Elizabeth Hernandez-Lopez v. Pfizer, Inc. et al

Filing 13

JOINT STIPULATION and ORDER CONTINUING MANDATORY SCHEDULING CONFERENCE The Scheduling Conference is now set for March 7, 2014 at 09:30 AM in Yosemite (MJS) before Magistrate Judge Michael J. Seng, signed by Magistrate Judge Michael J. Seng on 1/28/2014. (Yu, L)

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QUINN EMANUEL URQUHART & SULLIVAN, LLP
Karin Kramer (Bar No. 87346)
[e-mail]
50 California Street, 22nd Floor
San Francisco, California 94111
Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile: [phone]

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Attorneys for PFIZER INC.

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LOPEZ MCHUGH LLP
Matthew Ramon Lopez (Bar No. 263134)
[e-mail]
100 Bayview Circle, Suite 5600
Newport Beach, California 92660
Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile: [phone]

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RICHARDSON, PATRICK,
WESTBROOK & BRICKMAN, LLC
Elizabeth Middleton Burke (Pro Hac Vice)
[e-mail]
1037 Chuck Dawley Boulevard, Building A
Mt. Pleasant, SC 29464
Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile: [phone]

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Attorneys for PLAINTIFF

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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ELIZABETH HERNANDEZ-LOPEZ,
Plaintiff,

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v.

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CASE NO.: 1:13-cv-01667-AWI-MJS

PFIZER, INC.; and DOES 1 through 10,

JOINT STIPULATION AND ORDER
CONTINUING MANDATORY
SCHEDULING CONFERENCE

inclusive,
Defendants.

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JOINT STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER CONTINUING CASE MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE

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Defendant Pfizer Inc. (“Pfizer”) and Plaintiff Elizabeth Hernandez-Lopez (“Plaintiff”),

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WHEREAS, on October 16, 2013, the Court ordered a Mandatory Scheduling Conference

4 set for January 30, 2014, at 10:00 a.m.;
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WHEREAS, as currently scheduled, counsel for Pfizer has a conflict on January 30, 2014,

6 and is unable to take part in a scheduling conference on that date;
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WHEREAS, Plaintiff notes that other Lipitor-related cases have been filed in other

8 jurisdictions and a plaintiff in another case has moved the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation
9 (“JPML”) for Centralization and Transfer of Actions to an MDL in South Carolina;
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WHEREAS, the JPML’s hearing to determine whether to establish an MDL will be held on

11 January 30, 2014, and if an MDL is established, this case is expected to be transferred into it;
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WHEREAS, the parties hereby stipulate and request that the Mandatory Scheduling

13 Conference be continued until after January 30, 2014, on a date that is convenient for the Court or, if
14 it is the Court’s preference, pending a determination by the JPML, which is expected by the end of
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WHEREAS, the parties have conferred and agreed that they can both take part in a

17 scheduling conference on March 7, 2014, at 9:30 a.m., an alternative date identified by the Court,
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IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED by and between the parties, through their respective counsel

19 of record, that the Mandatory Scheduling Conference shall be rescheduled for March 7, 2014, at
20 9:30 a.m., or for such later date or time that is convenient for the Court.
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Dated: January 28, 2014
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QUINN EMANUEL URQUHART
& SULLIVAN LLP
By: /s/ Karin Kramer
Attorneys for Defendant Pfizer Inc.

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LOPEZ MCHUGH LLP
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By: /s/ Matthew Ramon Lopez
Attorneys for Plaintiff Elizabeth
Hernandez-Lopez

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-2JOINT STIPULATION AND ORDER CONTINUING MANDATORY SCHEDULING CONFERENCE

RICHARDSON, PATRICK,
WESTBROOK & BRICKMAN, LLC

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By: /s/ Elizabeth Middleton Burke
Attorneys for Plaintiff Elizabeth
Hernandez-Lopez

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I, Karin Kramer, am the ECF User whose ID and password are being used to file this

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Stipulation and Order Continuing Mandatory Scheduling Conference. In compliance with Local
Rule 131(e), I hereby attest that attorney Matthew Ramon Lopez and Elizabeth Middleton Burke
have concurred in this filing.

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ORDER

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The Mandatory Scheduling Conference in the above-captioned matter is now set for March

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7, 2014, at 9:30 am. Plaintiff shall be responsible for filing the Joint Case Management
Conference Statement by February 28, 2014.

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IT IS SO ORDERED.

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Dated:

/s/

Michael J. Seng

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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January 28, 2014

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