1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Robert A. Mittelstaedt #60359 ramittelstaedt@jonesday.com Craig E. Stewart #129530 cestewart@jonesday.com David C. Kiernan #215335 dkiernan@jonesday.com JONES DAY 555 California Street, 26th Floor San Francisco, CA 94104 Telephone: (415) 626-3939 Facsimile: (415) 875-5700 Attorneys for Defendant APPLE INC. 9 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 10 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 11 OAKLAND DIVISION 12 13 THE APPLE iPOD iTUNES ANTITRUST LITIGATION Lead Case No. C 05-00037 YGR [CLASS ACTION] 15 ___________________________________ 16 This Document Relates To: DECLINATION TO PROCEED BEFORE A MAGISTRATE JUDGE FOR ALL PROCEEDINGS INCLUDING TRIAL 17 ALL ACTIONS 14 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 Declination To Proceed Before A Magistrate Judge C 05 00037 YGR 1 Pursuant to the Court’s September 6, 2012 Order (Dkt. No. 718), the parties have discussed 2 with their clients the option of proceeding before a magistrate judge for all proceedings including 3 trial. The parties decline to proceed before a magistrate judge for all proceedings including trial. 4 5 Dated: September 17, 2012 JONES DAY By:/s/ David C. Kiernan David C. Kiernan 6 7 Counsel for Defendant APPLE INC. 8 9 Dated: September 17, 2012 JONES DAY 10 By:/s/ Alexandra Bernay Alexandra Bernay 11 Counsel for Plaintiffs 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 2 Declination To Proceed Before A Magistrate Judge C 05 00037 YGR