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BILL LOCKYER

Attorney General of the State of California

MARGARITA ALTAMIRANO

Supervising Deputy Attorney General

JULIE WENG-GUTIERREZ, State Bar No. 179277

Deputy Attorneys General

1300 I Street, Suite 125

P.O. Box 944255

Sacramento, CA 94244-2550

Telephone: (916) 445-8223

Fax: (916) 324-5567

Attorneys for Defendant, Sandra Shewry, Director of the

Department of Health Services, State of California

OK/HAV

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF MEDICAL

PRODUCT SUPPLIERS; MICHAEL

ELLENWOOD; and MICHAEL JOHNSON,

Plaintiffs,

v.

SANDRA SHEWRY, DIRECTOR OF THE

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH SERVICES,

STATE OF CALIFORNIA,

Defendant.

CASE NO. CIV.S-04-1124 DFL GGH

JOINT STIPULATION FOR

ADDITIONAL STAY OF

DISCOVERY AND EXTENSION

OF TRIAL AND PRE-TRIAL

DATES

Date: June 12, 2006

Time: 9:00 a.m.

Honorable David F. Levi

Complaint Filed: June 10, 2004

Plaintiffs California Association of Medical Product Suppliers, Michael Ellenwood, and

Michael Johnson (Plaintiffs) and Defendant Sandra Shewry (Defendant) by and through their

respective attorneys of record, hereby stipulate as follows:

WHEREAS, Plaintiffs filed a complaint on June 10, 2004, against Defendant;

WHEREAS, the parties have been engaged in good faith settlement discussions and thus

on or about January 13, 2005 (January Stipulation), March 3, 2005 (March Stipulation), April 25,

2005 (April Stipulation), May 25, 2005 (May Stipulation), July 7, 2005 (July Stipulation), August

11, 2005 (August Stipulation), and September 9, 2005 (September Stipulation) jointly requested a

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stay of the entire action, including the extension of all litigation deadlines and trial date to allow the

parties to focus their time and energy on discussing settlement;

WHEREAS, the Court signed all Stipulations granting a stay and extension of dates for

discovery, dispositive motions, pre-trial conference and trial;

WHEREAS, the parties are currently engaged in ongoing good faith settlement

discussions;

WHEREAS, all parties mutually agree that settlement discussions will continue to be

helpful in resolving most, if not all, of the material disputes of this case and that additional time is

necessary in order to facilitate settlement;

WHEREAS, good cause exists to grant a further stay and extension of the litigation

deadlines and trial date based on the parties’ good faith belief that they may resolve their disputes

without the need for further Court intervention, thereby eliminating the need for use of the Court’s

limited resources;

IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED THAT:

1. The action is stayed in its entirety for an additional 30 days upon the signing of the

Order.

2. The trial date, and all other dates set forth in the September Stipulation entered by

the Court on September 9, 2005, be extended subject to the Court’s approval, to the following dates

or other dates convenient to the Court:

Initial Expert Witness

Disclosures

October 7, 2005 November 10, 2005

Defendant’s responses to

Plaintiffs’ First Set of

Request for Production,

Requests for Admissions,

and Interrogatories

October 21, 2005 November 21, 2005

Plaintiffs’ responses to

Defendant’s First Set of

Request for Production and

Interrogatories

October 21, 2005 November 21, 2005

Supplemental Expert

Witness Disclosures

October 21, 2005 November 23, 2005

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Close of Discovery December 16, 2005 January 20, 2006

Deadline for Filing of

Dispositive Motions

February 15, 2006 March 1, 2006

Hearing on Dispositive

Motions

March 15, 2006 at 10:00 a.m. March 29, 2006 at 10:00 a.m.

Pre-Trial Conference

Statement

April 21, 2006 April 28, 2006

Pre-Trial Conference April 28, 2006 at 2:00 p.m. May 5, 2006 at 3:00 p.m.

Trial June 12, 2006 at 9:00 a.m. June 19, 2006 at 9:00 a.m.

DATED: October 6, 2005 SANDRA SHEWRY, Director of the 

Department of Health Services

By: /s/ 

 JULIE WENG-GUTIERREZ

Attorneys for Defendant

DATED: October 6, 2005 HOOPER, LUNDY & BOOKMAN, INC.

By: /s/ 

 FELICIA Y. SZE

Attorneys for Plaintiffs

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[PROPOSED] ORDER

For good cause show, the Court hereby postpones the scheduled dates for discovery, filing

of dispositive motions, hearing on dispositive motions, final pre-trial conference and trial as follows:

Initial Expert Witness Disclosures November 10, 2005

Supplemental Expert Witness Disclosures November 23, 2005

Close of Discovery January 20, 2006

Deadline for Filing Dispositive Motions March 1, 2006

Hearing on Dispositive Motions March 29, 2006 at 10:00 a.m.

Pre-Trial Conference Statement April 28, 2006

Pre-Trial Conference May 5, 2006 at 3:00 p.m.

Trial June 19, 2006 at 9:00 a.m.

DATED: 10/7/2005

DAVID F. LEVI

United States District Judge

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