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Nature of Suit Code: 375
Nature of Suit: False Claims Act
Cause of Action: 31:3729 False Claims Act

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Christopher Lovrien (State Bar No. 230546)

cjlovrien@jonesday.com 

JONES DAY 

555 South Flower Street 

Fiftieth Floor 

Los Angeles, CA 90071.2300 

Telephone: +1.213.489.3939 

Facsimile: +1.213.243.2539 

Daniel E. Reidy (Admitted Pro Hac Vice)

dereidy@jonesday.com 

Heather M. O’Shea (Admitted Pro Hac Vice) 

hoshea@jonesday.com 

JONES DAY 

77 West Wacker 

Chicago, IL 60601.1692 

Telephone: +1.312.782.3939 

Facsimile: +1.312.782.8585 

Nathaniel P. Garrett (State Bar No. 248211)

ngarrett@jonesday.com 

JONES DAY 

555 California Street, 26th Floor 

San Francisco, CA 94104 

Telephone: +1.415.626.3939 

Facsimile: +1.415.875.5700 

Attorneys for Defendants 

MEDTRONIC, INC., MEDTRONIC AVE, INC., 

MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC., JAY LENKER, 

KIRSTEN FREISLINGER LUEHRS, ANEURX, INC., 

CARDIOVASCULAR CONCEPTS, INC.

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

OAKLAND DIVISION 

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, ex rel., 

TIMOTHY J. RYAN, M.D., 

Plaintiff, 

v. 

THOMAS FOGARTY, M.D., et al., 

Defendants.

Case No. 4:13-cv-05936-JSW

STIPULATED ADMINISTRATIVE 

MOTION FOR LEAVE TO EXCEED 

PAGE LIMIT FOR MOTION TO 

DISMISS FIRST AMENDED 

COMPLAINT AND OPPOSITION TO 

MOTION TO DISMISS; [PROPOSED] 

ORDER 

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MOTION FOR LEAVE TO EXCEED PAGE LIMIT

Pursuant to Northern District Local Rule 7-11, Relator Timothy J. Ryan and Defendants 

Medtronic, Inc., Medtronic Ave, Inc., Medtronic Vascular, Inc., Jay Lenker, Kirsten Freislinger 

(now Kirsten Luehrs), AneuRx, Inc., and Cardiovascular Concepts, Inc. (collectively 

“Defendants”) hereby jointly move for an Order allowing them to exceed the 15-page limit 

specified in this Court’s Standing Civil Orders for: (1) Defendants’ Motion to Dismiss Amended 

Complaint; and (2) Plaintiff’s opposition to same. Before filing this Motion, counsel for both 

parties met and conferred and they each stipulate to the relief sought herein. 

 Northern District Local Rule 7-2(b) limits motions to “25 pages in length.” On January 

5, 2014, Defendants filed a 25-page Notice of Motion and Motion to Dismiss First Amended 

Complaint while the matter was still pending before Magistrate Judge Donna M. Ryu. (See Not. 

of Mot. & Mot. to Dismiss First Am. Compl., ECF No. 54.) Because Judge Ryu’s standing order 

does not modify Rule 7-2(b)’s page limitations, Defendants’ motion was procedurally compliant. 

Pursuant to Judge Ryu’s standing order requiring that a party filing a dispositive motion 

simultaneously consent or decline Magistrate Judge jurisdiction, Defendants declined jurisdiction 

on January 5, 2015. (Consent or Declination to Magistrate Judge Jurisdiction, ECF No. 56. ) The 

case was initially assigned to Judges William H. Orrick and Jon S. Tigar, who permit motions 25 

pages in length, but both judges filed Orders of Recusal. (See ECF Nos. 66, 69.) On January 15, 

2015, this case was reassigned to this Court. (See Order, ECF No. 70.) Under the Court’s Civil 

Standing Orders, “[a]ll briefs, whether in support of in opposition to, or in reply to any motion ... 

may not exceed fifteen pages in length.” (Civil Standing Orders ¶ 7.) Because Defendants 

cannot adequately address the issues raised by Relator’s Amended Complaint in a fifteen page 

brief, Defendants move under Rule 7-11 for leave to exceed this Court’s page limitation by ten 

pages. Similarly, Plaintiff should be afforded the same opportunity to respond to Defendants’ 

motion. 

Good cause exists to grant the instant motion. Relator’s Amended Complaint asserts 

claims under the False Claims Act (“FCA”) and California common law, based on the allegation 

that Defendants filed patent applications disclosing an invention for aortic stent grafts without 

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initially disclosing Dr. Ryan’s role as a joint inventor. In light of the number and significance of 

issues presented by Dr. Ryan’s claims, and the fact that accepting Defendants’ already-filed brief 

will promote judicial efficiency, Defendants submit that an extension of ten pages to the fifteen 

page limit is warranted in this case. Accordingly, Defendants respectfully request an order from 

this Court accepting Defendants’ motion to dismiss for filing, permitting Defendants to increase 

by ten pages the length of its motion to dismiss, and permitting Relator to increase by ten pages 

the length of his opposition to the same. 

IT IS SO STIPULATED. 

Dated: January 16, 2015 Respectfully submitted, 

Jones Day 

By: s/ Nathaniel Garrett 

Nathaniel Garrett 

Attorneys for Defendants 

MEDTRONIC, INC., MEDTRONIC AVE, 

INC., MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC., 

JAY LENKER, KIRSTEN FREISLINGER 

LUEHRS, ANEURX, INC., 

CARDIOVASCULAR CONCEPTS, INC. 

Dated: January 16, 2015 NOLEN LAW FIRM 

By: /s/ Rudy Nolen, Jr. 

Rudy Nolen, Jr. 

Attorneys for Relator 

TIMOTHY J. RYAN 

The below filer attests that concurrence in the filing of this document has been obtained from the 

above Signatories. 

Dated: January 16, 2015 /s/ Nathaniel P. Garrett. 

 Nathaniel P. Garrett 

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[PROPOSED] ORDER

Having considered the foregoing Stipulation, and good cause appearing therefor, the Court 

hereby Orders that Defendants’ Motion to Dismiss Amended Complaint, and Relator’s opposition 

to the same, shall be no more than 25 pages in length. 

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Dated: ________ 

 Hon. Jeffrey S. White 

 United States District Judge 

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