Ray et al v. Bluehippo Funding, LLC et al

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ORDER GRANTING 205 Stipulation Regarding Confidentiality of Settlement Discussions in Connection with Contemplated November 10, 2008 Mediation. Signed by Judge Jeffrey S. White on 10/8/08. (jjo, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 10/8/2008)

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Robert M. Bramson (SBN 102006) [e-mail] BRAMSON, PLUTZIK, MAHLER & BIRKHAEUSER, LLP 2125 Oak Grove Road, Suite 120 Walnut Creek, CA 94598 Telephone: [phone] Facsimile: [phone] Attorneys for Plaintiffs ROYLENE RAY, KELLY CANNON, KARLA HODGES and LAKETA COULTER Additional Counsel on Signature Page Jeffrey D. McFarland (SBN 157628) [e-mail] Stan Karas (SBN 222402) [e-mail] QUINN EMANUEL URQUHART OLIVER & HEDGES 865 S. Figueroa Street, 10th Floor Los Angeles, CA 90017-2543 Telephone: [phone] Facsimile: [phone] Attorneys for Defendant GATEWAY, INC.

Douglas R. Young (SBN 073248) [e-mail] C. Brandon Wisoff (SBN 121930) [e-mail] Anthony P. Schoenberg (SBN 203714) [e-mail] Morgan Jackson (SBN 250910) [e-mail] FARELLA BRAUN & MARTEL LLP 235 Montgomery Street, 17th Floor San Francisco, CA 94104 Telephone: [phone] Facsimile: [phone] Attorneys for Defendants BLUEHIPPO FUNDING, LLC and BLUEHIPPO CAPITAL, LLC

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION ROYLENE RAY, KELLY CANNON, KARLA HODGES and LAKETA COULTER, individually and on behalf of others similarly situated, Plaintiffs, vs. BLUEHIPPO FUNDING, LLC, BLUEHIPPO CAPITAL, LLC and GATEWAY, INC., Defendants. Case No. C-06-1807 JSW EMC STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER REGARDING CONFIDENTIALITY OF SETTLEMENT DISCUSSIONS IN CONNECTION WITH CONTEMPLATED NOVEMBER 10, 2008 MEDIATION Hon. Jeffrey S. White Courtroom 2, 17th Floor Trial Date: December 14, 2009

All parties hereto, through their counsel of record , hereby stipulate and ask the Court to order as follows:
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The parties have scheduled a mediation for November 10, 2008 before the Hon.

Richard Hodge (Retired) of ADR Services, Inc. 2. In order to prepare for the November 10 mediation, the parties would like the

flexibility of having certain settlement discussions among themselves prior to the mediation date without the concern that any such discussions would be excluded from the privileges and confidentiality provisions associated with a mediation, including without limitation, California Evidence Code § 1115 et seq. 3. The parties therefore stipulate that any and all discussions, whether orally or in

writing, concerning potential settlement of this matter prior to the date of the November 10 mediation shall be deemed to be protected by the same privileges and confidentiality provisions as would apply had those discussions taken place during the course of an actual mediation. SO STIPULATED. Dated: October 7, 2008 BRAMSON, PLUTZIK, MAHLER & BIRKHAEUSER, LLP By: /s/ Robert M. Bramson

David J. Marshall [e-mail] Debra S. Katz [e-mail] KATZ, MARSHALL, BANKS, LLP 1718 Connecticut Ave., N.W., Sixth Floor Washington, D.C. 20009 Telephone: [phone] Facsimile: [phone] Gary Peller [e-mail] Professor of Law GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY LAW CENTER 600 New Jersey Avenue, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20001 Telephone: [phone] Facsimile: [phone] Attorneys for Plaintiffs ROYLENE RAY, KELLY CANNON, KARLA HODGES and LAKETA COULTER

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Dated: October 7, 2008

QUINN EMANUEL URQUHART OLIVER & HEDGES By: /s/ Jeffrey D. McFarland

Attorneys for Defendant GATEWAY, INC. Dated: October 7, 2008 I represent that concurrence in the filing of this document has been obtained from each of the other signatories which shall serve in lieu of their signatures on this document. FARELLA BRAUN & MARTEL LLP By: /s/ C. Brandon Wisoff

Attorneys for Defendants BLUEHIPPO FUNDING, LLC and BLUEHIPPO CAPITAL, LLC ORDER

Pursuant to the above-referenced stipulation, and for good cause shown, IT IS SO ORDERED. Dated: ______________________, 2008 October 8, 2008

_____________________________________ Hon. Jeffrey S. White United States District Judge

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