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Nature of Suit Code: 370
Nature of Suit: Other Fraud
Cause of Action: 28:1332 Diversity-(Citizenship)

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ALAN J. LAZARUS (SBN #129767)

alan.lazarus@dbr.com 

WILLIAM A. HANSSEN (SBN #110613) 

william.hanssen@dbr.com 

ASHLEY K. CORKERY (SBN #301380) 

ashley.corkery@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 Defendants 

ZICAM LLC and MATRIXX 

INITIATIVES, INC. 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

YESENIA MELGAR, on Behalf of Herself 

and all Others Similarly Situated, 

Plaintiff, 

v. 

ZICAM LLC and MATRIXX 

INITIATIVES, INC., 

Defendants. 

Case No. 2:14-cv-00160-MCE-AC

STIPULATION AND ORDER SETTING 

REVISED BRIEFING SCHEDULE FOR 

DEFENDANTS TO FILE REPLIES IN 

SUPPORT OF SUMMARY JUDGMENT 

AND MOTIONS TO EXCLUDE CERTAIN 

OPINION TESTIMONY AND 

EXTENDING THE DEADLINE TO HEAR 

DISPOSITIVE MOTIONS 

Plaintiff Yesenia Melgar, on behalf of herself and all others similarly situated 

(“Plaintiff”), and Defendants Zicam LLC and Matrixx Initiatives, Inc. (collectively 

“Defendants”), by and through their respective attorneys, hereby stipulate as follows: 

WHEREAS, Defendants filed a motion for summary judgment (Dkt. No. 69) and motions 

to exclude certain opinion testimony of designated expert Noel R. Rose (Dkt. No. 70) and of 

designated expert R. Barker Bausell (Dkt. 71), on August 6, 2015; 

WHEREAS, after the parties met and conferred, Plaintiff filed a stipulation and proposed 

order setting the briefing schedule and extending the deadline to hear dispositive motions (Dkt. 

No. 80) and a stipulation and proposed order setting the briefing schedule for Defendants’ 

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motions to exclude certain expert testimony (Dkt. No. 81), on August 14, 2015; 

WHEREAS, the Court extended the deadline for the last day to hear dispositive motions 

to November 12, 2015, pursuant to an Order entered on August 14, 2015 (Dkt. No. 84); 

WHEREAS, the Court extended the deadline to file oppositions to Defendants’ motion for 

summary judgment and motions to exclude certain opinion testimony to October 1, 2015 (Dkt. 

Nos. 84, 88); 

WHEREAS, Defendants’ replies in support of motion for summary judgment and motions 

to exclude certain opinion testimony are due on November 5, 2015; 

WHEREAS, counsel for Defendants were engaged in trial longer than anticipated, from 

September 21 through October 16, 2015; 

WHEREAS, following the trial, lead counsel for Defendants traveled to Florida on 

October 17, 2015 due to the illness and death of his parent; 

WHEREAS, Plaintiff’s counsel are scheduled to begin trial in Los Angeles on October 27, 

2015; 

WHEREAS, on October 20, 2015 the Court issued an order continuing the trial of this 

matter from February 8, 2016 to August 1, 2016, and the Final Pretrial Conference from 

December 17, 2015 to June 16, 2016. 

WHEREAS, the parties have conferred and agreed to set a new briefing schedule for 

Defendants to file replies in support of their motion for summary judgment and motions to 

exclude certain opinion testimony to accommodate Defendants’ counsel personal circumstance 

and the parties respective trial schedules; 

WHEREAS, the parties respectfully request that the Court grant this extension to 

accommodate the personal circumstance of defense counsel; 

WHEREAS, the parties now stipulate and agree to the entry of an Order extending the 

date of Defendants’ replies in support of their motion for summary judgment and motions to 

exclude certain opinion testimony to on or before November 19, 2015; 

WHEREAS, the parties now stipulate and agree to the entry of an Order extending the last 

day to hear dispositive motions to January 14, 2016; 

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WHEREAS, the parties now stipulate and agree to the entry of an Order extending the 

hearing date of Defendants’ motions to exclude certain opinion testimony to January 14, 2016; 

THEREFORE, IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED by and between the parties and their 

counsel that, upon the Court’s grant of the proposed order submitted herewith: 

1. The deadline for Defendants to submit replies in support of their motion for summary 

judgment; in support of their motion to exclude certain opinion testimony of Noel R. 

Rose; and in support of their motion to exclude certain opinion testimony of R. Barker 

Bausell is extended to on or before November 19, 2015; 

2. Defendants will file their replies in support of their motion for summary judgment; in 

support of their motion to exclude certain opinion testimony of Noel R. Rose; and in 

support of their motion to exclude certain opinion testimony of R. Barker Bausell on 

or before November 19, 2015; 

3. The last day to hear dispositive motions shall be extended to January 14, 2016; 

4. The hearing on Defendants’ motion for summary judgment and motions to exclude 

certain opinion testimony shall be on January 14, 2016 at 2:00 p.m., or on such other 

date that is convenient for the Court. 

IT IS SO STIPULATED. 

Dated: October _____, 2015 DRINKER BIDDLE & REATH LLP

By: 

Alan J. Lazarus 

William A. Hanssen 

Ashley K. Corkery 

Attorneys for Defendants 

ZICAM LLC and MATRIXX INITIATIVES, 

INC. 

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Dated: October _____, 2015 BURSOR & FISHER, P.A. 

By: 

L. Timothy Fisher 

Annick M. Persinger 

Julie A. Luster 

Attorneys for Plaintiff 

YESENIA MELGAR 

 

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ORDER

82971717.1 CASE NO. 2:14-CV-00160-MCE-AC 

ORDER 

Pursuant to the parties’ stipulation, the Court hereby orders: 

1. The deadline for Defendants to submit replies in support of their motion for summary 

judgment; in support of their motion to exclude certain opinion testimony of Noel R. 

Rose; and in support of their motion to exclude certain opinion testimony of R. Barker 

Bausell is extended to on or before November 19, 2015; 

2. The last day to hear dispositive motions shall be extended to January 14, 2016; 

3. The hearing on Defendants’ motion for summary judgment; motion to exclude certain 

opinion testimony of Noel R. Rose; and motion to exclude certain opinion testimony 

of R. Barker Bausell shall be on January 14, 2016. 

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

DATED: October 28, 2015 

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