Wooten v. BioLife Plasma Services L.P. et al

Filing 12

STIPULATON AND ORDER re UNOPPOSED MOTION TO EXTEND DEFENDANTS' TIME TO RESPOND TO COMPLAINT. Order signed by Magistrate Judge Sheila K. Oberto on 3/7/2025. (Deputy Clerk WAK)

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CORTLIN H. LANNIN (SBN 266488)
[e-mail]
MATTHEW Q. VERDIN (SBN 306713)
[e-mail]
COVINGTON & BURLING LLP
Salesforce Tower
415 Mission Street, Suite 5400
San Francisco, CA 94105-2533
Telephone: + 1 [phone]
Facsimile: + 1 [phone]

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HANNAH K. NELSON (SBN 347061)
[e-mail]
COVINGTON & BURLING LLP
3000 El Camino Real
5 Palo Alto Square, 10th Floor
Palo Alto, CA 94306-2112
Telephone: + 1 [phone]
Facsimile: + 1 [phone]
Attorneys for Defendants BioLife Plasma Services L.P.
and Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.

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[Additional Counsel Listed on Signature Page]
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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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Plaintiff,

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v.

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Civil Case No.: 1:25-cv-00099-KES-SKO

EVAN WOOTEN, individually and on behalf
of all others similarly situated,

STIPULATION AND UNOPPOSED MOTION
TO EXTEND DEFENDANTS’ TIME TO
RESPOND TO COMPLAINT; ORDER
(Doc. 11)

BIOLIFE PLASMA SERVICES L.P. and
TAKEDA PHARMACEUTICALS U.S.A.,
INC.,

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STIPULATION AND UNOPPOSED MOTION TO EXTEND DEFENDANTS’ TIME TO RESPOND TO COMPLAINT
Case No.: 1:25-cv-00099-KES-SKO

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Pursuant to Civil L.R. 143, Defendants BioLife Plasma Services L.P. and Takeda Pharmaceuticals

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U.S.A., Inc., along with Plaintiff Evan Wooten, respectfully submit the following joint stipulation

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enlarging the time for Defendants to respond to the Complaint.

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STIPULATION

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WHEREAS, Plaintiff filed the Complaint in this action on January 22, 2025 (see Dkt. 1);

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WHEREAS, Defendants were each served with Plaintiff’s Complaint on January 24, 2025;

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WHEREAS, pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 12, Defendants’ original deadline to

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respond to the Complaint was February 14, 2025;

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WHEREAS, pursuant to Civil L.R. 144(a), which allows the parties to stipulate in writing without

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court order to extend a defendant’s time within which to answer or otherwise respond to a complaint by

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no more than twenty-eight (28) days, the parties previously stipulated to extend Defendants’ deadline to

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respond to the Complaint by twenty-eight (28) days to March 14, 2025 (see Dkt. 10);

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WHEREAS, the parties agree that an additional extension of Defendants’ time to respond would

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be productive and useful given the complexity of the legal and factual issues raised by Plaintiff’s

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complaint;

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WHEREAS, the parties have conferred and agree that Defendants’ deadline to respond to the
Complaint shall be extended by an additional twenty-one (21) days to April 4, 2025;

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WHEREAS, this request is made in good faith and not for the purpose of unnecessary delay;

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NOW, THEREFORE, THE PARTIES HEREBY STIPULATE that Defendants BioLife

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Plasma Services L.P. and Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.’s deadline to answer or otherwise respond

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to Plaintiff’s Complaint is extended to April 4, 2025.

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STIPULATION TO EXTEND DEFENDANTS’ TIME TO RESPOND TO COMPLAINT
Case No.: 1:25-cv-00099-KES-SKO

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DATED: March 7, 2025

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COVINGTON & BURLING LLP
By: /s/ Cortlin H. Lannin

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CORTLIN H. LANNIN (SBN 266488)
[e-mail]
MATTHEW Q. VERDIN (SBN 306713)
[e-mail]
COVINGTON & BURLING LLP
Salesforce Tower
415 Mission Street, Suite 5400
San Francisco, CA 94105-2533
Telephone: + 1 [phone]
Facsimile: + 1 [phone]

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HANNAH K. NELSON (SBN 347061)
[e-mail]
COVINGTON & BURLING LLP
3000 El Camino Real
5 Palo Alto Square, 10th Floor
Palo Alto, CA 94306-2112
Telephone: + 1 [phone]
Facsimile: + 1 [phone]

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Attorneys for Defendants BioLife Plasma Services
L.P. and Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.

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DATED: March 7, 2025

BURSOR & FISHER, P.A.
By: /s/Joshua B. Glatt (as authorized on
03/07/2025)
L. Timothy Fisher (State Bar No. 191626)
Joshua B. Glatt (State Bar No. 354064)
1990 North California Blvd.,
9th Floor Walnut Creek, CA 94596
Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile: [phone]
E-mail: [e-mail]
[e-mail]
Attorneys for Plaintiff Evan Wooten

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STIPULATION TO EXTEND DEFENDANTS’ TIME TO RESPOND TO COMPLAINT
Case No.: 1:25-cv-00099-KES-SKO

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ORDER

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Based on the parties’ stipulation and unopposed motion (Doc. 5), and for good cause shown, IT

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IS HEREBY ORDERED that Defendants BIOLIFE PLASMA SERVICES L.P. and TAKEDA

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PHARMACEUTICALS U.S.A., INC., shall file their pleadings responsive to Plaintiff Evan Wooten’s

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Complaint (Doc. 1) on or before April 4, 2025.

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IT IS SO ORDERED.
Dated:

/s/ Sheila K. Oberto

March 7, 2025

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UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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STIPULATION TO EXTEND DEFENDANTS’ TIME TO RESPOND TO COMPLAINT
Case No.: 1:25-cv-00099-KES-SKO