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Parties Involved:
Sheila Ellis
Plaintiff
Johnson & Johnson
Defendant
Johnson & Johnson Pharmaceutical Research & Development, L.L.C.
Defendant
McKesson Corporation
Defendant
Ortho-McNeil-Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Defendant

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STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER FOR VOLUNTARY DISMISSAL 

John H. Gomez (SBN 171485)

John P. Fiske (SBN 249256)

Stephanie S. Poli (SBN 286239)

Gomez Trial Attorneys

655 W Broadway, Suite 1700

San Diego, CA 92101

Telephone: (619) 237-3490

Facsimile: (619) 237-3496

john@gomeztrialattorneys.com

jfiske@gomeztrialattorneys.com

spoli@gomeztrialattorneys.com

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SHEILA ELLIS, an individual;

Plaintiff,

vs.

JOHNSON & JOHNSON; JOHNSON &

JOHNSON PHARMACEUTICAL 

RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT, L.L.C.; 

ORTHO-MCNEIL-JANSSEN 

PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.; 

McKESSON CORPORATION

Defendants.

Case No. 3:14-cv-05669-VC

JOINT STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] 

ORDER FOR VOLUNTARY DISMISSAL 

PURSUANT TO F.R.C.P. 41(a)(1)(A)(ii)

Complaint Filed: December 30, 2014

Undersigned Plaintiff’s counsel: (1) having failed to receive documentation necessary to 

continue the prosecution of this action despite repeated and reasonable efforts to obtain such 

documentation from Plaintiff; (2) having lost contact with Plaintiff despite reasonable and 

substantial efforts; and (3) having informed Plaintiff by letter of the intent to cease representation 

as her legal counsel; 

IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED AND AGREED by Plaintiff Sheila Ellis, by and through 

her undersigned counsel, and Defendants Johnson & Johnson, Janssen Research & Development, 

LLC (formerly known and incorrectly named as “Johnson & Johnson Pharmaceutical Research & 

AS MODIFIED

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STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER FOR VOLUNTARY DISMISSAL PURSUANT TO F.R.C.P. 

41(a)(1)(A)(II)

Development, L.L.C.”), Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (formerly known and incorrectly named as 

“Ortho-McNeil-Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc.”), and McKesson Corporation, by and through 

their undersigned counsel, that the above-captioned action is voluntarily dismissed without 

prejudice as to the Defendants without costs or fees to any party. It is further stipulated and 

agreed between the undersigned that if Plaintiff refiles this action in this Court (or a California 

state court if plaintiff’s change of residence to California destroys diversity jurisdiction in the 

future) prior to January 1, 2019, the action will be deemed filed as of December 30, 2014 for 

statute of limitations purposes.

Dated: May 21, 2015 GOMEZ TRIAL ATTORNEYS

By: /s/ Stephanie S. Poli

John Fiske

Stephanie S. Poli

Attorneys for Plaintiff SHEILA ELLIS

Dated: June 18, 2015 BARNES & THORNBURG LLP

By:/s/ Sarah E. Johnston

Alexander G. Calfo

Sarah E. Johnston

Stacy L. Foster

Attorneys for Defendants

JOHNSON & JOHNSON; JANSSEN 

RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT, LLC 

(sued herein as “Johnson & Johnson 

Pharmaceutical Research & Development, 

L.L.C.”); and JANSSEN 

PHARMACEUTICALS, INC. (sued herein 

as “Ortho-McNeil-Janssen 

Pharmaceuticals, Inc.”); and McKESSON 

CORPORATION

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41(a)(1)(A)(II)

Attestation Pursuant to Civil Local Rule 5.1(i)

Pursuant to Civil Local Rule 5.1(i), I, Stephanie S. Poli, hereby attest that I have obtained 

concurrence in the filing of this document from the other signatories to this document.

I declare under penalty of perjury under the law of the United States of America that the

foregoing is true and correct. Executed on May 21, 2015 at Los Angeles, California.

 /s/ Stephanie S. Poli

Stephanie S. Poli

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STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER FOR VOLUNTARY DISMISSAL PURSUANT TO F.R.C.P. 

41(a)(1)(A)(II)

[PROPOSED] ORDER

PURSUANT TO STIPULATION, IT IS SO ORDERED.

AS MODIFIED

Counsel for the plaintiff must transmit this order to the plaintiff through every available means, and must 

file a declaration with the Court, within 5 days of the date of this order, documenting the ways in which 

the order was transmitted to the plaintiff.

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STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER FOR VOLUNTARY DISMISSAL PURSUANT TO F.R.C.P. 

41(a)(1)(A)(II)

Dated: May ___, 2015

The Honorable Vince Chhabria

United States District Court Judge

June 19, 2015

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORN

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IT IS SO ORDERED

AS MODIFIED

Judge Vince Chhabria

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STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER FOR VOLUNTARY DISMISSAL PURSUANT TO F.R.C.P. 

41(a)(1)(A)(II)

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

I hereby certify that on June 18, 2015, I caused STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] 

ORDER FOR VOLUNTARY DISMISSAL PURSUANT TO F.R.C.P. 41(a)(1)(A)(ii) and 

DECLARATION OF STEPHANIE S. POLI IN SUPPORT OF PLAINTIFF’S MOTION 

TO WITHDRAW AS COUNSEL OR IN THE ALTERNATIVE JOINT STIPULATION 

TO DISMISS to be electronically filed with the Clerk of the Court using the CM/ECF system 

which will send notification of such filing to the e-mail addresses denoted on the Electronic Mail 

Notice List, and I hereby certify that I caused the foregoing document or paper to be mailed via 

the United States Postal Service to the non-CM/ECF participants indicated on the Manual Notice 

List.

I certify under penalty of perjury under the laws of the United States of America that the 

foregoing is true and correct. Executed on June 18, 2015. 

Dated: June 18, 2015 Respectfully submitted,

By: /s/ Stephanie S. Poli

John Gomez, Esq.

John P. Fiske, Esq.

Stephanie S. Poli, Esq.

GOMEZ TRIAL ATTORNEYS

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