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Nature of Suit Code: 367
Nature of Suit: TORTS - Personal Injury - Health Care/Pharmaceutical Personal Injury/Product Liability
Cause of Action: 28:1332 Diversity-Personal Injury

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STIPULATION AND ORDER TO CONTINUE HEARING ON PLAINTIFF’S MOTION TO REMAND CASE TO 

CALIFORNIA STATE COURT

ALEXANDER G. CALFO (SBN 152891)

alexander.calfo@btlaw.com

SARAH E. JOHNSTON (SBN 259504)

sarah.johnston@btlaw.com

BARNES & THORNBURG LLP

2029 Century Park East, Suite 300

Los Angeles, California 90067

Telephone: (310) 284-3880

Facsimile: (310) 284-3894

Attorneys for Defendants

JOHNSON & JOHNSON; JANSSEN RESEARCH & 

DEVELOPMENT, LLC (sued herein as “Johnson & 

Johnson Pharmaceutical Research & Development, 

L.L.C.”); JANSSEN PHARMACEUTICALS, INC. (sued 

herein as “Ortho-McNeil-Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc.”); 

and McKESSON CORPORATION

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

MICHAEL FRANCIS BREENE;

Plaintiff,

vs.

JOHNSON & JOHNSON; JOHNSON &

JOHNSON PHARMACEUTICAL 

RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT, L.L.C.; 

ORTHO-MCNEIL-JANSSEN 

PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.; and 

McKESSON CORPORATION;

Defendants.

Case No. 1:15-cv-00361-TLN-JLT

STIPULATION AND ORDER TO 

CONTINUE HEARING ON PLAINTIFF’S 

MOTION TO REMAND CASE TO 

CALIFORNIA STATE COURT

Current Date: May 21, 2015

Proposed New Date: June 18, 2015

Complaint Filed: January 26, 2015

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STIPULATION AND ORDER TO CONTINUE HEARING ON PLAINTIFF’S MOTION TO REMAND CASE TO 

CALIFORNIA STATE COURT

TO THE COURT, ALL PARTIES, AND THEIR ATTORNEYS OF RECORD:

Defendants JOHNSON & JOHNSON, JANSSEN RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT, 

LLC (sued herein as “Johnson & Johnson Pharmaceutical Research & Development, L.L.C.”),

and JANSSEN PHARMACEUTICALS, INC. (sued herein as “Ortho-McNeil-Janssen 

Pharmaceuticals, Inc.”) (collectively, “Defendants”), and Plaintiff MICHAEL FRANCIS 

BREENE (“Plaintiff”) (Defendants and Plaintiff are referred to as “the Parties”) hereby stipulate 

and agree as follows:

1. Plaintiff’s Motion to Remand Case to California State Court is currently set for 

hearing on May 21, 2015;

2. The Parties continue to meet and confer regarding information evidencing Plaintiff’s 

alleged use of Levaquin® and to determine whether certain legal issues related to the 

Motion to Remand may be narrowed prior to the hearing before this Court;

3. Accordingly, the Parties have agreed that there is good cause to continue the Motion to 

Remand Case to California State Court, in accordance with Judge Nunley’s civil law 

and motion rules, to permit the Parties to further meet and confer; 

4. No other scheduling modifications have been issued on this Motion, either by 

stipulation or by Court order;

5. Therefore, the Parties stipulate and agree that hearing date on Plaintiff’s Motion to 

Remand to California State Court will be continued from May 21, 2015 to June 18, 

2015. Defendants’ Opposition to Plaintiff’s Motion to Remand Case to California 

State Court will be due on or before June 4, 2015 and Plaintiff’s Reply papers will be 

due on or before June 11, 2015.

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STIPULATION AND ORDER TO CONTINUE HEARING ON PLAINTIFF’S MOTION TO REMAND CASE TO 

CALIFORNIA STATE COURT

IT IS SO STIPULATED.

Dated: May 7, 2015 GOMEZ TRIAL ATTORNEYS

By: /s/ Stephanie S. Poli

John H. Gomez

John P. Fiske

Stephanie S. Poli

Attorneys for Plaintiff MICHAEL 

FRANCIS BREENE

Dated: May 7, 2015 BARNES & THORNBURG LLP

By: /s/ Sarah E. Johnston

Alexander G. Calfo

Sarah E. Johnston

Attorneys for Defendants

JOHNSON & JOHNSON; JANSSEN 

RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT, LLC 

(sued herein as “Johnson & Johnson 

Pharmaceutical Research & Development, 

L.L.C.”); JANSSEN 

PHARMACEUTICALS, INC. (sued herein 

as “Ortho-McNeil-Janssen 

Pharmaceuticals, Inc.”); and McKESSON 

CORPORATION

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STIPULATION AND ORDER TO CONTINUE HEARING ON PLAINTIFF’S MOTION TO REMAND CASE TO 

CALIFORNIA STATE COURT

ORDER

Having read and considered the Parties’ Stipulation and [Proposed] Order to Continue the 

Hearing for Plaintiff’s Motion to Remand Case to California State Court and for good cause 

shown,

PURSUANT TO STIPULATION, the Court hereby continues the Hearing on Plaintiff’s 

Motion to Remand Case to California State Court from May 21, 2015 to June 18, 2015 at 2:00 

p.m. in Courtroom 2, 15

th Floor, 501 I Street Sacramento, California 95814. Defendants’

Opposition to Plaintiff’s Motion to Remand Case to California State Court shall be due on or 

before June 4, 2015 and Plaintiff’s Reply papers shall be due on or before June 11, 2015.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: May 11, 2015

The Honorable Troy L. Nunley

United States District Court Judge

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