Schering-Plough Biopharma Corporation and 

Schering-Plough Healthcare Products Sales 

Corporation 

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No.: 2:08-cv-00152-LEW-EFB – 2 – 

STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER TO EXTEND TIME TO RESPOND TO COMPLAINT 

DATED: February 21, 2008. 

CLAYEO C. ARNOLD, PLC 

By___/s/ Kirk J. Wolden____________________ 

Kirk J. Wolden 

Attorneys for Plaintiff 

ORDER

IT IS HEREBY ORDERED the above terms of this Stipulation are approved by this Court. 

DATED: 02/22/2008 

 /s/ Ronald S. W. Lew_____

United States District Judge 

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