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Parties Involved:
Derek Alexander
Plaintiff
Matrixx Initiatives, Inc.
Defendant

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DRINKER BIDDLE &

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CASE NO. 1:10-CV-00240 

WILLIAM A. HANSSEN (SBN 110613)

william.hanssen@dbr.com 

DRINKER BIDDLE & REATH LLP

Wells Fargo Center 

333 S. Grand Ave. 

Ste. 1650 

Los Angeles, CA 90071-1517 

Telephone: (213) 253-2300 

Facsimile: (213) 253-2301 

HILLARY WEINER (SBN 203499)

hillary.weiner@dbr.com 

DRINKER BIDDLE & REATH LLP

50 Fremont Street, 20th Floor 

San Francisco, CA 94105-2235 

Telephone: (415) 591-7500 

Facsimile: (415) 591-7510 

Attorneys for Defendant 

MATRIXX INITIATIVES, INC. 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

DEREK ALEXANDER, 

Plaintiff, 

v. 

MATRIXX INITIATIVES, INC., and 

DOES 1 to 20, 

Defendant. 

Case No. 1:10-cv-00240 AWI GSA

STIPULATION AND ORDER TO STAY 

CASE PROCEEDINGS PENDING 

TRANSFER BY THE JUDICIAL PANEL 

ON MULTIDISTRICT LITIGATION TO 

MDL NO. 2096 (D. ARIZ.) 

WHEREAS, Plaintiff Derek Alexander (“Plaintiff”) filed the instant action on December 

22, 2009 in the Superior Court of California, Merced County (Case No. CV-0000710) against 

Defendant Matrixx Initiatives, Inc. (“Matrixx”) alleging common law claims arising from the 

marketing and sale of the Zicam® brand of products (“Zicam®”), which are over-the-counter, 

homeopathic, cold and allergy remedies; 

WHEREAS, Defendant Matrixx removed this action to this court, based on diversity 

jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C.§ 1332 on February 12, 2010. 

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WHEREAS, this action is one of several actions pending against Matrixx Initiatives, Inc. 

and other related defendants (collectively referred hereinafter as, “Matrixx”) alleging similar 

claims; 

WHEREAS, on October 9, 2009, pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1407, the Judicial Panel on 

Multidistrict Litigation (the “Panel”) established MDL No. 2096, In re: Zicam Cold Remedy 

Marketing, Sales Practices and Products Liability Litigation coordinating personal injury and 

consumer fraud cases involving Zicam® Cold Remedy products before the Honorable Frederick 

J. Martone in the District of Arizona for all pretrial proceedings (“MDL No. 2096”); 

WHEREAS, this action involves similar predicate factual allegations and overlapping 

claims for relief1 as the actions that have been and will be transferred to the MDL No. 2096; 

WHEREAS, Matrixx has requested that the Panel transfer this case to MDL No. 2096; 

WHEREAS, further proceedings in this Court prior to MDL transfer risks needlessly 

wasting this Court’s and the Parties’ time and resources, and increases the risk of inconsistent 

rulings; 

WHEREAS, the Parties in this action agree that a stay of this action pending the Panel’s 

decision on transfer will promote judicial economy and avoid prejudice to the Parties; 

IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED AND AGREED, by and between the undersigned, that 

there will be a stay of: (a) all pretrial activity in this case; (b) the period for initial disclosures 

pursuant to Rule 26 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure; and (c) all other discovery and 

pretrial deadlines, pending a decision by the Panel regarding the transfer and coordination of this 

action. It is further stipulated that the parties shall notify the Court of the JPML’s decision 

regarding transfer and coordination within fourteen (14) days after that decision is received. 

 

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 Though there are some common questions, Defendants do not contend, and will dispute, that common questions of 

law and fact predominate for purposes of Fed. R. Civ. P. 23(b)(3). 

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IT IS SO STIPULATED: 

Dated: February 24, 2010 DRINKER BIDDLE & REATH LLP

By: /s/ Hillary Weiner 

Hillary Weiner 

Attorneys for Defendant 

MATRIXX INITIATIVES, INC. 

Dated: February 24, 2010 LAW OFFICES OF EDWARD B. CHATOIAN

By: /s/ Edward B. Chatoian 

Edward B. Chatoian 

Attorneys for Plaintiff 

DEREK ALEXANDER 

IT IS SO ORDERED: 

Dated: February 25, 2010 /s/ Gary S. Austin 

 United States Magistrate Judge 

 

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