Whitaker

Shawtina F. Lewis (SBN 259255) shawtina.lewis@nelsonmullins.com NELSON MULLINS RILEY &

SCARBOROUGH LLP

19191 South Vermont Avenue, Suite 900 Torrance, CA 90502 Telephone: 424.221.7400 Facsimile: 424.221.7499 5 Attorneys for Defendants C. R. Bard, Inc. and Bard Peripheral Vascular, Inc. 7 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 BEVERLY WHITAKER, Case No.: 1:20-cv-01668-DAD-BAM

11 Plaintiff,

JOINT MOTION TO STAY

12 v. DISCOVERY AND ALL PRETRIAL

DEADLINES & ORDER

13 C. R. BARD INC., and

BARD PERIPHERAL VASCULAR, INC.,

Defendants. 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 Pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 26(c) and (d), Plaintiff in the above-titled action and Defendants C. R. Bard, Inc. and Bard Peripheral Vascular, Inc. (collectively, “Bard”) (Plaintiff and Bard are collectively referred to herein as “the Parties”), respectfully request that this Court temporarily stay discovery and all pretrial deadlines and continue the initial Scheduling Conference in this case for 90 days after entry of the [Proposed]…