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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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1 TUCKER ELLIS & WEST LLP

MICHAEL C. ZELLERS SBN 146904

2 MOLLIE BENEDICT SBN 187084

WILLIAM H. DANCE SBN 230041

3 515 South Flower Street, Forty-Second Floor

Los Angeles, CA 90071-2223

4 Telephone: 213.430.3400

Facsimile: 213.430.3409

5 E-Mail: michae1.zellers(gtuckerellis.com;

mo lle. benedict(gtuckerellis. corn;

6 wiliam.dance(gtuckerells.com

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TUCKER ELLIS & WEST LLP

8 REBECCA M. BIERNAT SBN 198635

135 Main Street, Suite 700

9 San Francisco, California 94105

Telephone: 415.617.2400

10 Facsimile: 415.617.2409

E-Mail: rebecca.biernat(gtuckerells.com

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Attorneys for Defendant ALZA CORPORATION

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

16 SERGIO L. CARRON, as Surviving Spouse

17 of SUSANA Y. CARRON, Deceased,

CASE NO. C 09 05623 RS

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ALZA CORPORATION, SANDOZ INC., and 20 DOES 1 through 100, inclusive,

Plaintiff,

STIPULATED MOTION AND

(PROPOSED) ORDER TO EXTEND

DEADLINE FOR MEDIATION

UNDER ADR L.R. 6-5 AND CIVIL

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TO THE CLERK OF THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT, NORTHERN

DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA, AND TO ALL PARTIES:

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Pursuant to ADR L.R. 6-5 and Civil L.R. 7, Defendants ALZA Corporation and Sandoz

Inc. (collectively, "Defendants"), through their counsel, hereby requests that the Court extend the

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deadline for the paries to complete Mediation.

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STIPULATED MOTION AND (PROPOSED) ORDER TO EXTEND DEADLINE FOR MEDIATION

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1 On March 25,2010, this Court issued the "Case Management Scheduling Order." This

2 order referred this case to mediation to be completed within one hundred and twenty (120) days.

3 On March 29,2010, this Cour appointed a mediator, Robert F. Espstein.

4 After the appointment of the mediator, the parties participated in a pre-mediation

5 teleconference with the mediator. Essentially, the parties generally discussed the issues involved

6 in this case and agreed to mediate this matter on July 21,2010.

7 At present, however, Plaintiff has not been deposed and his deposition is necessary for

8 the mediation. Defendants' and Plaintiff's counsel have worked diligently to schedule Plaintiff's

9 deposition, but scheduling conflcts have prevented this deposition from going forward.

10 Currently, Plaintiff's deposition is set for July 20,2010. Furhermore, Defendants expect that

11 information learned during Plaintiff's deposition may ultimately result in their need to conduct

12 additional discovery. As such, mediating this case at this time would be unproductive.

13 In addition, both parties have agreed to have Paul Finn mediate this case. Given the

14 medical, scientific, and manufacturing issues presented in this case, it is necessary to have a

15 mediator who is familiar with these issues. Mr. Finn has successfully mediated other similar

16 cases involving the similar medical, scientific, and manufacturing issues presented here.

17 Plaintiff's counsel does not oppose this extension and concurs with this request.

18 Accordingly, both paries agree to complete the mediation by September 27,2010. Both parties

19 further agree to have Paul Finn mediate this case. Furthermore, the mediation deadline extension

20 wil have no effect on any other dates set forth in the case management order.

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TUCKER ELLIS & WEST LLP

MICHAEL C. ZELLERS

MOLLIE F. BENEDICT

WILLIAM H. DANCE

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Molle F. Beneaict

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Attorneys For Defendants

ALZA CORPORATION and SANDOZ INC.

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BLIZZA, MCCARTHY & NABERS, I,.L.P.

EDWAR BLIZZAR

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REBECCA KING

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SERGIO L. CARRO , as Surviving Spouse of

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4 Pursuant to the Stipulation above, the Court hereby extends the deadline for the

5 Mediation to occur no later than September 27,2010. The Court also hereby permits the ,parties

6 and counsel to use Paul Finn to mediate this case. Furthermore, the mediation deadline

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JUDGE OF THE DISTRICT COURT

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