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Parties Involved:
Dorothea Emmons
Plaintiff
Quest Diagnostics Clinical Laboratories, Inc.
Defendant
Quest Diagnostics Inc.
Defendant
Quest Diagnostics Incorporated
Defendant
Quest Diagnostics Incorporated of Nevada
Defendant
Quest Diagnostics Nichols Institute
Defendant
Lisa Stapleton
Plaintiff

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ORDER

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

DOROTHEA EMMONS and LISA 

STAPLETON, individually, and on behalf of 

other members of the general public similarly 

situated, and as aggrieved employees,

Plaintiffs,

vs.

QUEST DIAGNOSTICS CLINICAL 

LABORATORIES, INC., a Delaware 

corporation; QUEST DIAGNOSTICS 

INCORPORATED, doing business as QUEST 

DIAGNOSTICS INCORPORATED OF 

NEVADA, a Nevada corporation; QUEST 

DIAGNOSTICS NICHOLS INSTITUTE, a 

California corporation; and DOES 1 through 10, 

inclusive,

Defendants.

Case No.: 1:13-cv-00474-AWI-BAM

[Assigned to Hon. Barbara A. McAuliffe]

ORDER GRANTING JOINT STIPULATION 

TO ADD QUEST DIAGNOSTICS 

INCORPORATED AS A NAMED 

DEFENDANT TO THE ACTION

DIRECTING CLERK TO ADD DEFENDANT 

TO THE DOCKET

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ORDER

The Court has read and considered the Parties’ Joint Stipulation to Add Quest Diagnostics 

Incorporated As A Named Defendant To The Action, and for good cause shown, IT IS HEREBY 

ORDERED:

1. Quest Diagnostics Incorporated, a Delaware corporation, is added in as named defendant to 

this action; 

2. All claims against Quest Diagnostics Incorporated relate back to the original complaint filed 

in this action;

3. The operative complaint shall be deemed amended to add Quest Diagnostics Incorporated 

as a named defendant, and Plaintiffs may amend the caption page in subsequent filings to 

reflect this additional defendant; 

4. Defendants’ answer to the Complaint already on file [Dkt. No. 1, Ex. F] will be deemed 

amended to add Quest Diagnostics Incorporated as an answering party; and

5. The Parties are exempted from conferring pursuant to Rule 26(f) with respect to Quest 

Diagnostics Incorporated, a Delaware corporation.

6. The Clerk of the Court is directed to add Quest Diagnostics Incorporated to the Docket as a 

defendant.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: August 12, 2015 /s/ Barbara A. McAuliffe _

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

ACTIVE 209596588v.2

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