Vaughn et al v. Bay Environmental Management Inc et al

Filing 123

STIPULATION AND ORDER Permitting Plaintiffs to file a Second Amended Complaint. Signed by Judge Samuel Conti on 9/1/09. (tdm, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 9/2/2009)

1 Teresa S. Renaker ­ CA State Bar No. 187800 Lindsay Nako ­ CA State Bar No. 239090 2 LEWIS, FEINBERG, LEE, RENAKER & JACKSON P.C. 1330 Broadway, Suite 1800 3 Oakland, CA 94612 Telephone: [phone] Facsimile: [phone] 5 Attorneys for Plaintiffs 6 7 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 8 FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 9 SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 // // 28 ST IP U LA T IO N AND [PR O P O SE D ] ORD E R TO PERMIT PLA IN T IFFS TO FILE A SE CO N D AM E N D E D CO M PLA IN T [CA SE NO . C03-5725 (SC)] Page 1 ) ) ) JERRY VAUGHN and THERESA ) TRAVERS, ) ) Plaintiffs, ) ) v. ) BAY ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT ) INC., CAESAR NUTI, DENNIS VARNI, FSC ) ) SECURITIES CORPORATION, and ) JERROLD N. WEINBERG ) ) Defendants. ) ) ) FSC SECURITIES CORPORATION and ) JERROLD N. WEINBERG, ) ) Cross-Claimants, ) ) v. ) ) BAY ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT ) INC., ESTATE OF PINA J. BARBIERI, ) CAESAR NUTI, and DENNIS VARNI, ) ) Cross-Defendants ) ______________________________________ Case No. C03-5725 (SC) STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER TO PERMIT PLAINTIFFS TO FILE A SECOND AMENDED COMPLAINT

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WHEREAS the parties have engaged in ongoing discovery on the merits of the

2 allegations contained in Plaintiffs' First Amended Complaint ("Complaint"); and 3 WHEREAS Defendants Bay Environmental Management Inc., Caesar Nuti, and Dennis

4 Varni ("Bay Environmental Defendants"), and each of them, continue to deny any liability under 5 the Complaint; and 6 WHEREAS Defendants FSC Securities Corporation and Jerrold N. Weinberg also

7 continue to deny any liability under the Complaint, including, but not limited to denying that they 8 are or were fiduciaries to the Plans; and 9 WHEREAS Plaintiffs Jerry Vaughn and Theresa Travers ("Plaintiffs") have determined,

10 based upon Bay Environmental Defendants' discovery responses served on August 21, 2009, that 11 other persons should be identified as defendants and therefore removed from the class; and 12 WHEREAS naming additional defendants at this early stage of discovery in the case will

13 not prejudice Defendants; and 14 WHEREAS the Bay Environmental Defendants and Defendants FSC Securities Corp. and

15 Jerrold N. Weinberg consent under Fed. R. Civ. P. 15(a) to permit Plaintiffs to file the Second 16 Amended Complaint attached hereto as Exhibit A; and 17 WHEREAS the Bay Environmental Defendants and Defendants FSC Securities Corp. and

18 Jerrold N. Weinberg have agreed to waive notice and service of the Second Amended Complaint; 19 and 20 NOW, THEREFORE, the parties to this action, by and through their undersigned

21 attorneys, hereby stipulate and respectfully request that the Court order that Plaintiffs file a 22 Second Amended Complaint in the form of the document attached hereto as Exhibit A. 23 Respectfully Submitted, 24 Dated: August 27, 2009 25 26 27 28 ST IP U LA T IO N AND [PR O P O SE D ] ORD E R TO PERMIT PLA IN T IFFS TO FILE A SE CO N D AM E N D E D CO M PLA IN T [CA SE NO . C03-5725 (SC)] Page 2 By: LEWIS, FEINBERG, LEE, RENAKER & JACKSON, P.C. ___ /s/ __________________________ Lindsay Nako Attorneys for Plaintiffs JERRY VAUGHN and THERESA TRAVERS

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MORGAN LEWIS & BOCKIUS LLP By ___ /s/ ________________________ D. Ward Kallstrom Nicole A. Diller Angel T. Lin Attorneys for Defendants BAY ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT INC., CAESAR NUTI, ESTATE OF PINA J. BARBIERI and DENNIS VARNI

WILSON, ELSER, MOSKOWITZ, EDELMAN & DICKER LLP By ___/s/__________________________ Bernard Gehlhar Emily Wood Attorneys for Co-Defendants FSC SECURITIES CORPORATION and JERROLD N. WEINBERG

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3 concurred in the filing of this document. 4 5 Dated: August 28, 2009 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 ST IP U LA T IO N AND [PR O P O SE D ] ORD E R TO PERMIT PLA IN T IFFS TO FILE A SE CO N D AM E N D E D CO M PLA IN T [CA SE NO . C03-5725 (SC)] Page 4 By: _____/s/_______________________ Teresa S. Renaker Teresa S. Renaker Lindsay Nako LEWIS, FEINBERG, LEE, RENAKER & JACKSON P.C. 1330 Broadway, Suite 1800 Oakland, CA 94612 Telephone: [phone] Facsimile: [phone]