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Nature of Suit Code: 365
Nature of Suit: Personal Injury - Product Liability
Cause of Action: 28:1332 Diversity-Petition for Removal

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STIPULATION TO EXTEND TIME TO RESPOND TO 

COMPLAINT

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CASE NO. 4:16-CV-05455-EMC

MICHELLE A. CHILDERS (SBN 197064)

michelle.childers@dbr.com 

MATTHEW J. ADLER (SBN 273147) 

matthew.adler@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 Defendant 

CONFLUENT MEDICAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION 

DONALD G. HAUCK, an individual; 

BESSIE BLANKS, an individual; 

SHARON WILLEY, an individual; 

WILLIAM ROBERTS, an individual; 

JOHN SZYMANSKI, an individual; 

HERBERT BEENE, an individual; 

individual; BENJAMIN LENARD, an 

TRULA LEVINE, an individual; ROBIN 

DILLOW, an individual; STEPHANIE 

LASTRAPES-DENNIS, an individual; 

MICHAEL ROUX, SR., an individual; 

JOSEPH D. DOUCET, an individual; 

BRIAN ALFRED, an individual; 

GERALDINE CLARK, an individual, 

LORI GODFREY; an individual, 

Plaintiffs, 

v. 

CORDIS CORPORATION, a corporation ; 

JOHNSON & JOHNSON, a corporation; 

CARDINAL HEALTH, INC., a 

corporation; CONFLUENT MEDICAL 

TECHNOLOGIES, INC., a corporation; 

and DOES 1 through 50, 

Defendants. 

Case No. 4:16-cv-05455-EMC 

STIPULATION TO EXTEND TIME FOR 

DEFENDANT CONFLUENT MEDICAL 

TECHNOLOGIES, INC. TO RESPOND TO 

COMPLAINT 

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WHEREAS, Plaintiffs filed the Complaint in the Superior Court of California, County of 

Alameda on August 23, 2016; 

WHEREAS, Defendant Confluent Medical Technologies, Inc. (“Confluent”) was served 

with the Complaint on August 24, 2016; 

WHEREAS, Defendant Cordis Corporation filed a Notice of Removal on September 23, 

2016; 

WHEREAS, a conflict has arisen with respect to counsel for Confluent; 

WHEREAS, due to this conflict, Confluent is in the process of retaining new counsel and 

requires additional time to prepare its response to the Complaint; 

WHEREAS, Plaintiffs and Confluent have met and conferred through counsel and agree 

that, pursuant to Local Rule 6-1, Confluent’s deadline to answer or otherwise respond to the 

Complaint shall be continued to November 14, 2016; 

WHEREAS, the brief extension set forth herein will not alter the date of any event or any 

deadline already set by the Court in this action; 

THEREFORE, IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED by Plaintiffs and Confluent through their 

respective counsel that the deadline for Confluent to answer or otherwise respond to the 

Complaint is continued to November 14, 2016. 

IT IS SO STIPULATED. 

Dated: October 13, 2016 DRINKER BIDDLE & REATH LLP

By: /s/ Matthew J. Adler 

Michelle A. Childers 

Matthew J. Adler 

Attorneys for Defendant 

CONFLUENT MEDICAL TECHNOLOGIES, 

INC.

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Dated: October 13, 2016 LOPEZ MCHUGH LLP 

By: /s/ Matthew Ramon Lopez 

Ramon Rossi Lopez 

Matthew Ramon Lopez 

Amorina Patrice Lopez 

Attorneys for Plaintiffs 

Attestation Pursuant to Civil Local Rule 5-1(i) 

Pursuant to Civil Local Rule 5-1(i), I, Matthew J. Adler, hereby attest that I have obtained 

concurrence in the filing of this document from the other signatory to this document. 

I declare under penalty of perjury under the laws of the United States of America that the 

foregoing is true and correct. Executed this 13th day of October, 2016 in San Francisco, 

California. 

 /s/ Matthew J. Adler 

Matthew J. Adler

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NITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

IT IS SO ORDERED

Judge Edward M. Chen

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