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Nature of Suit Code: 367
Nature of Suit: TORTS - Personal Injury - Health Care/Pharmaceutical Personal Injury/Product Liability
Cause of Action: 28:1332 Diversity-Product Liability

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STIPULATION TO CONTINUE HEARING AND RELATED BRIEFING ON DEFENDANT OTSUKA PHARMACEUTICAL CO., LTD.’S 

MOTION TO DISMISS PLAINTIFF’S COMPLAINT FOR LACK OF PERSONAL JURISDICTION; CASE NO. 1:16-cv-00609-LJOBAM

Krista M. Enns (SBN: 206430)

kenns@winston.com

WINSTON & STRAWN LLP

101 California Street

San Francisco, CA 94111-5802

Telephone: (415) 591-1000

Facsimile: (415) 591-1400

Attorneys for Defendant

OTSUKA PHARMACEUTICAL CO., LTD.

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA – FRESNO DIVISION

ATHALEAN HARPER-MOSLEY,

Plaintiff,

v.

BRISTOL-MYERS SQUIBB COMPANY,

OTSUKA PHARMACEUTICAL CO., LTD.,

and OTSUKA AMERICA

PHARMACEUTICAL, INC.,

Defendants.

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Case No. 1:16-cv-00609-LJO-BAM

STIPULATION TO CONTINUE 

HEARING AND RELATED BRIEFING 

ON DEFENDANT OTSUKA 

PHARMACEUTICAL CO., LTD.’S 

MOTION TO DISMISS PLAINTIFF’S 

COMPLAINT FOR LACK OF 

PERSONAL JURISDICTION AND 

ORDER

Date: July 27, 2016 

Time: 8:30 a.m.

Place: Courtroom 4, 7th floor

Judge: Honorable Lawrence J. O’Neill

Complaint Filed: 4/20/2016

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STIPULATION TO CONTINUE HEARING AND RELATED BRIEFING ON DEFENDANT OTSUKA PHARMACEUTICAL CO., LTD.’S 

MOTION TO DISMISS PLAINTIFF’S COMPLAINT FOR LACK OF PERSONAL JURISDICTION; CASE NO. 1:16-cv-00609-LJOBAM

This stipulation in the above-captioned matter is made by and between the attorneys for 

Plaintiff Athalean Harper-Mosley (“Plaintiff”) and Defendant Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. 

(“Defendant”).

WHEREAS, Defendant filed a motion to dismiss Plaintiff’s Complaint for lack of personal 

jurisdiction under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 12(b)(2) (ECF 20), to which Plaintiff is scheduled 

to file an opposition to Defendant’s motion by July 13, 2016, and in further support of which 

Defendant is scheduled to file a reply by July 20, 2016; and

WHEREAS, the hearing on Defendant’s motion before the Court is currently scheduled for 

July 27, 2016, at 8:30 am.; and

WHEREAS, under Local Rule 123, this case was determined related to Sears v. BristolMyers Squibb Company, et al., 1:16-cv-00065-LJO-BAM, and Reynolds v. Bristol-Myers Squibb 

Company, et al., 1:16-cv-00357-LJO-BAM (ECF 9)1; and 

WHEREAS, Defendant also filed motions to dismiss plaintiffs’ complaints for lack of 

personal jurisdiction in Sears and Reynolds; and

WHEREAS, in light of the parties’ stipulations in Sears and Reynolds, the Court entered an 

order vacating the scheduled hearing dates on Defendant’s motions to dismiss in Sears and 

Reynolds, permitting jurisdictional discovery, and permitting plaintiffs to submit supplemental 

oppositions by July 12, 2016 and Defendant to submit supplemental replies by July 19, 2016, after 

which filings the Court would take the matters under submission on the papers; and

WHEREAS, on June 24, 2016, the parties to this case and 25 other similar cases pending in 

federal courts nationwide filed a Joint Motion to Transfer before the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict 

Litigation to transfer all of the pending cases into a multidistrict litigation; and

WHEREAS, on June 29, 2016, all defendants in this case, as well as in Sears and Reynolds,

filed an unopposed motion to stay proceedings pending a decision by the Judicial Panel on 

Multidistrict Litigation on the Joint Motion to Transfer (ECF 31, 32)

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1 A later-filed case, Vickers v. Bristol-Myers Squibb Co., et al., 1:16-cv-737-LJO-BAM, was also 

deemed related to this case, Sears, and Reynolds. (ECF 26; see Vickers, ECF 5.) Defendant intends 

to file a motion to dismiss for lack of personal jurisdiction in Vickers as well.

