STIPULATION TO EXTEND DEADLINE FOR DEFENDANT MCKESSON CORPORATION TO ANSWER OR OTHERWISE RESPOND TO COMPLAINT; ORDER

MORRISON C. ENGLAND, Jr., District Judge.

Pursuant to Civil Local Rule 144, Plaintiffs County of San Joaquin, City of Stockton, and Montezuma Fire Protection District ("Plaintiffs") and Defendant McKesson Corporation ("McKesson"), by and through their respective counsel, (1) stipulate and agree to an initial 28-day extension of time for McKesson to answer or otherwise respond to the complaint, up to and including August 21, 2017; and (2) request the Court's approval to extend the time for McKesson to answer or otherwise respond to Plaintiff's complaint, up to and including September 22, 2017, or a 60-day extension from the date the Federal District Court clerk mails any remand order to the Superior Court clerk, whichever is later:

WHEREAS, on June 13, 2017, Plaintiffs served the Summons and Complaint in the above-captioned action on McKesson. On June 30, 2017, McKesson signed the Notice and Acknowledgment of Receipt of the Summons and Complaint.

WHEREAS, on July 17, 2017, Defendants Endo Health Solutions Inc., Endo Pharmaceuticals Inc., Purdue Pharma L.P., Purdue Pharma Inc., the Purdue Frederick Company, Inc., Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc., Cephalon, Inc., Johnson & Johnson, Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Ortho-McNeil-Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc. n/k/a Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc., and Janssen Pharmaceutical, Inc. n/k/a Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc. filed a Notice of Removal in the United States District Court in the Eastern District of California.

WHEREAS, pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 81(c), McKesson's time to respond to the complaint is July 24, 2017, seven days after the notice of removal is filed.

WHEREAS, Civil Local Rule 144 permits the parties to extend time for not more than 28 days to respond to a complaint without approval of the Court.

WHEREAS, Civil Local Rule 144 requires the Court's approval for all other extensions of time.

The entry into this stipulation by the Defendant shall not constitute a waiver of any of its defenses to the Complaint, and is without prejudice to Plaintiffs filing any motion to remand.

ORDER

The Court has reviewed and considered the Stipulation submitted by Plaintiffs and Defendant McKesson in the above-captioned action. Good cause appearing, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that McKesson's time to answer, move, or otherwise plead in response to Plaintiffs' complaint is extended up to and including September 22, 2017.

IT IS SO ORDERED.