STIPULATION TO RESCHEDULE DATE OF CASE MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE

SUSAN ILLSTON, District Judge.

This Stipulation is made by and between Plaintiffs in Vanny v. Bristol-Myers Squibb Co., No. CV-12-5752 SI (N.D. Cal.), and Defendants Bristol-Myers Squibb Company, Sanofi-Aventis U.S. LLC, Sanofi US Services Inc., and Sanofi-Synthelabo Inc. (collectively "Defendants"), by and through the undersigned counsel of record,1 with reference to the following facts:

1. WHEREAS, on November 5, 2012, Plaintiffs filed the Vanny action in the Superior Court of California, San Francisco County, and on November 8, 2012, Defendants removed the Vanny action to this Court;

2. WHEREAS, the case management conference in the Vanny action is set for March 22, 2013, with a joint case management conference statement due on March 15, 2013;

3. WHEREAS, on November 13, 2012, Plaintiffs filed an unopposed motion to relate the Vanny action to ten other Plavix® actions pending before Judge Edward M. Chen;

4. WHEREAS, on February 12, 2013, the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation ("JPML") established a Plavix® multidistrict litigation in the District of New Jersey;

5. WHEREAS, on February 14, 2013, Plaintiffs filed a motion to remand the Vanny action to state court, and Defendants opposed the motion on February 28, 2013;

6. WHEREAS, on February 20, 2013, the JPML conditionally transferred the Vanny action to the Plavix® MDL, and on February 26, 2013, Plaintiffs opposed the JPML's conditional transfer of the Vanny action to the Plavix® MDL;

7. WHEREAS, on February 28, 2013, Defendants filed concurrent motions to stay the Vanny action and to shorten time for hearing on the motion to stay, and Plaintiffs opposed the motions on March 4, 2013;

8. WHEREAS, the motion to remand, to stay, and to shorten time on hearing on the motion to stay are pending before this Court; the motion to relate is pending before Judge Chen; and the motion to vacate the conditional transfer order is pending before the JPML;

9. WHEREAS, in light of the pending motions, rescheduling the March 22, 2013 case management conference would promote the efficient use of judicial resources;

THEREFORE, IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED AND AGREED, subject to the Court's approval, that the case management conference scheduled for March 22, 2013 (and the deadline for submitting the case management conference statement) be continued for at least sixty (60) days to allow this Court, Judge Chen, and the JPML to rule on the pending motions.

IT IS SO STIPULATED.

I, Jeremy M. McLaughlin, am the ECF User whose ID and password are being used to file this Stipulation to Reschedule Date of Case Management Conference. In compliance with General Order 45, X.B, I hereby attest that Mark E. Burton, Jr. has concurred in this filing.