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Parties Involved:
DePuy Synthes Sales, Inc.
Defendant
Edwin Houston Hayes
Plaintiff
Johnson & Johnson Services, Inc.
Defendant
Greg Knapp
Plaintiff
Mark Panozzo
Plaintiff
Synthes USA Sales, LLC
Defendant
Synthes, Inc.
Defendant

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JOINT STIPULATION TO EXTEND DEADLINES

BLANK ROME LLP

Michael L. Ludwig (SBN 173850)

Ludwig@BlankRome.com

Caroline P. Donelan (SBN 268762)

CDonelan@BlankRome.com

2029 Century Park East, 6th Floor

Los Angeles, CA 90067

Telephone: 424.239.3400

Facsimile: 424.239.3434

BLANK ROME LLP

Anthony B. Haller (pro hac vice)

Haller@BlankRome.com 

One Logan Square

130 North 18th Street

Philadelphia, PA 19103

Telephone: 215.569.5690

Facsimile: 215.832.5690

Attorneys for Defendants, 

Synthes, Inc., DePuy Synthes Sales, Inc., 

Johnson & Johnson Services, Inc., 

and Synthes USA Sales, LLC

HUNTER PYLE, SBN 191125

hpyle@ssrplaw.com

CHAD SAUNDERS, SBN 257810

csaunders@ssrplaw.com

SUNDEEN SALINAS & PYLE

428 Thirteenth Street, Eighth Floor

Oakland, California 94612

Telephone: (510) 663-9240

Facsimile: (510) 663-9241

Attorneys for Plaintiffs

Edwin Houston Hayes and Greg Knapp

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

EDWIN HOUSTON HAYES and GREG 

KNAPP,

Plaintiffs,

v.

DEPUY SYNTHES SALES, INC., 

JOHNSON & JOHNSON SERVICES, 

INC.; SYNTHES, INC., and 

SYNTHES USA SALES, LLC,

Defendants.

Case No.: 2:15-cv-01200-TLN-AC

Assigned for all purposes to the 

Honorable Troy L. Nunley

JOINT STIPULATION TO REVISE 

CURRENT CASE SCHEDULE AND 

ORDER THEREON

FAC filed: June 10, 2015 

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Defendants SYNTHES, INC., DEPUY SYNTHES SALES, INC., 

JOHNSON & JOHNSON SERVICES, INC. and SYNTHES USA SALES, LLC 

(“Defendants”) and Plaintiffs EDWIN HOUSTON HAYES and GREG KNAPP 

(“Plaintiffs”), (collectively referred to herein as “the Parties”) by and through their 

undersigned counsel of record, hereby jointly stipulate and respectfully request that 

the Court extend the fact discovery, expert disclosure, dispositive motion deadlines 

and trial date for this litigation. In support of this stipulation, the Parties state as 

follows:

WHEREAS, this Court entered its initial Pretrial Scheduling Order 

(“Scheduling Order”) on November 13, 2015 (Docket number 12);

WHEREAS, the Parties have requested in good faith and received three 

previous extensions to the fact discovery deadlines in this case (Docket numbers 15, 

20 and 27) based primarily on the availability of witnesses and attorneys for 

deposition and the ongoing settlement discussions between the parties;

WHEREAS, Plaintiffs’ counsel plan to file an Amended Complaint in this 

action by weeks’ end, to add a new Plaintiff, Mark Panozzo (“Panozzo”); 

WHEREAS, Defendants stipulate to allow Plaintiffs to file an Amended 

Complaint to add Panozzo, but expressly reserve all rights related to the Amended 

Complaint, including but not limited to the right to challenge the viability of 

Panozzo’s claims; 

WHEREAS, the Parties agree that the current Scheduling Order does not 

allow the Parties sufficient time to continue their good faith settlement discussions 

and complete fact discovery, including but not limited to discovery related to the 

newly added Plaintiff, Panozzo, by the December 5, 2016 deadline;

WHEREAS, based on the progress of the case, the settlement discussions 

between the Parties, and the newly added Plaintiff, an extension of the deadline for 

completing fact discovery (and a corresponding extension of other deadlines) and 

trial will allow the Parties to continue to engage in meaningful settlement 

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discussions and to adequately prepare for trial if those negotiations prove 

unsuccessful; 

WHEREAS, good cause exists for the proposed stipulated extension because 

it will serve the interests of judicial economy by allowing the Parties to fully 

explore the possibility settlement without incurring the costs of further depositions 

or expert discovery and will not delay or prejudice a timely resolution of this case; 

THEREFORE, THE PARTIES HEREBY STIPULATE to, and seek an order 

from this Court, continuing the deadlines and trial date contained in the Scheduling 

Order as follows:

Event Existing Deadline Revised Deadline

Close of Fact 

Discovery

December 5, 2016 March 6, 2017

Expert Disclosures & 

Reports

December 19, 2017 March 20, 2017

Dispositive Motions January 26, 2017 April 6, 2017

Joint Final Pretrial 

Statement

April 27, 2017 August 17, 2017

Final Pretrial 

Conference

May 4, 2017, at 2:00 p.m. August 24, 2017, at 2:00 

p.m.

Trial Date July 10, 2017, at 9:00 a.m. October 2, 2017, at 9:00 

a.m.

IT IS SO STIPULATED, THROUGH COUNSEL OF RECORD.

DATED: December 5, 2016 /s/ Chad Saunders

(As authorized on December 5, 2016; L.R. 

131(e))

Attorney for Plaintiffs

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JOINT STIPULATION TO EXTEND DEADLINES

DATED: December 5, 2016 /s/ Caroline P. Donelan

Attorney for Defendants

IT IS SO ORDERED:

Dated: December 8, 2016

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