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Parties Involved:
Galderma Laboratories, L.P.
Defendant
Andrea Greenberg
Plaintiff

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STIPULATION & ORDER SETTING BRIEFING SCHEDULE – Case No. 3:16-CV-06090-WHO

LEXINGTON LAW GROUP

Howard Hirsch (State Bar No. 213209)

Abigail Blodgett (State Bar No. 278813)

503 Divisadero Street

San Francisco, CA 94117

Telephone: (415) 913-7800

Facsimile: (415) 759-4112

hhirsch@lexlawgroup.com

ablodgett@lexlawgroup.com

Attorneys for Plaintiff

ANDREA GREENBERG 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION

ANDREA GREENBERG, on behalf of herself 

and all others similarly situated,

Plaintiff,

v.

GALDERMA LABORATORIES, L.P., and 

DOES 1-100,

Defendants. 

 

Case No. 3:16-CV-06090-WHO

STIPULATION AND ORDER SETTING 

BRIEFING AND HEARING SCHEDULE 

FOR PLAINTIFF’S MOTION TO 

REMAND AND DEFENDANT’S MOTION 

TO DISMISS

Judge: Hon. William H. Orrick

Action Removed: October 21, 2016

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STIPULATION & ORDER SETTING BRIEFING SCHEDULE – Case No. 3:16-CV-06090-WHO

STIPULATION

Pursuant to Local Rules 6-2 and 7-12, Plaintiff Andrea Greenberg (“Plaintiff”) and 

defendant Galderma Laboratories, L.P. (“Galderma”) (collectively, the “Parties”), by and through 

their respective counsel of record, enter into the following stipulation setting the briefing and 

hearing schedule for Plaintiff’s Motion to Remand and Defendant’s Motion to Dismiss, and 

declare the following:

WHEREAS, Plaintiff’s Complaint was originally filed in the Superior Court of the State of 

California, County of Alameda, Case No. RG 16-831799; 

WHEREAS, on October 21, 2016, Galderma filed a Notice of Removal pursuant to the 

Class Action Fairness Act (“CAFA”) removing this action to the Northern District of California, 

Case No. 3:16-CV-06090;

WHEREAS, pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1446(a), Galderma’s Notice of Removal includes a 

short and plain statement of the grounds for removal, and, pursuant to Dart v. Cherokee Basin 

Operating Co. LLC, 135 S. Ct. 547 (2014) and its progeny, the Notice of Removal does not 

include any evidentiary submissions;

WHEREAS, Plaintiff intends to submit a Motion to Remand this case to the Superior 

Court shortly on the grounds that Galderma has not and cannot prove by a preponderance of the 

evidence that Plaintiff’s claims satisfy the $5 million jurisdictional threshold under CAFA;

WHEREAS, Galderma intends to oppose Plaintiff’s Motion to Remand;

WHEREAS, Plaintiff anticipates conducting discovery regarding Galderma’s jurisdictional 

allegations after reviewing any evidentiary submissions filed by Galderma in connection with its 

Opposition to the Motion to Remand;

WHEREAS, on October 25, 2016, the Parties stipulated to extend Galderma’s deadline to 

respond to the Complaint from October 28, 2016 to November 28, 2016;

WHEREAS, on November 28, 2016, Galderma filed its Motion to Dismiss the Complaint; 

WHEREAS, Plaintiff’s current deadline to file an Opposition to the Motion to Dismiss is 

December 12, 2016, and Galderma’s current deadline to file a Reply to Plaintiff’s Opposition is 

December 19, 2016; 

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WHEREAS, the hearing for Galderma’s Motion to Dismiss is currently set for January 25, 

2017 at 2:00 p.m. before the Honorable William H. Orrick in Courtroom 2 of this Court;

WHEREAS, the Parties agree that it would be most efficient to hold the hearings for 

Galderma’s Motion to Dismiss and Plaintiff’s anticipated Motion to Remand on the same date;

WHEREAS, the Parties have met and conferred and agreed that they will need additional 

time to conduct discovery prior to the January 25, 2017 hearing and to submit briefs to oppose and 

reply to each motion;

WHEREAS, pursuant to the Court’s Case Management Conference Order (ECF No. 12) 

the initial Case Management Conference (“CMC”) is presently scheduled for January 24, 2017;

WHEREAS, the Parties agree that it would be more efficient to hold the initial CMC after 

the Court’s ruling on Plaintiff’s anticipated Motion to Remand and Galderma’s Motion to 

Dismiss;

WHEREAS, the Parties agree that neither will be prejudiced by extending the hearing for 

the Motion to Dismiss and scheduling the hearing for the Motion to Remand on that same day, nor 

will this litigation be unreasonably delayed.

THEREFORE, THE PARTIES HEREBY STIPULATE AND AGREE to the following

briefing and hearing schedule: 

a) Plaintiff shall file a Motion to Remand the case to the Superior Court on or 

before December 19, 2016; 

b) Galderma shall file its opposition papers to Plaintiff’s Motion to Remand on 

or before January 18, 2017; 

c) Plaintiff shall file her reply papers related to any Motion to Remand on or 

before March 24, 2017; 

d) Plaintiff shall file her opposition papers to the Motion to Dismiss on or 

before February 24, 2017;

e) Galderma shall file its reply papers in support of its Motion to Dismiss on 

or before March 24, 2017; and 

f) The hearing for the Motion to Dismiss and the Motion to Remand on April 

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5, 2017, at 2:00 p.m., or at such other time thereafter as the Court might 

schedule. 

g) The Case Management Conference presently scheduled for January 24, 

2017 shall be continued until April 25, 2017, or at such other time thereafter 

as the Court might schedule.

IT IS SO STIPULATED.

DATED: December 6, 2016 LEXINGTON LAW GROUP 

By: /s/ Howard Hirsch

Howard Hirsch

Attorneys for Plaintiff

DATED: December 6, 2016 MAYER BROWN LLP

By: /s/ Dale J. Giali

Dale J. Giali

Attorneys for Defendant

ATTESTATION

Pursuant to N.D. Cal. Local Rule 5.1(i)(3), I, Howard Hirsch, hereby attest that

concurrence to the filing of this document has been obtained from each signatory.

DATED: December 6, 2016 LEXINGTON LAW GROUP 

By: /s/ Howard Hirsch

Howard Hirsch

Attorneys for Plaintiff

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STIPULATION & ORDER SETTING BRIEFING SCHEDULE – Case No. 3:16-CV-06090-WHO

ORDER

PURSUANT TO THE STIPULATION, IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: December 7, 2016

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT JUDGE

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