Regan, et al v. Williams Companies, et al

Filing 171

STIPULATION and ORDER signed by Judge William B. Shubb on 1/9/09 re 170 ORDERING that the Status Conference is CONTINUED to 7/13/2009 at 02:00 PM in Courtroom 5 (WBS) before Judge William B. Shubb and the parties are ordered to file a Joint Status Report no later June 29, 2009(Duong, D)

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Craig C. Corbitt (State Bar No. 83251) ZELLE HOFMANN VOELBEL & MASON LLP 44 Montgomery Street, Suite 3400 San Francisco, CA 94104 Telephone: [phone] Facsimile: [phone] John B. Massopust Daniel J. Millea ZELLE HOFMANN VOELBEL & MASON LLP 500 Washington Avenue South, Suite 4000 Minneapolis, MN 55415 Telephone: [phone] Facsimile: [phone] Attorneys for Plaintiffs IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA SACRAMENTO DIVISION DIRK REGAN, CAROL REGAN, JACQUELYN SHELDRICK, STEPHEN PHILLIP RUTHERFORD, DONALD M. FISK, AND GLENN L. BOOM, for themselves and on behalf of all others similarly situated, et al., ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) Plaintiffs, ) vs. ) ) QWEST COMMUNICATIONS ) INTERNATIONAL, INC., et al., ) ) Defendants. ) ____________________________________ ) ) DIRK REGAN, CAROL REGAN, ) JACQUELYN SHELDRICK, and ) DONALD M. FISK, for themselves ) and on behalf of all others similarly ) situated, et al., ) ) Plaintiffs, ) vs. ) ) WILLIAMS COMMUNICATIONS, L.L.C., ) et al., ) ) Defendants. Case No. S-01-0766 WBS JFM Case No. S-01-0779 WBS JFM

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JOINT STIPULATION TO CONTINUE JANUARY 26, 2009 STATUS CONFERENCE AND PROPOSED ORDER

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COME NOW, Plaintiffs and Defendants and jointly request that the Court continue the January 26, 2009 Status Conference in these matters. In support of said stipulated request, the parties state as follows: 1. By Order of this Court dated September 4, 2008 there is a Status Conference

in this matter set for January 26, 2009. 2. As set forth in Plaintiffs' and Defendants' previous reports to this Court, the

parties herein are in the process of obtaining final approval of settlements that would dispose of the claims asserted in this action and others. On July 16, 2008, the parties presented a Joint Motion for Preliminary Approval of said settlements to the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts in the pending matter styled as Kingsborough v. Sprint Communications Company, L.P., Case No. 07-CV-10651. On July 18, the Kingsborough court issued an Order Preliminarily Approving Class-Action Settlements, Certifying Settlement Classes, and Directing Notice. The Preliminary Approval Order granted

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preliminary approval to, inter alia, a state-wide California class action settlement agreement that, if finally approved by the Kingsborough court, will resolve all the claims asserted by the Plaintiffs in this case. The court scheduled a Fairness Hearing for November 17, 2008. 3. On August 8, 2008, the Claims Administrator mailed Notice of the settlements

to class members. On September 22, 2008, the deadline for requesting exclusion from participation in the settlement expired. 4. The Kingsborough court held the Fairness Hearing on November 17, 2008.

The parties and certain objectors presented argument on the Joint Motion for Final Approval of Class-Action Settlements. The court took the Motion under advisement and, as of the date of this filing, no ruling has issued.

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In the interests of judicial efficiency, the parties hereby request that the Court

forego further proceedings in this matter until the second quarter of 2009, at which time the parties will provide a further status report concerning the proceedings in Kingsborough. WHEREFORE, the parties jointly request that the Court continue the Status Conference as noted above. DATED: January 9, 2009 Respectfully submitted, ZELLE HOFMANN VOELBEL & MASON LLP /s/ Daniel J. Millea John B. Massopust Daniel J. Millea 500 Washington Avenue South, Suite 4000 Minneapolis, MN 55415 Telephone: [phone] Facsimile: [phone]
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Craig C. Corbitt (State Bar No. 83251) 44 Montgomery Street, Suite 3400 San Francisco, CA 94104 Telephone: [phone] Facsimile: [phone]

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Roger C. Johnson KOONZ, MCKENNEY, JOHNSON, DEPAOLIS & LIGHTFOOT, L.L.P. 2001 Pennsylvania Ave., N.W. Suite 450 Washington, DC 20006 Telephone: [phone] Facsimile: [phone]

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JOINT STIPULATION TO CONTINUE STATUS CONFERENCE

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DATED: January 9, 2009

CORR, CRONIN, MICHELSON, BAUMGARDNER & PREECE, LLP /s/ Emily Brubaker (as authorized on 1/9/2009) Emily Brubaker 1001 Fourth Avenue Suite 3900 Seattle, WA 98154-1051 Telephone: [phone] Facsimile: [phone]
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John F. Daum O'MELVENY & MYERS, LLP 400 South Hope Street Los Angeles, CA 90071-2899 Telephone: [phone] Facsimile: [phone] ATTORNEYS FOR DEFENDANTS QWEST COMMUNICATIONS, ET AL.

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DATED: January 9, 2009

HALL, ESTILL, HARDWICK, GABLE, GOLDEN & NELSON, P.C. /s/ J. Kevin Hayes (as authorized on 1/9/2009) J. Kevin Hayes Pamela S. Anderson 320 South Boston Avenue Suite 400 Tulsa, OK 74103-3708 Telephone: [phone] Facsimile: [phone]
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ERIKSEN, ARBUTHNOT, KILDUFF, DAY & LINDSTROM, INC. Charles Painter Timothy P. Dailey 100 Howe Avenue Sacramento, CA 95825 Telephone: [phone] Facsimile: [phone] ATTORNEYS FOR DEFENDANTS WILLIAMS COMMUNICATIONS, ET AL.

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ORDER The Court, having reviewed the parties' stipulation concerning the January 26, 2009 Status Conference, and for the reasons stated therein, finds that the relief requested by the parties should be granted. IS THEREFORE ORDERED that the January 26, 2009 Status Conference is continued until July 13, 2009 at 2:00 p.m., and the parties are ordered to file a Joint Status Report no later June 29, 2009. DATED: January 9, 2009

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PROOF OF SERVICE Regan, et al. v. Qwest Communications Intl., et al., Case No. S-01-0766 WBS JFM And Regan, et al., v. Williams Companies, et al., Case No. S-01-0779 WBS JFM

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I, Amanda Garberson, certify and declare under penalty of perjury that I: am a citizen of the United States; am over the age of 18 years; am employed by Zelle Hofmann Voelbel & Mason LLP, at the address indicated, whose members are members of the State Bar of California and at least one of those members is a member of the Bar of each Federal District Court within California; am not a party to or interested in the cause entitled upon the document to which this Proof of Service accompanies; and that on January 9, 2009, I served a true and correct copy of the following document(s) in the manner indicated below: 1. JOINT STIPULATION TO CONTINUE JANUARY 26, 2009 STATUS CONFERENCE AND PROPOSED ORDER By USDC Live System-Document Filing System: on all interested parties registered for e-filing. By US Mail: by placing the document(s) listed above in a sealed envelope, with first-class postage thereon fully prepaid, and depositing in Minneapolis, Minnesota, in the United States mail on the following parties, addressed as indicated: Executed on January 9, 2009, in Minneapolis, Minnesota. s/Amanda Garberson Amanda Garberson

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