Monteiro et al v. DePuy Orthopaedics, Inc. et al

Filing 20

ORDER Granting 18 Stipulation to Stay Discovery and for Continuance to File Joint Discovery Plan and Scheduling Order. The deadline for submitting the Joint Discovery Plan and Scheduling Order is continued until decision ondefendants' 2 Mo tion to Stay and/or plaintiffs' 6 Motion to Remand. Ifboth motions are denied, the parties shall submit a stipulated discovery plan and scheduling order within 15 days after entry of the order denying the motions. Signed by Magistrate Judge Carl W. Hoffman on 10/15/2012. (Copies have been distributed pursuant to the NEF - AC)

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MORRIS LAW GROUP
Robert McCoy, No. 9121
Email: [e-mail]
Joni A. Jamison, No. 11614
Email: [e-mail]
900 Bank of America Plaza
300 South Fourth Street
Las Vegas, Nevada 89101
Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile: [phone]
Attorneys for DePuy Orthopaedics, Inc.
DePuy, Inc., DePuy International Limited,
Johnson & Johnson Medical Ltd., Johnson &
Johnson Management Limited, Johnson &
Johnson International, Johnson & Johnson,
and Precision Instruments, Inc.
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
DISTRICT OF NEVADA
ROSE MONTEIRO; and
PRISCILLA GORDON,
Plaintiffs,
v.
DEPUY ORTHOPAEDICS, INC.;
DEPUY, INC.; DEPUY
INTERNATIONAL LIMITED;
JOHNSON & JOHNSON
MEDICAL LTD.; JOHNSON &
JOHNSON MANAGEMENT
LIMITED; JOHNSON &
JOHNSON INTERNATIONAL,
and JOHNSON & JOHNSON;
PRECISION INSTRUMENTS,
INC.,
Defendants.

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Case No. 2:12-cv-01576-MMD-CWH
STIPULATION AND PROPOSED
ORDER TO STAY DISCOVERY
AND FOR CONTINUANCE TO
FILE JOINT DISCOVERY PLAN
AND SCHEDULING ORDER
(FIRST REQUEST)

The parties stipulate and request that the Court enter an order
continuing the deadline for filing a joint discovery plan and scheduling

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order pending resolution of either: (1) defendants' Motion to Stay Pending
Transfer to MDL No. 2197 – In re: DePuy Orthopaedics, Inc. ASR Hip Implant
Products Liability Litigation, (#2); or (2) plaintiffs' Motion to Remand (#6).
This is the first continuance sought in connection with this
deadline. The parties request it because the Court's disposition of either
one of these two pending motions may obviate the need for any discovery
or other proceedings in this Court. If the Court grants defendants' motion
to stay all proceedings pending MDL transfer, no discovery will be had in
this Court. If the Court grants plaintiffs' motion to remand, the Court will
no longer have jurisdiction and no discovery or other action will be taken
in this Court.
The parties thus submit that good cause exists for continuing
the deadlines imposed by Fed. R. Civ. P. 26(f) and respectfully request that
the Court enter an order continuing the deadline for filing a joint discovery
plan and scheduling order until it issues a decision on defendants' motion
to stay or plaintiffs' motion to remand. If the Court denies both motions,
the parties request that the deadline for filing a stipulated discovery plan

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and scheduling order be set for 15 days after entry of the order(s) denying
the motions.
WHITE & WETHERALL, LLP

MORRIS LAW GROUP

By /s/ Peter C. Wetherall
Peter C. Wetherall, No. 4414
Lindsay K. Eaton, No. 12364
9345 West Sunset Road
Suite 100
Las Vegas, Nevada 89148

By /s/ Joni A. Jamison
Robert McCoy, No. 9121
Joni A. Jamison, No. 11614
900 Bank of America Plaza
300 South Fourth Street
Las Vegas, Nevada 89101

Attorneys for Plaintiffs

Attorneys for Defendants
DePuy Orthopaedics, Inc.
DePuy, Inc., DePuy International
Limited, Johnson & Johnson Medical
Ltd., Johnson & Johnson
Management Limited, Johnson &
Johnson International, Johnson &
Johnson, and Precision Instruments,
Inc.
ORDER

IT IS SO ORDERED. The deadline for submitting the joint
discovery plan and scheduling order is continued until decision on
defendants' motion to stay (#2) and/or plaintiffs' motion to remand (#6). If
both motions are denied, the parties shall submit a stipulated discovery
plan and scheduling order within 15 days after entry of the order denying
the motions.
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UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE
October 15, 2012
DATED: _____________________________

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