Endzweig v. Walmart.com USA LLC. et al

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MOTION to Relate Case Administrative Motion to Consider Whether Cases Should Be Related filed by Sarah Endzweig. (Attachments: # 1 Proposed Order [Proposed] Order Relating Cases)(Heffelfinger, Christopher) (Filed on 1/13/2009)

Endzweig v. Walmart.com USA LLC. et al

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Joseph J. Tabacco, Jr. (75484) [e-mail] Christopher T. Heffelfinger (118058) [e-mail] BERMAN DeVALERIO 425 California Street, Suite 2100 San Francisco, CA 94104 Telephone: [phone] Facsimile: [phone] Attorneys for Sarah Endzweig UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

SARAH ENDZWEIG, v. Plaintiff,

Case No. C-09-0111-JCS ADMINISTRATIVE MOTION TO CONSIDER WHETHER CASES SHOULD BE RELATED

WALMART.COM USA LLC, WAL-MART STORES, INC. and NETFLIX, INC., Defendants.

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TO ALL PARTIES AND THEIR COUNSEL OF RECORD: PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that Plaintiff Sarah Endzweig submits this Administrative Motion to relate Endzweig v. Walmart.com USA LLC, Case No. CV-09-0111-JCS ("Endzweig"), filed January 9, 2009, to the cases listed in Section I pursuant to Civil Local Rule 3-12. I. RELATED CASES The following cases are related to the Endzweig case: CASE NAME CASE NUMBER Resnick, et al. v. Walmart.com USA LLC, et al. ("Resnick") O'Connor v. Walmart.com USA LLC, et al. ("O'Connor") Schmitz v. Walmart.com USA LLC, et al. ("Schmitz") Lynch v. Walmart.com USA LLC, et al. ("Lynch") CV-09-0002-PJH CV-09-0096-MEJ CV-09-0116-EMC CV-09-00138-BZ DATE FILED January 2, 2009 January 9, 2009 January 9, 2009 January 12, 2009

RELATIONSHIP OF THE ACTIONS This administrative motion is made on the grounds that Endzweig's case involves

substantially the same subject matter as the actions listed above in Section I: an alleged conspiracy to illegally fix, raise, maintain and/or stabilize the prices charged for the sales and online rentals of DVDs in the United States. Plaintiffs in all the cases assert claims for violations of the Sherman Act, 15 U.S.C. §§ 1 and 2, against the same Defendants. It appears likely that there will be an unduly burdensome duplication of labor and expense or the possibility of conflicting results if the cases are conducted before different Judges. Relating the cases will help eliminate duplicative discovery, prevent inconsistent pretrial rulings, and conserve the resources of the parties, their counsel, and the judiciary. III. CONCLUSION Endzweig and the actions referred to in Section I above satisfy the criteria of Civil Local Rule 3-12. Therefore, Plaintiff Sarah Endzweig respectfully requests that Endzweig be deemed related to

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the cases listed in Section I and that Endzweig be assigned to the Honorable Phyllis J. Hamilton, the Judge assigned to the low numbered case, Resnick. Dated: January 13, 2009 BERMAN DeVALERIO By: /S/ CHRISTOPHER T. HEFFELFINGER

Joseph J. Tabacco, Jr 425 California Street, Suite 2100 San Francisco, CA 94104 Telephone: [phone] Facsimile: 415.433.6382 Attorneys for Sarah Endzweig

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