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Nature of Suit Code: 370
Nature of Suit: Other Fraud
Cause of Action: 28:1332 Diversity-Fraud

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STIPULATION AND ORDER TO CONTINUE HEARING ON DEFENDANTS MCNEIL NUTRITIONALS, LLC AND 

JOHNSON & JOHNSON’S MOTION TO DENY NATIONWIDE CLASS CERTIFICATION OR, IN THE 

ALTERNATIVE, MOTION TO STRIKE NATIONWIDE CLASS ALLEGATIONS

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TUCKER 

ELLIS LLP

Chicago ♦ Cleveland ♦ Columbus ♦ Denver ♦ Houston ♦ Los Angeles ♦ St. Louis ♦ San Francisco

TUCKER ELLIS LLP

Mollie F. Benedict - SBN 187084

mollie.benedict@tuckerellis.com

Ronie M. Schmelz – SBN 130798

ronie.schmelz@tuckerellis.com

Amanda Villalobos - SBN 262176

amanda.villalobos@tuckerellis.com

515 South Flower Street

Forty-Second Floor

Los Angeles, CA 90071-2223

Telephone: 213.430.3400

Facsimile: 213.430.3409

Attorneys for Defendants JOHNSON & JOHNSON 

and MCNEIL NUTRITIONALS, LLC

BURSOR & FISHER, P.A.

L. Timothy Fisher – SBN 191626

ltfisher@bursor.com

1990 North California Blvd., Suite 940

Walnut Creek, CA 94596

Telephone: 925.300.4455

Facsimile: 925.407.2700

Attorneys for Plaintiff

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

JOANN MARTINELLI, individually and on 

behalf of all others similarly situated, 

Plaintiff,

v.

JOHNSON & JOHNSON and McNEIL 

NUTRITIONALS, LLC,

Defendants.

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Case No. 2:15-cv-01733-MCE-DB

STIPULATION AND ORDER TO 

CONTINUE HEARING ON DEFENDANTS 

MCNEIL NUTRITIONALS, LLC AND 

JOHNSON & JOHNSON’S MOTION TO 

DENY NATIONWIDE CLASS 

CERTIFICATION OR, IN THE 

ALTERNATIVE, MOTION TO STRIKE 

NATIONWIDE CLASS ALLEGATIONS

It is hereby stipulated by and between the parties, Defendants Johnson & Johnson and McNeil 

Nutritionals, LLC (“Defendants”) and Plaintiff JoAnn Martinelli (“Plaintiff”), by and through the 

undersigned counsel as follows:

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STIPULATION AND ORDER TO CONTINUE HEARING ON DEFENDANTS MCNEIL NUTRITIONALS, LLC AND 

JOHNSON & JOHNSON’S MOTION TO DENY NATIONWIDE CLASS CERTIFICATION OR, IN THE 

ALTERNATIVE, MOTION TO STRIKE NATIONWIDE CLASS ALLEGATIONS

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TUCKER 

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Chicago ♦ Cleveland ♦ Columbus ♦ Denver ♦ Houston ♦ Los Angeles ♦ St. Louis ♦ San Francisco

1. On September 23, 2016, Defendants Johnson & Johnson and McNeil Nutritionals, LLC

filed a Motion to Deny Nationwide Class Certification Or, In The Alternative, Motion to Strike 

Nationwide Class Allegations. [Dkt. 45]. Defendants set the hearing for December 1, 2016 at 2:00 p.m.

2. Defendants’ counsel has an unforeseen scheduling conflict and is no longer available to 

attend the hearing. 

3. The parties respectfully request that the Court continue the hearing to January 12, 2017 at 

2:00 p.m. 

DATED: November 10, 2016 TUCKER ELLIS LLP

By: /s/ Amanda Villalobos

Mollie F. Benedict - SBN 187084

mollie.benedict@tuckerellis.com

Amanda Villalobos - SBN 262176

amanda.villalobos@tuckerellis.com

515 South Flower Street

Forty-Second Floor

Los Angeles, CA 90071-2223

Telephone: 213.430.3400

Facsimile: 213.430.3409

Attorneys for Defendants MCNEIL 

NUTRITIONALS LLC

and JOHNSON & JOHNSON

DATED: November 10, 2016 BURSOR & FISHER, P.A. 

By: /s/ L. Timothy Fisher

L. Timothy Fisher - SBN 191626

ltfisher@bursor.com

1990 North California Blvd., Suite 940

Walnut Creek, CA 94596

Telephone: 925.300.4455

Facsimile: 925.407.2700

Attorneys for Plaintiff JOANN MARTINELLI

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STIPULATION AND ORDER TO CONTINUE HEARING ON DEFENDANTS MCNEIL NUTRITIONALS, LLC AND 

JOHNSON & JOHNSON’S MOTION TO DENY NATIONWIDE CLASS CERTIFICATION OR, IN THE 

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Chicago ♦ Cleveland ♦ Columbus ♦ Denver ♦ Houston ♦ Los Angeles ♦ St. Louis ♦ San Francisco

Order

Pursuant to the parties’ stipulation, the hearing on Defendants’ Motion to Deny Nationwide 

Class Certification Or, In The Alternative, Motion to Strike Nationwide Class Allegations, is hereby 

continued from December 1, 2016 to January 12, 2017.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: November 15, 2016

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STIPULATION AND ORDER TO CONTINUE HEARING ON DEFENDANTS MCNEIL NUTRITIONALS, 

LLC AND JOHNSON & JOHNSON’S MOTION TO DENY NATIONWIDE CLASS CERTIFICATION OR, IN 

THE ALTERNATIVE, MOTION TO STRIKE NATIONWIDE CLASS ALLEGATIONS

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TUCKER 

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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

This Certificate of Service is made in compliance with Local Rule 5.1.2 and Civ.R. 5(b). 

I am employed in the County of Los Angeles, State of California. I am over the age of 18 and 

not a party to the within action. My business address is 515 South Flower Street, Forty-Second 

Floor, Los Angeles, CA 90071-2223.

On the date indicated below, a true and correct copy of the foregoing STIPULATION 

AND [PROPOSED] ORDER TO CONTINUE HEARING ON DEFENDANTS MCNEIL 

NUTRITIONALS, LLC AND JOHNSON & JOHNSON’S MOTION TO DENY 

NATIONWIDE CLASS CERTIFICATION OR, IN THE ALTERNATIVE, MOTION TO 

STRIKE NATIONWIDE CLASS ALLEGATIONS was filed with Court and served 

electronically and will be available for viewing and downloading from the Court’s CM/ECF 

system:

The Notice of Electronic Case Filing automatically generated by the system and sent to 

all parties entitled to service under the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure and the Local Rules of 

the District of California who have consented to electronic service shall constitute service of the 

filed document to all such parties. 

I declare under penalty of perjury that I am employed in the office of a member admitted 

to practice before the District Court for the Central District of California and ECF registered in 

this Court at whose direction the service was made and that the foregoing is true and correct.

Executed on, November 11, 2016, at Los Angeles, CA.

/s/ Amanda Villalobos

 

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