Lebow et al v. Bell South Corporation et al

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ORDER STAYING CASE. Signed by Chief Judge Vaughn R Walker on 2/14/2007. (cgk, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 2/14/2007)

Lebow et al v. Bell South Corporation et al

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1 BRENDAN V. SULLIVAN, JR. JOHN G. KESTER 2 GILBERT O. GREENMAN WILLIAMS & CONNOLLY LLP 3 725 Twelfth Street, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20005 4 Tel.: [phone] Fax: [phone] [e-mail] [e-mail] 6 Attorneys for Sprint Nextel Corp., 7 Sprint Communications Co. L.P., Sprint Spectrum L.P. and 8 Nextel West Corp. 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 In re: 16 NATIONAL SECURITY AGENCY TELECOMMUNICATIONS RECORDS 17 LITIGATION 18 This document relates to: 19 Nos. C-06-6222-VRW; C-06-6224-VRW; C-06-6254-VRW; 20 C-06-6295-VRW; 21 C-07-0464-VRW 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA -- San Francisco Division -) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

MDL Dkt. No. 06-1791-VRW STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER TO STAY CASES AGAINST SPRINT [Civil L.R. 6-2, 7-1(a)(5), 7-12] Courtroom: Judge: 6, 17th Floor Hon. Vaughn R. Walker

Stipulation To Stay Cases Against Sprint MDL Dkt. No. 06-1791-VRW
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STIPULATION In furtherance of judicial economy and to avoid potentially unnecessary expense, the undersigned counsel for and on behalf of the entities named below wish to stay all proceedings against the Sprint entities pending determination of appellate review in Hepting v. AT&T Corp., No. C-06-672-VRW, currently pending on appeal to the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. Interim class counsel for the Sprint Subscriber Class plaintiffs and counsel for the Sprint defendants * / hereby stipulate as follows: 1. All proceedings against the Sprint defendants shall be

stayed until the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit issues its ruling on review of the July 20, 2006, order of this Court in Hepting v. AT&T Corp., No. C-06-672-VRW. 2. This stay shall encompass any proceedings pending

herein against the Sprint defendants, or transferred by the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation to this Court and consolidated with this MDL, No. 06-1791-VRW, subsequent to the entry of this Stipulation. The following cases filed against the Sprint defendants

have been transferred to this Court: C-06-6222-VRW; C-06-6224-VRW; C-06-6254-VRW; C-06-6295-VRW; C-07-0464-VRW.

The Sprint defendants are Sprint Nextel Corp., Sprint Communications Co. L.P., Sprint Spectrum L.P. and Nextel West Corp. and as used herein include any entities related to them. -2Stipulation To Stay Cases Against Sprint MDL Dkt. No. 06-1791-VRW

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This stay shall not apply to any MDL proceedings

against entities other than the Sprint defendants. 4. This stay shall not otherwise alter the substantive

and other procedural rights of the Sprint defendants or of the subscribers who have filed complaints against the Sprint defendants. 5. The Sprint defendants are not required to file any

response to any complaint against them until sixty (60) days after the expiration of this stay. GARY E. MASON NICHOLAS A. MIGLIACCIO THE MASON LAW FIRM, PC 1225 19th Street, N.W., Ste. 500 Washington, D.C. 20036 Tel.: [phone] Fax: [phone] By /s/ Gary E. Mason per G.O. 45

JOHN C. WHITFIELD WHITFIELD & COX, PSC 29 East Center Street Madisonville, KY 42431 Tel.: [phone] Fax: [phone] By /s/ John C. Whitfield per G.O. 45

Interim Class Counsel for Sprint Subscriber Class BRENDAN V. SULLIVAN, JR. JOHN G. KESTER GILBERT O. GREENMAN WILLIAMS & CONNOLLY LLP 725 Twelfth Street, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20005 Tel.: [phone] Fax: [phone] By /s/ John G. Kester

Attorneys for Sprint Nextel Corp., Sprint Communications Co. L.P, Sprint Spectrum L.P. and Nextel West Corp. -3Stipulation To Stay Cases Against Sprint MDL Dkt. No. 06-1791-VRW

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February 7, 2007 DECLARATION PURSUANT TO GENERAL ORDER 45 I declare that I have received authorization to file this document from each of the signatories listed above. I declare under penalty of perjury that the foregoing declaration is true and correct. Executed February 7, 2007, at Washington, D.C. /s/ John G. Kester

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[PROPOSED] ORDER Pursuant to the foregoing stipulation, and good cause appearing, IT IS SO ORDERED.

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