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Parties Involved:
Boston Scientific Corporation
Defendant
Cardiac Pacemakers, Inc.
Defendant
Guidant Corporation
Defendant
Guidant Sales Corporation
Defendant
Randal Notestine
Plaintiff
Rideout Memorial Hospital
Defendant

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STIPULATION AND ORDER TO CONTINUE PRETRIAL DEADLINES 

108800v1 1 CASE NO. 2:06-cv-1945 WBS DAD

Dana N. Gwaltney, SBN 209530 

Sara J. Romano, SBN 227467 

SHOOK, HARDY & BACON L.L.P. 

333 Bush Street, Suite 600 

San Francisco, California 94104 

Telephone: (415) 544-1900 

Facsimile: (415) 391-0281 

Attorneys for Defendants 

GUIDANT CORPORATION, GUIDANT SALES 

CORPORATION, CARDIAC PACEMAKERS, INC., 

and BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

(SACRAMENTO DIVISION) 

RANDAL NOTESTINE, 

Plaintiff, 

v. 

GUIDANT CORPORATION; GUIDANT 

SALES CORPORATION; CARDIAC 

PACEMAKERS, INC.; BOSTON SCIENTIFIC 

CORPORATION; RIDEOUT MEMORIAL 

HOSPITAL; and Does 1 through 100, inclusive,

Defendants. 

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Case No. 2:06-cv-1945 WBS DAD 

STIPULATION AND ORDER TO CONTINUE 

PRETRIAL DEADLINES 

IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED by and between the parties through their designated counsel 

that the deadline for Defendants to answer or otherwise respond to Plaintiff’s Complaint in this 

action should be extended. Defendants seek to transfer this case to the Multi-District Litigation 

proceeding established in the United States District Court, District of Minnesota (“MDL court”), and 

Plaintiff has indicated that he will soon be filing a motion to remand this case to state court. 

Accordingly, the following deadlines will be modified as follows: 

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The deadline for Defendants to file an answer or otherwise respond to Plaintiff’s complaint 

shall be as follows: 

(a) if the case is not remanded to state court, and is transferred to the MDL court, any 

response will be due pursuant to a deadline set by the MDL court; 

(b) if the case is not remanded and also is not transferred to the MDL court, any response 

will be due thirty (30) days after the decision by the JPML denying transfer to the MDL court; or 

(c) if the case is remanded, any response will be due thirty (30) days after the remand 

decision by this Court. 

The parties also stipulate that the November 20, 2006, status conference will be continued for 

sixty (60) days until January 29, 2007 at 9:00 a.m. All other deadlines will be set pursuant to 

Federal and local rule. 

IT IS SO STIPULATED. 

DATED: September 6, 2006 Respectfully submitted, 

SHOOK, HARDY & BACON L.L.P. 

By:____/s/ Dana N. Gwaltney_____________

DANA N. GWALTNEY 

SARA J. ROMANO 

Attorneys for Defendants 

GUIDANT CORPORATION, GUIDANT SALES 

CORPORATION, CARDIAC PACEMAKERS, INC. 

and BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION 

DATED: September 6, 2006 Respectfully submitted, 

GILLIN, JACOBSON, ELLIS & LARSEN 

By:______/s/ Kristin Lucey_____________ 

LUKE ELLIS 

KRISTIN LUCEY 

Attorneys for Plaintiff 

RANDAL NOTESTINE 

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ORDER

Pursuant to stipulation, IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Dated: September 7, 2006 

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