Bates v. Mortgage Electronic Registration System, Inc. et al

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STIPULATION and ORDER signed by Judge Garland E. Burrell, Jr. on 9/24/2010 ORDERING that the pretrial scheduling conference is CONTINUED to 1/18/2011 at 09:00 AM in Courtroom 10 (GEB) before Judge Garland E. Burrell Jr.. A joint status report due 14 days prior to hearing. (Zignago, K.)

Bates v. Mortgage Electronic Registration System, Inc. et al

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Robert A. Padway (Cal. Bar No. 48439) Deborah A. Goldfarb (Cal. Bar No. 241942) BRYAN CAVE LLP Two Embarcadero Center, Suite 1410 San Francisco, CA 94111 Telephone: [phone] Facsimile: [phone] [e-mail] [e-mail] Attorneys for Defendants Bank of America, N.A. and "Countrywide Home Loans, Inc. nka Bank of America, N.A." UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA STATE OF CALIFORNIA ex rel. BARRETT R. BATES, Plaintiff, v. MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEM, INC. et al., Defendants. Qui tam Plaintiff Barrett R. Bates ("Plaintiff") and Defendants Bank of America, N.A. ("BOA") and Countrywide Home Loans, Inc. nka Bank of America, N.A. ("Countrywide"), Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. ("MERS"), JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. ("Chase"), CitiMortgage, Inc. ("CitiMortgage"), GMAC, LLC ("GMAC"), and Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. ("Wells Fargo") (collectively, "Defendants") hereby stipulate to and respectfully request that the Court (1) continue the status conference currently set for October 18, 2010, and (2) continue the deadlines set forth in the Court's Order Setting Status (Pretrial Scheduling) Conference filed on June 11, 2010 (Docket No. 4) (the "Order"), until after the Court renders its decision on pending motions to dismiss filed by BOA and Countrywide, MERS, and Chase and CitiMortgage. As grounds for this Stipulation, the parties submit the following: 1. On or about July 17, 2009, Plaintiff initiated this action by filing the complaint
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Case No. 2:10-CV-01429-GEB-CMK STIPULATION TO CONTINUE STATUS CONFERENCE AND DEADLINES SET FORTH IN ORDER SETTING STATUS (PRETRIAL SCHEDULING) CONFERENCE; [PROPOSED] ORDER Judge: Hon. Garland E. Burrell, Jr.

under seal in state court in Lassen County, California. Plaintiff subsequently filed a First

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Amended Complaint on or about May 10, 2010, and the action was later removed to this Court. 2. On June 11, 2010, the Court set a status (pretrial scheduling) conference for

October 18, 2010 at 9:00 a.m. Order, at 1. 3. The Order requires the parties to confer and develop a proposed discovery plan

pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 26(f) by September 27, 2010 (at least twenty-one days before the scheduling conference is held). Order, at 2. 4. The Order also requires the parties to file a Joint Status Report with the Court no

later than October 4, 2010 (fourteen days before the scheduling conference is held). Order, at 2. 5. On August 19, 2010, BOA and Countrywide (Docket No. 38), MERS (Docket No.

40), and Chase and CitiMortgage (Docket No. 42) respectively filed Motions to Dismiss the First Amended Complaint.. Chase and CitiMortgage also concurrently joined in the BOA and Countrywide Motion to Dismiss and MERS Motion to Dismiss. Docket No. 42. On that same day, GMAC and Wells Fargo each filed a joinder to the BOA and Countrywide Motion to Dismiss and MERS Motion to Dismiss (Docket Nos. 41 and 43). 6. 7. A hearing on the Motions to Dismiss is set for October 12, 2010 at 9:00 a.m. The Court's decision on the Motions to Dismiss may result in dismissal of

