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Parties Involved:
Carole Ramsey
Plaintiff
Gerry Ramsey
Plaintiff
Rite Aid Corporation
Defendant

Document Text:

(PROPOSED) ORDER GRANTING LEAVE TO FILE FIRST AMENDED COMPLAINT AND REMANDING ACTION TO MARIN 

COUNTY SUPERIOR COURT 

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

GERRY RAMSEY and CAROLE 

RAMSEY,

 Plaintiffs, 

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RITE AID CORPORATION, and DOES 1 

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 Defendants. 

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Case No. C 05-02167 

(PROPOSED) ORDER GRANTING 

LEAVE TO FILE FIRST AMENDED 

COMPLAINT AND REMANDING 

ACTION TO MARIN COUNTY 

SUPERIOR COURT

Date: September 9, 2005 

Time: 9:00 a.m. 

Courtroom: 7, 19th Floor

Judge: Honorable Maxine M. Chesney 

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 On September 9, 2005, this matter came regularly before the Court for hearing of 

plaintiffs' motion for order granting leave to file first amended complaint and remanding 

this action to the Marin County Superior Court. Robert F. Epstein, Esq. appeared on 

behalf of plaintiffs. Annemarie M. Liermann, Esq. appeared on behalf of defendant 

RITE AID CORPORATION. 

 The Court hereby makes the following findings and order: 

ROBERT F. EPSTEIN (SBN 154373) 

RAGGHIANTI FREITAS

A Limited Liability Partnership 

874 Fourth Street, Suite D 

San Rafael, CA 94901 

Telephone: (415) 453-9433 

Facsimile (415) 453-8269 

Attorneys for Plaintiffs 

GERRY RAMSEY and CAROLE RAMSEY 

Before the Court is

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(PROPOSED) ORDER GRANTING LEAVE TO FILE FIRST AMENDED COMPLAINT AND REMANDING ACTION TO MARIN 

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 WHEREAS, plaintiffs GERRY RAMSEY and CAROLE RAMSEY filed this action 

in the Superior Court of the State of California, County of Marin, on April 5, 2005; 

 WHEREAS, this is a personal injury action arising from a negligently filled 

pharmacy prescription; 

 WHEREAS, plaintiffs' original complaint contained specific allegations against 

"Doe 1", the pharmacist who filled the prescription in question; 

 WHEREAS, defendant RITE AID CORPORATION ("Rite Aid") served notice of 

removal of this action on May 26, 2005; 

 WHEREAS, on July 19, 2005, Rite Aid notified plaintiffs of the identity (JAMES 

FOSTER STRENKOFSKY) and residence (Marin County, California) of the pharmacist 

whom plaintiffs had sued as "Doe 1"; and 

 WHEREAS, amendment of the complaint to substitute Mr. Strenkofsky in place of 

the previously fictitiously named defendant Doe 1 and remand of this action to the Marin 

County Superior Court is supported by the law, policy, and factors set forth in Federal 

Rule of Civil Procedure 15(a), Title 28 United States Code section 1447(e), and Righetti 

v. Shell Oil Co. (N.D. Cal. 1989) 711 F.Supp. 531, 

 NOW, THEREFORE, GOOD CAUSE APPEARING, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED:

 1. That plaintiffs may file their First Amended Complaint, a copy of which is 

attached hereto; and 

 2. After the First Amended Complaint is filed by the Clerk of this Court, that 

this action be REMANDED to the Superior Court of the State of California, County of 

Marin.

DATED: ___________________ 

 __________________________ 

 Honorable Maxine M. Chesney 

 Judge of the United States District Court 

and Newcombe v. Adolf Coors Co., 157 F.3d

686, 691 (9th Cir. 1998).

the Clerk of this Court shall file the

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August 19, 2005