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

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STIPULATION FOR CONTINUANCE OF HEARING DATE CASE NO: 2:07-CV-02199-WBS-EFB 

AND STATUS CONFERENCE DATE; ORDER

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EDMUND G. BROWN JR.

Attorney General of the State of California

CHRISTOPHER E. KRUEGER

Senior Assistant Attorney General

STEPHEN P. ACQUISTO

Supervising Deputy Attorney General

MICHELLE M. MITCHELL, State Bar No. 188467

Deputy Attorney General

1300 I Street, Suite 125

P.O. Box 944255

Sacramento, CA 94244-2550

Telephone: (916) 327-7891

Fax: (916) 324-5567

Email: MichelleM.Mitchell@doj.ca.gov

Attorneys for Defendant California Department of

Corrections and Rehabilitation

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

MEDICAL DEVELOPMENT

INTERNATIONAL, a Delaware corporation,

Plaintiff,

v.

ROBERT SILLEN, individually and as

Receiver, and THE CALIFORNIA

DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS AND

REHABILITATION,

Defendants.

2:07-CV-02199-WBS-EFB

AMENDED JOINT STIPULATION

TO CONTINUE HEARING ON

PENDING MOTIONS AND THE

STATUS CONFERENCE

Hearing: January 7, 2008

Time: 2:00

Courtroom: 5

Judge: The Honorable

William B. Shubb

Pursuant to Eastern District Local Rule 6-144, Plaintiff Medical Development

International (MDI), Defendant California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation

(CDCR) and Defendant Robert Sillen (“Sillen”), as an individual and as a federal receiver, by

counsel, submit this Joint Stipulation to continue the hearing date of Defendants’ Motions to

Dismiss and Plaintiff’s Motion to Strike Extrinsic Evidence currently set for January 7, 2008 at

2:00 p.m., and the Status Conference currently set for January 28, 2008 at 2:00 p.m. 

Specifically, the parties stipulate to the following:

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STIPULATION FOR CONTINUANCE OF HEARING DATE CASE NO: 2:07-CV-02199-WBS-EFB 

AND STATUS CONFERENCE DATE; ORDER

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1. The Receiver filed a motion to dismiss all claims in the complaint on October 17, 2007

and set the hearing on that motion for November 26, 2007.

2. On October 17, 2007, the Court issued an Order Setting Status (Pretrial Scheduling)

Conference of December 3, 2007.

3. On October 19, 2007, Defendant CDCR filed a joint stipulation for an extension of

time to file and serve a responsive pleading on or before November 15, 2007.

4. On November 7, 2007, the parties filed a Stipulation for Order And Proposed Order

Continuing Scheduling Conference Currently Set For December 3, 2007 which

proposed postponing the Status Conference until January 21, 2008.

5. On November 14, 2007, the Court issued an Order continuing the Status Conference to

January 28, 2008.

6. On November 13, 2007, Plaintiff filed an Opposition to Defendant Sillen’s Motion to

Dismiss and a Motion to Strike Extrinsic Evidence to be heard simultaneously with

Defendant Sillen’s motion.

7. On November 13, 2007, the Court issued a Minute Order that Plaintiff’s motion was

improperly noticed according to Local Rule 78-230(b) and instructed Plaintiff to file

an Application and Request for Leave to Shorten Time pursuant to 6-144(e).

8. On November 15, 2007, Defendant CDCR filed a Motion to Dismiss scheduled for

hearing on the next available hearing date of January 7, 2008.

9. On November 15, 2007, the Court issued a Minute Order continuing Defendant

Sillen’s Motion To Dismiss and Plaintiff’s Motion to Strike to January 7, 2008,

thereby making the Motion to Shorten Time moot.

10. Defendant CDCR’s counsel is scheduled to be out of town for the holidays from

December 21 until December 26, 2007. 

11. According to Civil Local Rule 78-230, any opposition brief by Plaintiff to Defendant

CDCR’s motion is due by December 21, 2007 and because the New Year holiday and

the intervening weekend are non-court days, any reply briefs by Defendant CDCR and

Defendant Sillen would be due December 28, 2007.

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STIPULATION FOR CONTINUANCE OF HEARING DATE CASE NO: 2:07-CV-02199-WBS-EFB 

AND STATUS CONFERENCE DATE; ORDER

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12. In order to provide the parties sufficient time to prepare their respective briefs without

interfering with holiday plans, Defendant CDCR proposed continuing the hearing on

the pending motions to the next available January date. However, counsel for Plaintiff

is unavailable the remaining January dates.

13. Therefore, the parties stipulate to continue the hearing date of Defendants’ Motions to

Dismiss and Plaintiff’s Motion to Strike to February 19, 2008 at 2:00 p.m.

14. The parties continue to assert that it will be difficult to develop a meaningful discovery

plan or to make appropriate initial disclosures until the Court rules on which parties

and which claims, if any, will remain in the case.

15. Based on the above, the parties submit that continuing the Status (Pretrial Scheduling)

Conference until after the initial pleading motions have been heard and ruled upon will

avoid unnecessary expenditure of the parties’ and court’s time and resources in

preparing for the Conference currently scheduled for January 28, 2008. 

16. Thus the parties stipulate to an Order continuing the Status Conference to March 10,

2008 at 2:00 p.m. or as soon thereafter as the Court may deem appropriate. If the case

survives Defendants’ motions, any remaining parties shall meet and confer with

respect to the matters in the Court’s Order Setting Status Conference and shall submit

a joint statement in conformance with Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 26(f). 

Respectfully submitted,

Date: December 7, 2007 /s/ Garrett E. Dillon as authorized on 12/7/07

GARRETT E. DILLON

Watt, Tieder, Hoffar & Fitzgerald, LLP

Attorney for Plaintiff

Date: December 7, 2007 /s/ Martin H, Dodd as authorized on 12/7/07

MARTIN H. DODD

Futterman & Dupree, LLP

Attorney for Defendant Sillen

Date: December 7, 2007 /s/ Michelle M. Mitchell 

MICHELLE M. MITCHELL

Deputy Attorney General 

Attorneys for Defendant CDCR

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STIPULATION FOR CONTINUANCE OF HEARING DATE CASE NO: 2:07-CV-02199-WBS-EFB 

AND STATUS CONFERENCE DATE; ORDER

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ORDER

Based on the foregoing stipulation, it is hereby ORDERED that Defendants’ Motion to

Dismiss and Plaintiff’s Motion to Strike currently set for January 7, 2008 be continued to

February 19, 2008 at 2:00 p.m. Furthermore, it is hereby ORDERED that the Status Conference

currently set be continued to March 10, 2008 at 2:00 p.m. Any parties remaining in the case

shall meet and confer with respect to the matters set forth in the Order Setting Status (Pretrial

Scheduling) Conference, filed October 17, 2007, and shall submit a Status Conference statement

in conformance with Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 26(f). 

Dated: December 7, 2007

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