City of Everett v. Purdue Pharma LP et al

Filing 15

ORDER granting 14 Stipulated Motion re briefing schedule and page limits on motion to dismiss ; renoting dfts' 8 MOTION to Dismiss : Noting Date 6/9/2017, by Judge Ricardo S Martinez.(RS)

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1 2 3 4 5 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON AT SEATTLE 6 7 8 CITY OF EVERETT, a Washington municipal corporation, 9 Plaintiff, 10 11 12 13 14 Case No. 2:17-CV-00209 STIPULATED MOTION AND ORDER REGARDING BRIEFING SCHEDULE AND PAGE LIMITS ON MOTION TO DISMISS v. PURDUE PHARMA, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership; PURDUE PHARMA, INC., a New York corporation; THE PURDUE FREDERICK COMPANY, INC., a New York corporation; and JOHN AND JANE DOES 1 THROUGH 10, individuals who are executives, officers, and/or directors of Purdue, 15 Defendants. 16 STIPULATION 17 18 1. Defendants Purdue Pharma L.P., Purdue Pharma, Inc., and The Purdue Frederick 19 Company, Inc. (collectively, “Defendants”) have filed a Motion to Dismiss Pursuant to Federal 20 Rule of Civil Procedure 12(B)(6) [Dkt. No. 8] (the “Dismissal Motion”). 21 2. The deadline for Plaintiff City of Everett (“Plaintiff”) to file its opposition papers 22 to the Dismissal Motion is currently May 10, 2017. See Dkt. No. 11. Due to unanticipated 23 emergencies in other matters and other unexpected scheduling issues, counsel for Plaintiff have 24 requested a short, 6-business day extension to May 18, 2017. 25 26 STIPULATED MOTION AND ORDER - 1 CASE NO. 2:17-CV-00209-RSM KELLEY, GOLDFARB, HUCK, ROTH, & RIOJAS, PLLC 700 Fifth Avenue, Suite 6100 Seattle, Washington 98104 (206) 452-0260 1 2 3 3. short extension of the deadline for Defendants to file their reply brief. Specifically, Defendants request to file their reply brief on June 8, 2017 and re-note their Dismissal Motion for June 9, 2017. 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Counsel for Defendants do not oppose this request, and request a corresponding 4. In addition, the Court previously granted the Plaintiff permission to file an over- length opposition brief, permitting 6 additional pages. See Dkt. No. 13. In negotiating that extension, the Plaintiff agreed to allow the Defendants an equivalent extension of 3-pages for their reply. Accordingly, the Defendants request three additional pages for their reply brief, which Plaintiff does not oppose. 5. Counsel for the parties have met and conferred in good faith regarding the deadlines, briefing schedule, and page limits, and believe there is good cause for the requested extensions of time, proposed briefing schedule, and page limits, and the parties’ stipulation will not delay this proceeding or cause prejudice. 6. Accordingly, pursuant to the parties’ stipulation, and subject to the Court’s approval, the parties specifically agree as follows: (a) 16 17 Motion is extended to May 18, 2017. (b) 18 19 The deadline for Defendants to file their reply brief is extended to June 8, 2017. (c) 20 21 The deadline for Plaintiff to file its opposition brief to the pending Dismissal Defendants may file an over-length reply brief not to exceed 15 pages in length. (d) The pending Dismissal Motion shall be re-noted to June 9, 2017. 22 23 SO STIPULATED this May 3, 2017. 24 25 26 STIPULATED MOTION AND ORDER - 2 CASE NO. 2:17-CV-00209-RSM KELLEY, GOLDFARB, HUCK, ROTH, & RIOJAS, PLLC 700 Fifth Avenue, Suite 6100 Seattle, Washington 98104 (206) 452-0260 1 Kelley, Goldfarb, Huck, Roth & Riojas, PLLC /s/ Michael A. Goldfarb______________________ Michael A. Goldfarb, WSBA No. 13492 /s/ Christopher M. Huck______________________ Christopher M. Huck, WSBA No. 34104 /s/ Kit W. Roth ______________________ Kit W. Roth, WSBA No. 33059 /s/ R. Omar Riojas ______________________ R. Omar Riojas, WSBA No. 35400 2 3 4 5 6 10 700 Fifth Avenue, Suite 6100 Seattle, Washington 98104 Telephone: (206) 452-0260 Facsimile: (206) 397-3062 Email: goldfarb@kelleygoldfarb.com Email: huck@kelleygoldfarb.com Email: roth@kelleygoldfarb.com Email: riojas@kelleygoldfarb.com 11 Attorneys for Plaintiff City of Everett 7 8 9 12 Karr Tuttle Campbell /s/ Thomas D. Adams Thomas D. Adams, WSBA No. 18470 /s/ Ronald J. Friedman Ronald J. Friedman, WSBA No. 41629 /s/ Stephanie R. Lakinski Stephanie R. Lakinski, WSBA No. 46391 /s/ Andrew W. Durland Andrew W. Durland, WSBA No. 49747 13 14 15 16 17 701 Fifth Avenue, Suite 3300 Seattle, WA 98104 Telephone: (206) 223-1313 Facsimile: (206) 682-7100 Email: tadams@karrtuttle.com Email: rfriedman@karrtuttle.com Email: slakinski@karrtuttle.com Email: adurland@karrtuttle.com 18 19 20 21 22 Attorneys for Defendants Purdue Pharma L.P., Purdue Pharma Inc., and The Purdue Frederick Company Inc. 23 24 25 26 STIPULATED MOTION AND ORDER - 3 CASE NO. 2:17-CV-00209-RSM KELLEY, GOLDFARB, HUCK, ROTH, & RIOJAS, PLLC 700 Fifth Avenue, Suite 6100 Seattle, Washington 98104 (206) 452-0260 ORDER 1 2 Pursuant to the above Stipulated Motion, IT IS ORDERED: 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 1. The deadline for Plaintiff to file its opposition brief to the pending Dismissal Motion is extended to May 18, 2017. 2. The deadline for Defendants to file their reply brief is extended to June 8, 2017. 3. Defendants may file an over-length reply brief not to exceed 15 pages in length. 4. The pending Dismissal Motion shall be re-noted to June 9, 2017. DATED this 4th day of May, 2017. 10 11 A 12 RICARDO S. MARTINEZ CHIEF UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 STIPULATED MOTION AND ORDER - 4 CASE NO. 2:17-CV-00209-RSM KELLEY, GOLDFARB, HUCK, ROTH, & RIOJAS, PLLC 700 Fifth Avenue, Suite 6100 Seattle, Washington 98104 (206) 452-0260

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