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Parties Involved:
Dennis Andrews
Plaintiff
Pfizer, Inc.
Defendant

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STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER 

3:15-CV-04884-RS 

Matthew A. Holian (SBN 211728) 

DLA Piper LLP (US) 

33 Arch Street, 26th floor 

Boston, MA 02110-1447 

Telephone: (617) 406-6009 

Facsimile: (617) 406-6109 

Email: Matt.Holian@dlapiper.com

George J. Gigounas (SBN 209334) 

DLA Piper LLP (US) 

555 Mission Street, Suite 2400 

San Francisco, CA 94105-2933 

Telephone: (415) 615-6005 

Facsimile: (415) 659-7305 

Email: George.Gigounas@dlapiper.com

Attorneys for Defendant 

Pfizer Inc. 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION 

DENNIS ANDREWS, 

 Plaintiff, 

v. 

PFIZER, INC. 

Defendant. 

 Case No.: 3:15-cv-04884-RS 

STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] 

ORDER CONTINUING DEADLINE TO 

RESPOND TO COMPLAINT 

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STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER 

3:15-CV-04884-RS 

On December 11, 2015, Plaintiff Dennis Andrews, without opposition, moved the 

Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation (“JPML”) to transfer and coordinate 15 actions, 

including the instant action and any “tag-along” actions, in the United States District Court for 

the Northern District of California, pursuant to 28 U.S.C. §1407. Defendants agree that 

coordination is appropriate and the Northern District of California is a suitable venue. See Case 

MDL No. 2691, Dkt. 1 through 1-4. 

On December 28, 2015, with briefing essentially complete in support of Plaintiff’s 

unopposed motion to transfer, the parties jointly moved the JPML for expedited consideration of 

Plaintiff’s unopposed motion on the January 28, 2016 hearing session. See Case MDL No. 2691, 

Dkt. 16. 

On December 29, 2015, the motion for expedited consideration was denied by the JPML. 

See Case MDL No. 2691, Dkt. 19. The next scheduled hearing session for the JPML is March 

31, 2016. 

Defendant Pfizer Inc.’s current deadline to respond to the complaint in this matter is 

January 19, 2016, pursuant to the parties’ one prior stipulation to modify the response date. Dkt 

19. 

To avoid unnecessary pleadings and provide the JPML with the time it requires to rule on 

the parties’ pending motion to transfer, defendant Pfizer Inc. and Plaintiff Dennis Andrews wish 

to stipulate to extend Pfizer’s deadline to respond to the Complaint until 60 days after a ruling by 

the JPML on Plaintiff’s motion to transfer. 

This stipulation will require the Court to reschedule the case management conference 

currently scheduled for April 14, 2016 at 10:00 A.M. in Courtroom 3 to a later date. 

Based on the foregoing and pursuant to Local Rule 6-2 of the Northern District of 

California, the parties stipulate and agree to extend Pfizer’s deadline to respond to Plaintiff’s 

complaint in this matter until 60 days after the JPML rules on Plaintiff’s motion to transfer, 

described above. 

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STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER 

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DATED: January 19, 2016 By:____/s/ B. Kristian W. Rasmussen, III________ 

Rachel B. Abrams (SBN 209316) 

Meghan E. McCormick (SBN 283853) 

LEVIN SIMES LLP 

44 Montgomery Street, 32nd Floor 

San Francisco, CA 94104 

(415) 426-3000 

Fax: (415) 426-3001 

Email: rabrams@levinsimes.com 

Email: mmccormick@levinsimes.com 

B. Kristian W. Rasmussen, III (admitted pro hac vice) 

CORY WATSON CROWDER & DEGARIS, P.C. 

2131 Magnolia Avenue 

Birmingham, AL 35205 

(205) 328-2200 

Fax: (205) 324-7896 

Email: Krasmussen@corywatson.com 

Attorneys for Plaintiff 

DATED: January 19, 2016 By:____/s/ Matthew A. Holian_________________ 

Matthew A. Holian (SBN 211728) 

DLA PIPER LLP (US) 

33 Arch Street, 26th floor 

Boston, MA 02110 -1447 

Telephone: (617) 406-6009 

Facsimile: (617) 406-6109 

Email: Matt.Holian@dlapiper.com

George J. Gigounas (SBN 209334) 

DLA PIPER LLP (US) 

555 Mission Street Suite 2400 

San Francisco, California 94105-2933 

Telephone: (415) 615-6005 

Facsimile: (415) 659-7305 

Email: George.Gigounas@dlapiper.com

Attorneys for Pfizer Inc. 

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STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER 

3:15-CV-04884-RS 

I, Matthew A. Holian, am the ECF user whose identification and password are being used to file 

the foregoing Stipulation And [Proposed] Order Continuing Deadline To Respond To Complaint. 

I hereby attest that the above-referenced signatory to this stipulation has concurred in this filing. 

/s/ Matthew A. Holian 

MATTHEW A. HOLIAN 

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STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER 

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ORDER 

PURSUANT TO STIPULATION OF THE PARTIES, IT IS ORDERED: 

The time for Defendant Pfizer Inc. to respond to Plaintiff’s complaint in this action is 

continued until sixty calendar days after the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation (“JPML”) 

issues its ruling on Plaintiff’s pending motion to transfer and coordinate 15 actions, including the 

instant action and any “tag-along” actions, in the United States District Court for the Northern 

District of California, pursuant to 28 U.S.C. §1407. 

The case management conference currently scheduled in this case for April 14, 2016 at 

10:00 A.M. in Courtroom 3 will be rescheduled to a date as determined and ordered by this 

Court. 

Dated: _________________, 2016 

By: 

Honorable Richard Seeborg 

United States District Court Judge 

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