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Nature of Suit Code: 190
Nature of Suit: Other Contract Actions
Cause of Action: 28:1441 Petition For Removal--Other Contract

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STEPTOE & JOHNSON LLP

Mark A. Neubauer (SBN 73728)

Rebecca Edelson, Esq. (SBN 150464)

2121 Avenue of the Stars, Suite 900

Los Angeles, CA 90067-5052

Telephone: 310-734-3200

Facsimile: 310- 734-3300 

Email: mneubauer@steptoe.com

Email: redelson@steptoe.com

Attorneys for Defendant

DEPUY ORTHOPAEDICS, INC.

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SACRAMENTO DIVISION

SYNERGY MEDICAL, CASE NO.2:06-CV-01393-FDC-PAN(JFM)

SYSTEMS, INC. a California

corporation, and GLENN DEFENDANT'S SUBSTITUTION 

PANGILINAN, an individual, OF ATTORNEY AND ORDER

Plaintiffs,

vs.

Judge: The Hon. Frank C. Damrell, Jr.

DEPUY ORTHOPEDICS, INC., 

an Indiana corporation,

Defendant.

___________________________/

Defendant DePuy Orthopaedics, Inc. ("Defendant")(erroneously called "DePuy

Orthopedics, Inc." by Plaintiff) hereby applies to the Court for permission to substitute

the law firm of Steptoe & Johnson LLP for Alschuler Grossman Stein & Kahan LLP as

counsel of record beginning July 1, 2006. With the Court's approval, beginning July 1,

2006, service of papers for Plaintiff should be as follows:

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STEPTOE & JOHNSON LLP

Mark A. Neubauer, Esq.

Rebecca Edelson, Esq.

2121 Avenue of the Stars, Suite 900

Los Angeles, CA 90067-5052

Telephone: 310-734-3200

Facsimile: 310- 734-3300

Email: mneubauer@steptoe.com

Email: redelson@steptoe.com

instead of:

Alschuler Grossman Stein & Kahan LLP

The Water Garden

1620 26th Street

Fourth Floor, North Tower

Santa Monica, CA 90404-4060

Steptoe & Johnson LLP has amended Mr. Neubauer and Ms. Edelson's ECF

registrations for this case to reflect the change in their law firms as well.

This substitution is approved by Defendant and both sets of law firm as follows:

DATED: July __, 2006 DEPUY ORTHOPAEDICS, INC.

(DEFENDANT)

By__________________________________________

 MARK PIAZZA

 Its authorized representative

DATED: July__, 2006 ALSCHULER GROSSMAN STEIN & KAHAN LLP

By__________________________________________

 BRUCE A. FRIEDMAN

 Proposed Prior counsel to Plaintiff

 DEPUY ORTHOPAEDICS, INC.

DATED: July __, 2006 STEPTOE & JOHNSON LLP

MARK A. NEUBAUER

REBECCA EDELSON

 By__________________________________________

 REBECCA EDELSON

 Proposed New Counsel To Defendant

 DEPUY ORTHOPAEDICS, INC.

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IT IS SO ORDERED. The following shall be substituted in as Defendant's

counsel of record as of July 1, 2006:

STEPTOE & JOHNSON LLP

Mark A. Neubauer, Esq.

Rebecca Edelson, Esq.

2121 Avenue of the Stars, Suite 900

Los Angeles, CA 90067-5052

Telephone: 310-734-3200

Facsimile: 310- 734-3300

Email: mneubauer@steptoe.com

Email: redelson@steptoe.com

and Alschuler Grossman Stein & Kahan LLP shall be substituted out as of that date.

Dated: July 24, 2006 /s/ Frank C. Damrell Jr. 

The Hon. Frank C. Damrell, Jr.

United States District Court Judge

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