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Parties Involved:
Brad Dalton
Defendant
Howmedica Osteonics Corporation
Defendant
Barry Notmeyer
Plaintiff
Stryker Corporation
Defendant

Document Text:

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Ex Parte Application to File Over Length Reply Brief

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SEDGWICK, DETERT, MORAN & ARNOLD LLP

WAYNE A. WOLFF Bar No. 161351

JOHN G. GHERINI Bar No. 220981

One Market Plaza, Steuart Tower, 8th Floor

San Francisco, California 94105

Telephone: (415) 781-7900

Facsimile: (415) 781-2635

Attorneys for Defendants

STRYKER CORPORATION, HOWMEDICA

OSTEONICS CORPORATION

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

Defendants Stryker Corporation and Howmedica Osteonics Corp hereby submit this Ex 

Parte application and [Proposed] Order requesting leave from the Court to file a Reply Brief in 

Support of Defendants’ Motion for Summary Judgment that slightly exceeds the page limits for 

Reply Briefs specified in Local Rules 7-3(c) and 7-4(b). This Ex Parte application is made 

pursuant to Local Rule 7-4(b), which requires a party to obtain an order from the Court to file a 

brief that exceeds the specified page limits.1 

By way of this ex parte application, Defendants request to file a Reply Brief containing 

only a few pages above the 15 page limit.

Good cause exists to allow Defendants to file Reply Brief that slightly exceeds the page 

limit requirement for the following reasons. In support of plaintiff’s Opposition, plaintiff 

 

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 The Local Rules under Rule 7-4 cross reference section 7-10 pertaining to ex parte 

applications.

BARRY NOTMEYER ,

Plaintiff,

v.

STRYKER CORPORATION, 

HOWMEDICA OSTEONICS 

CORPORATION AND BRAD DALTON,

Defendants.

CASE NO. C-06-04096 SI

DEFENDANT’S EX PARTE 

APPLICATION AND [PROPOSED] 

ORDER FOR LEAVE TO FILE A REPLY 

BRIEF IN EXCESS OF 15 PAGES 

PURSUANT TO LOCAL RULE 7-4

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Ex Parte Application to File Over Length Reply Brief

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submitted a declaration from his expert, Suzanne Parisian, MD. The declaration is 27 pages in 

length and contains several misrepresentations regarding the FDA’s regulatory approval process 

as well as misrepresentations regarding the regulatory history of the subject prosthesis. 

Defendants believe these misrepresentations must each be addressed in the Reply Brief 

contributing to the length of the brief. Plaintiff’s Opposition also raises several unsupported and 

tenuous legal arguments. Such arguments include the applicability of res ipsa loquitur, a legal 

challenge to the Courts consideration of amicus briefs and FDA position statements and an 

argument regarding a presumption against preemption in spite the fact preemption is expressly 

provided for by statute. Plaintiff’s Opposition also includes a factual statement of 12 pages 

containing mostly extraneous legal argument. 

Considering the amount of content added by plaintiff’s expert and the addition of tenuous 

legal theories included in the Opposition, Defendants believe good cause exists to file a Reply 

Brief that slightly exceeds the page limit requirements.

DATED: May 31, 2007 SEDGWICK, DETERT, MORAN & ARNOLD LLP

John Gherini

By:

Wayne A. Wolff

John G. Gherini

Attorneys for Defendants Stryker Corporation and 

Howmedica Osteonics Corporation

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[Proposed] Order

The matter of Defendants’ Ex Parte Application for Leave of Court to File an Over 

Legnth Reply Brief came before this Court through Defendants Ex Parte Application. The Court 

having considered all of the pleadings, papers and records on file herein, and

GOOD CAUSE APPEARING THEREFOR:

IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that Defendants are permitted to file a Reply Brief that 

exceeds the page limit requirement.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

DATED:

____________________________________

JUDGE SUSAN ILLSTON

Honorable United States District Court Judge

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is up to 20 pages in length

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