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The motion to stay was also filed in Vickers.

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STIPULATION TO CONTINUE HEARING AND RELATED BRIEFING ON DEFENDANT OTSUKA PHARMACEUTICAL CO., LTD.’S 

MOTION TO DISMISS PLAINTIFF’S COMPLAINT FOR LACK OF PERSONAL JURISDICTION; CASE NO. 1:16-cv-00609-LJOBAM

WHEREAS, the motion to stay is noticed for hearing on July 28, 2016 (ECF 31, 32); and

WHEREAS, in Sears and Reynolds, there are pending stipulations and proposed orders to 

continue the supplemental briefing deadlines on parallel schedules until after resolution of the 

pending motions to stay (plaintiffs’ filing on August 18, 2016, and Defendant’s filings on August 25, 

2016); and

WHEREAS, Plaintiff and Defendant desire this case to proceed on the same footing as Sears

and Reynolds with respect to Defendant’s motion to dismiss for lack of personal jurisdiction;

IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED AND AGREED, by and between the attorneys for the parties 

hereto, that the Court should permit jurisdictional discovery and continue the hearing and related

briefing deadlines currently scheduled for July 13, 2016 (Plaintiff), July 20, 2016 (Defendant), and 

July 27, 2016 (Hearing) to August 18, 2016 (Plaintiff), August 25, 2016 (Defendant), and September 

1, 2016 at 8:30 a.m. (Hearing) respectively, to permit resolution first of the motion to stay.

This is the parties’ first request to continue the hearing and related briefing dates on 

Defendant’s Motion to Dismiss Plaintiff’s Complaint for Lack of Personal Jurisdiction. All parties 

agree to this stipulation, and the stipulation does not affect any other previously scheduled dates.

IT IS SO STIPULATED

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STIPULATION TO CONTINUE HEARING AND RELATED BRIEFING ON DEFENDANT OTSUKA PHARMACEUTICAL CO., LTD.’S 

MOTION TO DISMISS PLAINTIFF’S COMPLAINT FOR LACK OF PERSONAL JURISDICTION; CASE NO. 1:16-cv-00609-LJOBAM

Dated: July 8, 2016 WINSTON & STRAWN LLP

By: /s/ Krista M. Enns

Krista M. Enns

Luke A. Connelly (pro hac vice)

200 Park Avenue

New York, NY 10166

Phone: (212) 294-6882

Fax: (212) 294-4700

lconnell@winston.com

Matthew A. Campbell (pro hac vice)

Eric M. Goldstein (pro hac vice)

Rand K. Brothers (pro hac vice)

Sarah J. Bily

Erika L. Mayer

1700 K Street, N.W.

Washington, DC 20006

Phone: (202) 282-5848

Fax: (202) 282-5100

macampbe@winston.com

egoldstein@winston.com

rbrothers@winston.com

Attorneys for Defendant

OTSUKA PHARMACEUTICAL CO., LTD.

(Appearing specially)

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STIPULATION TO CONTINUE HEARING AND RELATED BRIEFING ON DEFENDANT OTSUKA PHARMACEUTICAL CO., LTD.’S 

MOTION TO DISMISS PLAINTIFF’S COMPLAINT FOR LACK OF PERSONAL JURISDICTION; CASE NO. 1:16-cv-00609-LJOBAM

Dated: July 8, 2016 ROBINS KAPLAN LLP

By: /s/ Munir R. Meghjee

Munir R. Meghjee

Gary L. Wilson (CA Bar # 139358) 

gwilson@robinskaplan.com

Roman M. Silberfeld (CA Bar # 62783)

rsilberfeld@robinskaplan.com

Michael A. Geibelson (CA Bar # 179970)

mgeibelson@robinskaplan.com 

Munir R. Meghjee (pro hac vice)

mmeghjee@robinskaplan.com 

Megan J. McKenzie (pro hac vice)

mmckenzie@robinskaplan.com 

800 LaSalle Avenue 

Suite 2800 

Minneapolis, MN 55402-2015 

Phone: (612) 349-8500 

Fax: (612) 339-4181

Attorneys for Plaintiff

ATHALEAN HARPER-MOSLEY

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: July 11, 2016 /s/ Lawrence J. O’Neill _____ 

UNITED STATES CHIEF DISTRICT JUDGE

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