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Parties Involved:
Susan Darlington
Plaintiff
GlaxoSmithKline
Defendant

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MELINDA S. RIECHERT, State Bar No. 65504

MORGAN, LEWIS & BOCKIUS LLP

2 Palo Alto Square

3000 el Camino Real, Suite 700

Palo Alto, CA 94306-2212

Tel: 650.843.4000

Fax: 650.843.4001

Email: mriechert@morganlewis.com

SHANNON B. NAKABAYASHI, SBN 215469

MORGAN, LEWIS & BOCKIUS LLP

One Market, Spear Street Tower

San Francisco, CA 9405-1126

Tel: 415.442.1000

Fax: 415.442.1001

Email: snakabayashi@morganlewis.com

Attorneys for Defendant

GLAXOSMITHKLINE

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SUSAN E. DARLINGTON, Case No. 2:05-CV-01670 FCD PAN

Plaintiff, STIPULATION TO TRANSFER TO

UNITED STATE DISTRICT COURT 

vs. FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF

CALIFORNIA

GLAXOSMITHKLINE, a corporation

and DOES, 1 through 25,

Date of Filing: May 5, 2005

Defendant.

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WHEREAS on or about May 5, 2005, Plaintiff Susan Darlington (“Plaintiff”) filed a Complaint

against Defendant GlaxoSmithKline (“Defendant”) in Solano County Superior Court alleging, among

other causes of action, wrongful termination and disability discrimination (“the Action”);

WHEREAS on or about August 19, 2005, Defendant removed the Action to the United States

District Court for the Eastern District of California, pursuant to 28 U.S.C.§ 1441(b), diversity

jurisdiction;

WHEREAS pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1391(a), the Eastern District is the improper venue for this

action, specifically:

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(a) Defendant, a Delaware Corporation, headquarterd in Wilmington, Delaware, does not

reside in the Eastern District of California; and

(b) none of the acts or omissions giving rise to the claims alleged took place in the

Eastern District of California;

WHEREAS pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1391(a), venue is appropriate in the Northern District of

California because a substantial part of the alleged acts and/or omissions took place there;

THE PARTIES HEREBY STIPULATED THAT:

The Action be transferred in its entirety from the United States District Court for the Eastern

District of California, Sacramento Division, to the United States District Court for the Northern District

of California, San Francisco Division.

Dated: December , 2005 MORGAN, LEWIS & BOCKIUS LLP

By /s/ Melinda Riechert 

Melinda S. Riechert

Attorneys for Defendant

GLAXOSMITHKLINE

Dated: November 30, 2005 JOHN F. PRENTICE AND ASSOCIATES

By /s/ John F. Prentice 

John F. Prentice

Attorneys for Plaintiff

Susan Darlington

FOR GOOD CAUSE SHOWN, IT IS TO ORDERED

Date: December 21, 2005

/s Frank C. Damrell Jr. 

United States District Court Judge

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