York v. Bristol-Myers Squibb Company et al

Filing 39

STIPULATION AND ORDER re (16 in 3:17-cv-03180-JST), (39 in 3:17-cv-01870-JST), (38 in 3:17-cv-01872-JST), (41 in 3:17-cv-01873-JST), (38 in 3:17-cv-01871-JST), (15 in 3:17-cv-03019-JST), (42 in 3:17-cv-01869-JST), (36 in 3:17-cv-02430-JST), (17 i n 3:17-cv-03098-JST), (39 in 3:17-cv-01662-JST) STIPULATION WITH PROPOSED ORDER re (19) MOTION to Dismiss for Lack of Jurisdiction or, in the Alternative, to Transfer. Signed by Judge Jon S. Tigar on August 1, 2017. (wsn, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 8/1/2017) [Transferred from California Northern on 8/3/2017.]

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1 5 TIMOTHY M. CLARK (Bar No. 284447) tclark@thesandersfirm.com LAUREN A. WELLING (Bar No. 291813) lwelling@thesandersfirm.com SANDERS PHILLIPS GROSSMAN, LLC 2860 Michelle Drive, Suite 220 Irvine, CA 92606 Telephone: +1 877 480 9142 Facsimile: +1 213 330 0346 6 Attorneys for Plaintiffs 7 DONALD F. ZIMMER, JR. (State Bar No. 112279) fzimmer@kslaw.com WILLIAM E. STEIMLE (State Bar No. 203426) wsteimle@kslaw.com KING & SPALDING LLP 101 Second Street, Suite 2300 San Francisco, CA 94105 Telephone: +1 415 318 1200 Facsimile: +1 415 318 1300 2 3 4 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Attorneys for Defendants BRISTOL-MYERS SQUIBB COMPANY, ASTRAZENECA PHARMACEUTICALS LP, and MCKESSON CORPORATION 15 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 16 FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 17 KATHY BARNES, an individual, 18 Plaintiff, 19 Case No.: 3:17-cv-1869-JST v. STIPULATION FOR ORDER DENYING MOTION TO DISMISS AND GRANTING MOTION TO TRANSFER PURSUANT TO 28 U.S.C. § 1404(a) 20 BRISTOL-MYERS SQUIBB COMPANY; ASTRAZENECA PHARMACEUTICALS 21 LP; MCKESSON CORPORATION; and 22 DOES 1-50 INCLUSIVE 23 Judge: Hon. Jon S. Tigar Defendants. 24 AND RELATED ACTIONS: 25 Tony Campbell v. Bristol-Myers Squibb Company, et al., Case No. 3:17-cv-01872-JST; 26 Anita Rochelle Holland v. Bristol-Myers 27 Squibb Company, et al., Case No. 3:17-cv02430; 28 1 STIPULATION FOR ORDER DENYING MOTION TO DISMISS AND GRANTING MOTION TO TRANSFER PURSUANT TO 28 U.S.C. § 1404(a) 1 2 3 4 Michael Miller v. Bristol-Myers Squibb Company, et al., Case No. 3:17-cv-01870-JST; Lester Speights v. AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP, et al., Case No. 3:17-cv-01873-JST; Nichole Wilcox v. Bristol-Myers Squibb 5 Company, et al., Case No. 3:17-cv-01662-JST; 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Robbie York v. Bristol-Myers Squibb Company, et al., Case No. 4:17-cv-01871-JST; Sheryle Christensen v. Bristol-Myers Squibb Company, et al., Case No. 3:17-cv-03098-JST (in which Defendants are specially appearing); Donielle Cousins v. Bristol-Myers Squibb Company, et al., Case No. 3:17-cv-03180-JST (in which Defendants are specially appearing); Norman Johnson v. Bristol-Myers Squibb Company, et al., Case No. 3:17-cv-03019-JST (in which Defendants are specially appearing). 15 16 TO THE COURT AND ALL PARTIES: 17 WHEREAS, Defendants AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP (AstraZeneca) and Bristol- 18 Myers Squibb Company (BMS) filed Motions to Dismiss for Lack of Personal Jurisdiction in the 19 Barnes, Campbell, Holland, Miller, Speights, Wilcox, and York actions on May 26, 2017; 20 WHEREAS, in the alternative, AstraZeneca, BMS, and McKesson Corporation argued 21 that Plaintiffs’ respective home states were a more convenient forum and that these cases should 22 be transferred pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1404(a); 23 24 25 WHEREAS, Defendants have yet to appear in the Christensen, Cousins, and Johnson cases, but would file the same motions in response to the complaints in those cases; WHEREAS, based on the Court’s recent rulings denying Defendants’ motions to dismiss 26 for lack of personal jurisdiction and granting Defendants’ motions to transfer in related actions 27 Dubose v. Bristol-Myers Squibb, et al., Case No. 3:17-cv-00244-JST (Doc 39) and Cortina v. 28 Bristol-Myers Squibb, et al., Case No. 3:17-cv-00247-JST (Doc 36), the parties anticipate that 2 STIPULATION FOR ORDER DENYING MOTION TO DISMISS AND GRANTING MOTION TO TRANSFER PURSUANT TO 28 U.S.C. § 1404(a) 1 the Court will reach the same result with respect to Defendants’ pending motions and in