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Nature of Suit Code: 365
Nature of Suit: Personal Injury - Product Liability
Cause of Action: 28:1391 Personal Injury

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David T. Biderman (Bar No. 101577)

DBiderman@perkinscoie.com 

Joshua A. Reiten (Bar No. 238985) 

JReiten@perkinscoie.com 

PERKINS COIE LLP 

505 Howard Street, Suite 1000 

San Francisco, CA 94105-3204 

Telephone: 415.344.7000 

Facsimile: 415.344.7050 

Charles C. Sipos (pro hac vice) 

CSipos@perkinscoie.com 

PERKINS COIE LLP 

1201 Third Avenue, Suite 4900 

Seattle, WA 98101-3099 

Telephone: 206.359.8000 

Facsimile: 206.359.9000 

Attorneys for Defendants 

General Mills, Inc.; General Mills Sales, Inc.; General 

Mills Operations, LLC; 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

DEBORAH NAVA, et al., 

Plaintiffs, 

v. 

GENERAL MILLS, INC.; GENERAL 

MILLS SALES, INC.; GENERAL MILLS 

OPERATIONS, LLC, AND DOES 1-50, 

Defendants. 

Case No. 15-cv-02262-MCE-KJN

STIPULATION AND ORDER RE: (1) 

EXTENDING TIME TO ANSWER OR 

OTHERWISE PLEAD, (2) SETTING A 

COORDINATED BRIEFING SCHEDULE 

ON MOTION TO DISMISS 

L.R. 144(a)

 

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STIPULATION 

Pursuant to Local Rule 144(a), it is stipulated between and among Plaintiffs Deborah 

Nava and Katrina Whitney and Defendants General Mills, Inc., General Mills Sales, Inc., General 

Mills Operations, LLC (“Defendants”), by their respective attorneys as follows: 

WHEREAS, Defendants received service of Plaintiffs’ First Amended Complaint on May 

25, 2016; 

WHEREAS, Defendants’ response to Plaintiffs’ First Amended Complaint is presently 

due June 13, 2016; 

WHEREAS, this action was previously deemed related to the action Haddix v. General 

Mills, No. 15-cv-2625 (Dkt. No. 21) per Local Rule 123(a); 

WHEREAS, Plaintiff in the Haddix action has also recently filed a First Amended 

Complaint (Haddix v. General Mills, No. 15-cv-2625, Dkt. No. 18 (Jun. 7, 2016)); 

WHEREAS, in the interests of judicial efficiency and conserving party resources, counsel 

for Plaintiffs and Defendants in this action have conferred, and counsel for Defendants have 

conferred with counsel for Plaintiff in the Haddix action; and 

WHEREAS, in both actions the parties have reached agreement on a briefing and hearing 

schedule set forth below with respect to Defendants’ motion to dismiss the First Amended 

Complaint (“Motion”), so that the issues presented by the parties’ briefing in these related cases 

will be submitted to the Court in a coordinated fashion; 

WHEREAS, a stipulation and proposed Order setting forth the same schedule will be filed 

in Haddix v. General Mills, No. 15-cv-2625; 

WHEREAS, the parties previously requested a brief 22-day extension to respond to the 

initial complaint, however, this is the first request for an extension to respond to the First 

Amended Complaint; 

WHEREAS, this stipulation and request is being made as soon as the parties reached an 

agreement on a coordinated briefing schedule in both actions and is not being made for the 

purpose of delay; 

WHEREAS, this extension will not alter any other currently-existing deadlines; 

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THEREFORE, the parties hereby stipulate and agree as follows: 

1. Defendants will file their Motion on or before July 8, 2016; 

2. Plaintiffs will file their opposition to the Motion on or before August 5, 

2016; 

3. Defendants will file their reply papers in support of the Motion on or 

before August 19, 2016; 

4. The hearing on the Motion will be September 8, 2016, at 2:00 p.m. 

IT IS SO STIPULATED.

DATED: June 13, 2016 CUTTER LAW P.C. 

By:/s/ John R. Parker, Jr. (as authorized on 06/13/2016 ) 

John R. Parker, Jr. 

Attorneys for Plaintiffs 

DATED: June 13, 2016 PERKINS COIE LLP 

By: /s/ Charles C. Sipos

Charles C. Sipos 

Attorneys for Defendants 

ORDER 

Pursuant to the foregoing stipulation, Defendants will file their Motion on or before 

July 8, 2016. Plaintiffs will file their opposition to the Motion on or before August 5, 2016. 

Defendants will file their reply papers in support of the Motion on or before August 19, 2016. 

The hearing on the Motion will be September 8, 2016, at 2:00 p.m. 

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Dated: June 20, 2016 

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