Plaintiff's claims in the First Amended Complaint. Alternatively, even if the Motions are granted in part, the Court's decision may limit the remaining claims in the case, and inform the parties as to the key issues to be examined in discovery. The parties therefore believe that a continuance of the status conference and deadlines set forth in the Order, until the Court renders its decision on the Motions to Dismiss, would conserve valuable judicial resources and prevent unnecessary labor and expense for the parties in this action. The parties therefore stipulate and respectfully jointly request that the Court (1) continue the status conference currently set for October 18, 2010 at 9:00 a.m., and (2) continue the deadlines for the parties to confer and develop a proposed discovery plan pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 26(f) and file the joint status report until after the Court rules on the pending Motions to Dismiss. The pretrial scheduling conference is continued to January 18, 2011, at 9:00 a.m. A joint status report is to be filed fourteen days prior to the hearing.
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Dated: September 21, 2010

Respectfully submitted, By: /s/ Robert R. Hager Robert R. Hager Treva Jean Hearne Hager & Hearne 245 E. Liberty Street Suite 110 Reno, NV 89521 [phone] Fax: [phone] Email: [e-mail] Email: [e-mail] Mark Mausert Law Offices of Mark Mausert 930 Evans Ave. Reno, NV 89512 702-786-5477 Attorneys for Plaintiff By: /s/Robert A. Padway Robert A. Padway (Cal. Bar No. 48439) Deborah A. Goldfarb (Cal. Bar No. 241942) BRYAN CAVE LLP Two Embarcadero Center, Suite 1410 San Francisco, CA 94111 Telephone: [phone] Facsimile: [phone] [e-mail] [e-mail] Thomas M. Hefferon Joseph F. Yenouskas GOODWIN PROCTER LLP 901 New York Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20001 Telephone: [phone] Facsimile: [phone] [e-mail] [e-mail] Attorneys for Defendants Bank of America, N.A. and "Countrywide Home Loans, Inc. nka Bank of America, N.A." By: /s/Robert M. Brochin Robert M. Brochin (admitted pro hac vice) Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP

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5300 Wachovia Financial Center 200 South Biscayne Boulevard Miami, FL 33131-2339 Tel: [phone] Fax: [phone] E-mail: [e-mail] John H. Hemann, State Bar No. 165823 Amy M. Spicer, State Bar No. 188399 Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP One Market, Spear Street Tower San Francisco, CA 94105-1126 Tel: [phone] Fax: [phone] E-mail: [e-mail] [e-mail] Attorneys for Defendant Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. By: /s/ Karl Y. Olsen Karl Y. Olsen, CA Bar No. 218948 Parsons Behle & Latimer 50 West Liberty Street, Suite 750 Reno NV 89501 Ph:775.323.1601 Fx: 775.348.7250 Em: [e-mail] Attorneys for Defendant JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. By: /s/ Elizabeth D. Mann Elizabeth D. Mann, CA Bar No. 106524 Mayer Brown LLP 25th Floor 350 South Grand Avenue Los Angeles CA 90071- 1503 Ph: 213.229.9500 Fx: 213.625.0248 Em : [e-mail] Lucia Nale Thomas V. Panoff 7l South Wacker Drive Chicago IL 60606 Ph:312.701.8821 Fx:312.706.8297
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 IT IS SO ORDERED. 9/24/10

Em: [e-mail] Em: [e-mail] (Admitted Pro Hac Vice) Attorneys for Defendant CitiMortgage, Inc. By: /s/ Jan T. Chilton Jan T. Chilton Mary Kate Sullivan Severson & Werson One Embarcadero Center, Suite 2600 San Francisco, CA 94111 415-398-3344-603 Fax: [phone] Email: [e-mail] Email: [e-mail] Attorneys for GMAC, LLC By: /s/ Robert A. Bailey Robert A. Bailey Yaw-Jiun Gene Wu Anglin Flewelling Rasmussen Campbell and Trytten, LLP 199 South Los Robles Avenue Suite 600 Pasadena, CA 91101 626-535-1900 Fax: [phone] Email: [e-mail] Email: [e-mail] Attorneys for Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.

GARLAND E. BURRELL, JR. United States District Judge

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