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

Document Text:

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STIPULATION TO EXTEND DEFENDANTS’ TIME TO 

RESPOND SF01/ 675731.1 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 EXTEND 

DEFENDANTS’ TIME TO RESPOND TO 

PLAINTIFF’S FIRST AMENDED 

COMPLAINT 

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 was served with the Complaint on January 25, 2010 and 

filed its answer to Plaintiff’s Complaint on February 11, 2010; 

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

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

WHEREAS, Plaintiff subsequently filed a First Amended Complaint against Defendants 

Matrixx Initiatives, Inc., Zicam, LLC, and Botanical Laboratories, Inc.; 

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 the 

time within which Defendants may move, answer, or otherwise respond to Plaintiff’s First 

Amended Complaint is extended pending the Panel’s decision on transfer of this action to MDL 

No. 2096. It is agreed that if this action is transferred by the Panel, the time within which 

Defendants shall respond to Plaintiff’s Complaint shall be governed by the Case Management 

 

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

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Orders entered by the transferee court. It is further agreed that should this action not be 

transferred by the Panel, Defendants shall respond within thirty (30) days of an entry of such 

order by the Panel. 

Pursuant to Local Rule 144, stipulations requesting extensions of time greater than 

twenty-eight (28) days in length, require court approval. Accordingly, the parties request that this 

Court approve the attached proposed order, allowing the time frame for Defendants to move, 

answer, or otherwise respond to Plaintiff’s First Amended Complaint to be governed by the Case 

Management Orders entered in MDL No. 2096, In re: Zicam Cold Remedy Marketing, Sales 

Practices and Products Liability Litigation.

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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