similar 2 motions that would be filed in the Christensen, Cousins, and Johnson cases, because the motions 3 are based on substantially similar factual circumstances; 4 WHEREAS, while Defendants respectfully disagree with the Court’s ruling denying their 5 motion to dismiss and Plaintiffs respectfully disagree with the Court’s ruling granting 6 Defendants’ motion to transfer, the parties agree to the following stipulation in an effort to 7 conserve resources and minimize expense for the parties and the Court; 8 9 10 NOW, THEREFORE, the Parties stipulate and agree that the Court will deny the motions to dismiss for lack of jurisdiction and will grant the motions to transfer the cases to the districts where Plaintiffs reside pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1404(a), as follows: 11  Barnes, Kathy; Eastern District of Kentucky; 12  Campbell, Tony; Eastern District of Tennessee; 13  Holland, Anita Rochelle; Middle District of North Carolina; 14  Miller, Michael; Northern District of Indiana; 15  Speights, Lester; Eastern District of Louisiana; 16  Wilcox, Nichole; Western District of Tennessee; 17  York, Robbie; Northern District of Georgia; 18  Christensen, Sheryle; District of Idaho; 19  Cousins, Donielle; Southern District of Indiana; 20  Johnson, Norman; Northern District of Georgia. 21 IT IS SO STIPULATED. 22 DATED: July 27, 2017 SANDERS PHILLIPS GROSSMAN, LLC 23 24 25 26 By: /s/ Timothy M. Clark Timothy M. Clark Lauren Welling Attorneys for Plaintiffs 27 28 3 STIPULATION FOR ORDER DENYING MOTION TO DISMISS AND GRANTING MOTION TO TRANSFER PURSUANT TO 28 U.S.C. § 1404(a) 1 DATED: July 27, 2017 KING & SPALDING LLP 2 3 By: /s/ William E. Steimle Donald F. Zimmer, Jr. William E. Steimle Attorneys for Defendants 4 5 6 7 Signature Attestation (N.D. Cal. L.R. 5-1(i)(3) I, William E. Steimle, attest that concurrence in the filing of this document has been 8 obtained from each signatory whose ECF user ID and password are not being used in the 9 electronic filing of this document. 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Having considered the above stipulation to transfer, and good cause appearing, the Parties’ Stipulation is GRANTED. The action entitled Kathy Barnes v. Bristol Myers Squibb, et al. Case No. 3:17-cv-1869JST, shall be transferred to the Eastern District of Kentucky. The action entitled Tony Campbell v. Bristol-Myers Squibb Company, et al., Case No. 3:17-cv-01872-JST, shall be transferred to the Eastern District of Tennessee. The action entitled Anita Rochelle Holland v. Bristol-Myers Squibb Company, et al., Case No. 3:17-cv-02430, shall be transferred to the Middle District of North Carolina. The action entitled Michael Miller v. Bristol-Myers Squibb Company, et al., Case No. 21 3:17-cv-01870-JST, shall be transferred to the Northern District of Indiana. 22 The action entitled Lester Speights v. AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP, et al., Case No. 23 3:17-cv-01873-JST, shall be transferred to the Eastern District of Louisiana. 24 The action entitled Nichole Wilcox v. Bristol-Myers Squibb Company, et al., Case No. 25 3:17-cv-01662-JST, shall be transferred to the Western District of Tennessee. 26 The action entitled Robbie York v. Bristol-Myers Squibb Company, et al., Case No. 4:17- 27 cv-01871-JST, shall be transferred to the Northern District of Georgia. 28 4 STIPULATION FOR ORDER DENYING MOTION TO DISMISS AND GRANTING MOTION TO TRANSFER PURSUANT TO 28 U.S.C. § 1404(a) 1 The action entitled Sheryle Christensen v. Bristol-Myers Squibb Company, et al., Case 2 No. 3:17-cv-03098-JST, shall be transferred to the District of Idaho. 3 The action entitled Donielle Cousins v. Bristol-Myers Squibb Company, et al., Case No. 4 3:17-cv-03180-JST, shall be transferred to the Southern District of Indiana; 5 The action entitled Norman Johnson v. Bristol-Myers Squibb Company, et al., Case No. 6 3:17-cv-03019-JST, shall be transferred to the Northern District of Georgia. 7 IT IS SO ORDERED. 8 DATED: August 1, 2017____________ 9 10 11 _____ _________________________________ HONORABLE JON S. TIGAR United States District Judge 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 5 STIPULATION FOR ORDER DENYING MOTION TO DISMISS AND GRANTING MOTION TO TRANSFER PURSUANT TO 28 U.S.C. § 1404(a)

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