UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
`CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
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`PRESS RELEASE
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`Release Date: December 7, 2020
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`ACTIVATION OF CONTINUITY OF OPERATIONS PLAN
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`Chief Judge Philip S. Gutierrez announces the United States District Court for the Central
`District of California has activated its Continuity of Operations (“COOP”) Plan, effective December
`9, 2020 at 5:00 p.m. through and including January 8, 2021.
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`The activation of the COOP Plan is necessary to ensure the continuous performance of
`essential functions and operations of the Court in light of the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (“COVID-
`19”) pandemic and the recent unprecedented surge of COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations, and test
`positivity rates in the Central District.
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`Actions that will be taken pursuant to the COOP Plan include the following:
`All Courthouses of the Central District of California will be closed to the public
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`except for hearings on criminal duty matters, as discussed below.
`No in-person hearings will go forward except for hearings on criminal duty matters,
`as discussed below.
`In civil cases, all appearances will be by telephone or video conference.
`Criminal bench duty will continue to take place in each division by telephone or
`video conference with the defendant’s consent and in court absent consent. All
`criminal document duty will be handled by each division in the normal course of
`business. In other criminal matters, all appearances will be by telephone or video
`conference.
`For members of the press or public who wish to listen in on a hearing, refer to the
`assigned judge’s procedures and schedules web page or calendar for login-in or call-
`in information. If login-in or call-in information is not available, submit a Hearing
`Access Request Form at least four hours prior to the hearing.
`Jury trials remain suspended.
`All regularly scheduled grand jury proceedings are suspended and grand jurors will
`not otherwise be required to report for service or to call in to the United States
`Attorney’s Office for reporting purposes during the period for which grand jury
`proceedings are suspended.
`The Bankruptcy Court will issue separate guidance.
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`KIRY K. GRAY
`DISTRICT COURT EXECUTIVE / CLERK OF COURT
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`Medtronic Exhibit 1035
`Medtronic Corevalve v. Colibri Heart Valve
`IPR2020-01454
`Page 00001
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