United States District Court for the Eastern District of California, 2025

Wooten v. BioLife Plasma Services L.P.

Wooten v. BioLife Plasma Services L.P.
United States District Court for the Eastern District of California · Decided August 29, 2025
Wooten v. BioLife Plasma Services L.P.

Trial Court Opinion

4 CORTLIN H. LANNIN (SBN 266488) [email protected] 2 MATTHEW Q. VERDIN (SBN 306713) mverdin @cov.com 3 COVINGTON & BURLING LLP Salesforce Tower 4 415 Mission Street, Suite 5400 San Francisco, CA 94105-2533 5 Telephone: + | (415) 591-6000 Facsimile: + 1 (415) 591-6091 HANNAH K. NELSON (SBN 347061) 7 [email protected] COVINGTON & BURLING LLP 8 3000 El Camino Real Palo Alto Square, 10th Floor 9 Palo Alto, CA 94306-2112 Telephone: + 1 (650) 632-4700 10 Facsimile: + 1 (650) 632-4800 11 Attorneys for Defendants BioLife Plasma Services L.P. and Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. [Additional Counsel Listed on Signature Page] 14 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 15 EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 17 EVAN WOOTEN, and SARKIS OGANYAN, Civil Case No.: 1:25-cv-00099-KES-SKO individuall half of all oth 18 me a ane i behalf of all others JOINT STIPULATION AND ORDER TO y ° SUBMIT SUPPLEMENTAL BRIEFING AND 19 Plaintiffs CONTINUE HEARING ON DEFENDANTS’ 20 ° MOTION TO DISMISS 1 ‘ Honorable Kirk E. Sherriff 22 BIOLIFE PLASMA SERVICES L.P. and TAKEDA PHARMACEUTICALS U:S.A., 23 INC., 24 Defendants.

STIPULATION TO SUBMIT SUPPLEMENTAL BRIEEING AND CONTINUE HEARING ON DEFENDANT?’ MOTION TO DISMISS ' Pursuant to Civil L.R. 143, Defendants BioLife Plasma Services L.P. and Takeda 2 Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc., along with Plaintiffs Evan Wooten and Sarkis Oganyan, respectfully submit the following joint stipulation to submit limited supplemental briefing in connection with Defendants’ pending motion to dismiss addressing the impact of the Ninth Circuit’s precedential opinion ° in Popa v. Microsoft Corporation, __ F.4th __, 2024 WL 2448824 (9th Cir. Aug. 26, 2025), and to 8 continue the September 8, 2025 hearing on Defendants’ pending motion to dismiss to allow sufficient time to submit supplemental briefing.

STIPULATION 9 WHEREAS, Plaintiffs filed the operative First Amended Complaint on May 9, 2025 (ECF No. 17); WHEREAS, on June 6, 2025, Defendants moved to dismiss Plaintiffs’ First Amended Complaint "2 (ECF No. 19), which was fully briefed as of July 27, 2025 (see ECF No. 20, 22); WHEREAS, the hearing on Defendants’ motion to dismiss is currently set for September 8, 2025 (see ECF No. 19); " WHEREAS, on August 26, 2025, the Ninth Circuit issued a precedential opinion in Popa v. 16 Microsoft Corporation, __ F.4th __, 2024 WL 2448824 (9th Cir. Aug. 26, 2025), affirming the dismissal " of a website wiretapping claim for lack of Article III standing and clarifying the requirements for Article "8 II standing; "9 WHEREAS, on August 27, 2025, Defendants notified Plaintiffs that they believe the Ninth 20 Circuit’s Popa decision requires dismissal of Plaintiffs’ claims, and Plaintiffs responded that they a" disagree with Defendants’ position but do not dispute Defendants’ right to bring this new authority to 22 the Court’s attention; 23 WHEREAS, the parties have conferred and agree that it would be efficient to submit limited 28 supplemental briefing addressing the impact of the Ninth Circuit’s Popa decision and to continue the hearing on Defendants’ motion to dismiss to allow sufficient time for the parties to submit and the Court 26 to consider this supplemental briefing; 27 WHEREAS, this request is made in good faith and not for the purpose of unnecessary delay; 28 , STIPULATION TO SUBMIT SUPPLEMENTAL BRIEFING AND CONTINUE HEARING ON DEFENDANTS’ MOTION TO DISMISS ' NOW, THEREFORE, THE PARTIES HEREBY STIPULATE, subject to the Court’s 2 approval, as follows: 1. The Parties shall each file by September 12, 2025 a supplemental brief of no more than five (5) pages addressing the impact on Plaintiffs’ claims of the Ninth Circuit’s opinion in Popa v. ° Microsoft Corporation, __ F.4th __, 2024 WL 2448824 (9th Cir. Aug. 26, 2025).

8 2. The hearing on Defendants’ motion to dismiss Plaintiffs’ First Amended Complaint currently set for September 8, 2025 shall be continued to October 6, 2025, or another date convenient 8 for the Court’s schedule. a STIPULATION TO SUBMIT SUPPLEMENTAL BRIEFING AND CONTINUE HEARING ON DEFENDANTS’ MOTION TO DISMISS 1 DATED: August 28, 2025 COVINGTON & BURLING LLP 2 By: /s/ Matthew Q. Verdin CORTLIN H. LANNIN (SBN 266488) 4 [email protected] MATTHEW Q. VERDIN (SBN 306713) 5 [email protected] COVINGTON & BURLING LLP 6 Salesforce Tower Mission Street, Suite 5400 7 San Francisco, CA 94105-2533 Telephone: + | (415) 591-6000 8 Facsimile: + 1 (415) 591-6091 9 HANNAH K. NELSON (SBN 347061) [email protected] 10 COVINGTON & BURLING LLP 3000 El Camino Real 11 5 Palo Alto Square, 10th Floor Palo Alto, CA 94306-2112 12 Telephone: + 1 (650) 632-4700 Facsimile: + 1 (650) 632-4800 Attorneys for Defendants BioLife Plasma Services 14 L.P, and Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. 15 DATED: August 28, 2025 BURSOR & FISHER, P.A.

16 By: /s/ Joshua B. Glatt (as authorized on 17 8/28/2025) 18 L. Timothy Fisher (State Bar No. 191626) Joshua B. Glatt (State Bar No. 354064) 19 1990 North California Blvd., 9th Floor Walnut Creek, CA 94596 20 Telephone: (925) 300-4455 Facsimile: (925) 407-2700 m4 E-mail: [email protected] jglatt@ bursor.com Attorneys for Plaintiffs Evan Wooten and Sarkis 23 Oganyan □ STIPULATION TO SUBMIT SUPPLEMENTAL BRIEFING AND CONTINUE HEARING ON DEFENDANTS’ MOTION TO DISMISS ' ORDER 2 Pursuant to stipulation, and for good cause shown, the Court orders as follows: 1. The Parties shall each file by September 12, 2025 a supplemental brief of no more than five (5) pages addressing the impact on Plaintiffs’ claims of the Ninth Circuit’s opinion in Popa v. 5 Microsoft Corporation, __ F.4th __, 2024 WL 2448824 (9th Cir. Aug. 26, 2025).

8 2. The hearing on Defendants’ motion to dismiss Plaintiffs’ First Amended Complaint, Doc. 19, currently set for September 8, 2025, shall be continued to October 6, 2025 at 1:30 p.m.

10 | IT IS SO ORDERED. _ ( " Dated: _ August 29, 2025 4h 12 UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE STIPULATION TO SUBMIT SUPPLEMENTAL BRIEFING AND CONTINUE HEARING ON DEFENDANTS’ MOTION TO DISMISS

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