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Nature of Suit Code: 365
Nature of Suit: Personal Injury - Product Liability
Cause of Action: 28:1441 Petition for Removal- Personal Injury

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STIP. TO CONTINUE CASE MANAGEMENT 

CONFERENCE 

SF01/ 679981.1 

CASE NO. CV 10-00312 MHP 

ALAN J. LAZARUS (SBN 129767) 

alan.lazarus@dbr.com 

RYAN T. ALMSTEAD (SBN 252978) 

ryan.almstead@dbr.com 

DRINKER BIDDLE & REATH LLP

50 Fremont Street, 20th Floor 

San Francisco, CA 94105-2235 

Telephone: (415) 591-7500 

Facsimile: (415) 591-7510 

Attorneys for Plaintiff 

ETHICON WOMEN’S HEALTH & UROLOGY 

DIVISION OF ETHICON, INC. (erroneously sued 

as GYNECARE, INC.); ETHICON, INC.; and 

JOHNSON & JOHNSON 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION 

RENAE L. BIGELOW, a single woman, 

Plaintiff, 

v. 

GYNECARE, INC., a California 

corporation; ETHICON, INC., a New 

Jersey corporation; JOHNSON & 

JOHNSON, a New Jersey corporation; 

DOES ONE through FIFTEEN, 

corporation, 

Defendant. 

Case No. CV 10-00312 MHP 

STIPULATION TO CONTINUE CASE 

MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE 

Courtroom: 15 

Judge: Hon. Marilyn Hall Patel 

Complaint Filed: December 23, 2009 

Trial Date: Not set 

 The Parties in the above-captioned action hereby stipulate and agree to the entry of an 

Order Continuing the Case Management Conference presently set for May 10, 2010 at 4:00 p.m. 

and in support of the requested relief state: 

1. On December 23, 2009, Plaintiff filed her Complaint in the Superior Court of 

California, San Mateo County. Defendants answered in state court on January 21, 2010. 

2. On January 22, 2010, Defendants removed this action to the U.S. District Court for 

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the Northern District of California. A case management conference was set by Magistrate Judge 

Bernard Zimmerman for May 10, 2010. 

3. Pursuant to an Order for Reassignment issued February 18, 2010, this action was 

reassigned to this Court. 

4. On February 19, 2010, the Court issued an order scheduling a case management 

conference for May 10, 2010 at 4:00 p.m. 

5. Defendants have filed a Motion to Transfer Under 28 U.S.C. § 1406(a) or, in the 

alternative, 28 U.S.C. § 1404(a) to the U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado. Hearing is 

set for May 3, 2010 at 2:00 p.m. The Parties agree that continuing the case management 

conference until after resolution of the pending motion will best serve the interests of efficiency. 

Among other things, a continuance could avoid the need for duplicative conferences that may 

result from different case management practices of a new judge should this action be transferred. 

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STIP. TO CONTINUE CASE MANAGEMENT 

CONFERENCE

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 WHEREFORE, the Parties respectfully request that this Court enter an Order Continuing 

the Case Management Conference presently set for May 10, 2010 at 4:00 p.m. until a date 

subsequent to the Court’s ruling on Defendants’ pending Motion to Transfer. The Parties will be 

prepared to discuss alternative agreeable dates for the case management conference, if necessary, 

at the hearing on Defendants’ Motion. 

 IT IS SO STIPULATED. 

Dated: April 5, 2010 DRINKER BIDDLE & REATH LLP 

By: /s/ Ryan T. Almstead

ALAN J. LAZARUS 

RYAN T. ALMSTEAD 

Attorneys for Plaintiff 

ETHICON WOMEN’S HEALTH & UROLOGY DIVISION 

OF ETHICON, INC. (erroneously sued as GYNECARE, 

INC.); ETHICON, INC.; and JOHNSON & JOHNSON 

Dated: April 5, 2010 PHILLIPS & ASSOCIATES

By: /s/ Elizabeth Dudley

LOWELL W. FINSON 

ELIZABETH DUDLEY 

Attorneys for Plaintiff 

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[PROPOSED] ORDER TO CONTINUE CMC

SF01/ 679988.1 CASE NO. CV 10-00312 MHP 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION 

RENAE L. BIGELOW, a single woman, 

Plaintiff, 

v. 

GYNECARE, INC., a California 

corporation; ETHICON, INC., a New 

Jersey corporation; JOHNSON & 

JOHNSON, a New Jersey corporation; 

DOES ONE through FIFTEEN, 

corporation, 

Defendant. 

Case No. CV 10-00312 MHP 

[PROPOSED] ORDER TO CONTINUE 

CASE MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE 

VACATING

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[PROPOSED] ORDER TO CONTINUE CMC

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Based on the stipulation of the Parties and for good cause shown, IT IS HEREBY 

ORDERED: 

The Case Management Conference presently set for May 10, 2010 at 4:00 p.m. shall be 

continued until ______________________________, pending resolution of Defendants’ Motion 

to Transfer, which is scheduled to be heard on May 3, 2010 at 2:00 p.m. The Parties will be 

prepared to discuss alternative agreeable dates for the case management conference, if necessary, 

at the hearing on Defendants’ Motion. 

PURSUANT TO STIPULATION AND FOR GOOD CAUSE SHOWN, IT IS SO 

ORDERED. 

Dated: _________________ BY THE COURT 

 

 _____________________________ 

 Honorable Marilyn Hall Patel 

 United States District Judge 

 U.S. District Court, Northern District 

 Of California 

vacated and reset after as appropriate. 4/8/2010

U

NITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

IT IS SO ORDERED

Judge Marilyn H. Patel

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