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Nature of Suit Code: 830
Nature of Suit: Patent
Cause of Action: 35:271 Patent Infringement

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0067.241\9775

[Proposed] Order to Stay Case

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA, SACRAMENTO DIVISION

SHARIDAN STILES

Plaintiff,

v.

TARGET CORPORATION,

Defendant.

CASE No. 2:19-CV-02144-JAM-KJN

ORDER TO STAY CASE

Case 2:19-cv-02144-DAD-AC Document 29 Filed 03/06/20 Page 1 of 5
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0067.241\9775 -2- [Proposed] Order to Stay Case

ORDER

The parties, Plaintiff Sharidan L. Stiles and Defendant Target Corporation, have 

presented a Stipulation to Stay the above-captioned action, on the following agreed 

premises:

This is an action for alleged infringement of two patents owned by Plaintiff: 

United States Patent No. 9,108,329 (“the ’329 Patent”) and United States Patent No. 

9,707,689 (“the ’689 Patent”). This action involves a single accused product: the 

“Ardell Precision Shaper,” distributed and sold by American International Industries 

(“AII”) and sold at retail by Target Corporation. This accused product is at issue in 

other cases pending in this Court, including Stiles, et al. v. Walmart Inc., et al., E.D. 

Cal. Case No. 14-cv-02234 (“The 2014 Action,” which alleges infringement of the ‘329 

patent by the Ardell Precision Shaper), and American International Industries v. Stiles, 

E.D. Cal. Case No. 2:19-cv-01218 (“the Declaratory Relief Action,” which alleges noninfringement of the ‘689 patent by the Ardell Precision Shaper). The Declaratory 

Relief Action was previously deemed related to the 2014 Action. (The 2014 Action, 

Dkt. No. 276) After recent judicial transfers, the 2014 Action and the Declaratory 

Relief Action are now pending before Hon. Kimberly J. Mueller. (The 2014 Action, 

Dkt. No. 389; Declaratory Relief Action, Dkt. No. 27)

The parties agreed that liability issues regarding the ‘329 and ‘689 patents should 

proceed in the 2014 Action and Declaratory Relief Actions prior to active litigation of 

the above-captioned action, in order to save substantial court and attorney resources, 

avoid duplication of efforts and facilitate more uniform control of the litigation. 

Accordingly, the parties stipulated to a stay of this case until an initial patent 

infringement liability determination is made in either the 2014 Action or the 

Declaratory Relief Action, after which point the parties propose to file a joint report 

informing the Court whether they agree that the stay in this case should continue 

pending further proceedings in the 2014 Action and/or the Declaratory Relief Action. 

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0067.241\9775 -3- [Proposed] Order to Stay Case

Accordingly, the parties requested that the Court enter the following Order to stay all 

but administrative activities in the above-captioned case.

FOR GOOD CAUSE SHOWN, the Court hereby orders that litigation of the 

above-captioned action is stayed, other than for administrative activities, pending a 

determination in Stiles, et al. v. Walmart Inc., et al., E.D. Cal. Case No. 14-cv-02234 or 

American International Industries v. Stiles, E.D. Cal. Case No. 2:19-cv-01218, of 

whether the Ardell Precision Shaper infringes either the ‘329 or ‘689 Patent. Upon a 

determination in either of these actions as to whether the Ardell Precision Shaper 

infringes the ‘329 or ‘689 Patents, the parties shall promptly confer and file a joint 

report informing the Court whether they agree that the stay in this case should continue 

pending any further proceedings.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated this 6th day of March, 2020.

/s/ John A. Mendez

Hon. John A. Mendez

U.S. District Court Judge

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0067.241\9775 -4- [Proposed] Order to Stay Case

PROOF OF SERVICE

STATE OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES

At the time of service, I was over 18 years of age and not a party to this action. I am employed in the County of Los Angeles, State of California. My business address 

is 3130 Wilshire Boulevard, Suite 500, Santa Monica, California 90403-2351.

On March 5, 2020, I served true copies of the following document(s) described 

as[PROPOSED] ORDER TO STAY CASE on the interested parties in this action as follows:

SEE ATTACHED SERVICE LIST

BY CM/ECF NOTICE OF ELECTRONIC FILING: I caused said 

document(s) to be served by means of this Court's electronic transmission of the Notice 

of Electronic Filing through the Court's transmission facilities, to the parties and/or 

counsel who are registered CM/ECF Users set forth in the service list obtained from 

this Court.

I declare under penalty of perjury under the laws of the United States of America that the foregoing is true and correct and that I am employed in the office of a member 

of the bar of this Court at whose direction the service was made.

Executed on March 5, 2020, at Santa Monica, California.

/s/Eric S. Engel

Eric S. Engel

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0067.241\9775 -5- [Proposed] Order to Stay Case

SERVICE LIST

Stiles v. Wal-Mart Stores Inc, et al CV14-02234-GEB-CMK

For Stiles/Stiles 4 U, Inc. For Walmart, Inc.

Brian James Dunne

bdunne@piercebainbridge.com

Dan Terzian

dterzian@piercebainbridge.com

PIERCE BAINBRIDGE LLP

355 S. Grand Ave., 44th Floor

Los Angeles, CA 90071

Telephone: 213-262-9333

Facsimile: 213-279-2008

Bryan A. Merryman

bmerryman@whitecase.com

Catherine Susan Simonsen

catherine.simonsen@whitecase.com

WHITE & CASE LLP

555 South Flower Street, Suite 2700

Los Angeles, CA 90071-2433

Telephone: 213-620-7700 

Facsimile: 213-452-2329

David L. Hecht , PHV

dhecht@piercebainbridge.com

Yavar Bathaee

ybathaee@piercebainbridge.com

PIERCE BAINBRIDGE BECK 

PRICE & HECHT LLP

277 Park Avenue, 45th Floor

New York, NY 10172

Telephone: 212-484-9866

Facsimile: 646-968-4125

Bijal V. Vakil

bijal@whitecase.com

Jeremy Kent Ostrander

jostrander@whitecase.com

Hallie Elizabeth Kiernan

hallie.kiernan@whitecase.com

WHITE & CASE LLP

3000 El Camino Real

5 Palo Alto Square, 9th Floor

Palo Alto, California 94306

Telephone: 650-213-0300

Facsimile: 650-213-8158

Harmeet Kaur Dhillon

harmeet@dhillonlaw.com

DHILLON LAW GROUP, INC.

177 Post Street, Suite 700

San Francisco, CA 94108

Telephone: 415-433-1700

Facsimile: 415-520-6593

Stefan M. Mentzer, PHV

smentzer@whitecase.com

WHITE & CASE, LLP

1221 Avenue of the Americas, Floor 49

New York, NY 10020

Telephone: 212-819-8200

Facsimile: 212-354-8113

Andrew Williamson, PHV

awilliamson@piercebainbridge.com

PIERCE BAINBRIDGE BECK 

PRICE & HECHT LLP

601 Pennsylvania Ave. NW

South Tower Suite 700

Washington, DC 20004

Telephone: 202-839-3531

Facsimile: 646-968-4125

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