City of Auburn v. Fuld et al

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STIPULATION AND ORDER STAYING CASE re 8 . This case shall be stayed pending issuance of a transfer order by the MDL Panel. Plaintiff's time within which to file a motion to remand shall be extended until such time as ordered by Judge Kaplan in the So Dist of New York following transfer of this action. Defendants' time within which to answer or otherwise respond to the complaint is extended 30 days from the issuance of an order deciding remand or transfer. Signed by Chief Judge Vaughn R Walker on 3/10/2009. (cgk, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 3/10/2009)

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GEORGE M. NEWCOMBE (Bar No. 202898) gnewco [e-mail] m JAMES G. KREISSMAN (Bar No. 206740) [e-mail] m SIMPSON THACHER & BARTLETT LLP 2550 Hanover Street Palo Alto, California 94304 Telephone: [phone] Facsimile: [phone] Attorneys for Defendants Richard S. Fuld, Jr., Christopher M. O'Meara, Joseph M. Gregory, Ian Lowitt, David Goldfarb, John F. Akers, Roger S. Berlind, Marsha Johnson Evans, Roland A. Hernandez and Henry Kaufman

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION

CITY OF AUBURN, Plaint iff, v. RICHARD S. FULD, JR., CHRISTOPHER M. O'MEARA, JOSEPH M. GREGORY, ERIN CALLAN, IAN LOWITT, DAVID GOLDFARB, JOHN F. AKERS, ROGER S. BERLIND, MARSHA JOHNSON EVANS, ROLAND A. HERNANDEZ, HENRY KAUFMAN, ERNST & YOUNG LLP, and DOES 1 through 20, Defendants.

Case No. C 09-0875 VRW STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER STAYING CASE PENDING DETERMINATION BY THE JUDICIAL PANEL ON MULTIDISTRICT LITIGATION TO TRANSFER CASE PURSUANT TO 28 U.S.C. § 1407 AND EXTENDING TIME TO ANSWER OR OTHERWISE RESPOND TO THE COMPLAINT

WHEREAS on or about February 19, 2009, Plaintiff City of Auburn ("Plaintiff") filed the Complaint in this case in the Superior Court of the State of California, County of San Francisco;

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WHEREAS on February 27, 2009, Defendants Richard S. Fuld, Jr., Christopher M. O'Meara, Joseph M. Gregory, Ian Lowitt, David Goldfarb, John F. Akers, Roger S. Berlind, Marsha Johnson Evans, Roland A. Hernandez and Henry Kaufman timely filed a Notice of Removal in this Court; and Defendant Ernst & Young LLP filed a joinder to the Notice of Removal on March 2, 2009; WHEREAS cases sharing common questions of fact with this case have previously been transferred from this District by the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation (the "MDL Panel") to the Honorable Lewis A. Kaplan of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1407; WHEREAS on March 5, 2009, certain Defendants filed a "tag-along" notice with the MDL Panel to inform the MDL Panel that this action is related to other actions previously transferred by the MDL Panel to the Southern District of New York; WHEREAS previously removed related cases, Zenith Insurance Co. v. Fuld, et al., Case No. C 08-5352-SC, San Mateo County Investment Pool v. Fuld, et al., Case No. C 085353-SC, Lou Solton, Monterey County Treasurer, on behalf of the Monterey County Investment Pool, v. Fuld, et al., Case No. C 08-5167 SC, and City o f South San Francisco v. Citigroup Global Markets Inc., et al., Case No. C 09-0501 SC, were stayed by the Honorable Samuel Cont i pending transfer of the actions by the MDL Panel to the Southern District of New York; WHEREAS Plaintiff does not intend to oppose the MDL Panel's transfer of this action to the Southern District of New York; WHEREAS Plaintiff intends to file a motion to remand in this action following transfer of the action to the Southern District of New York, or earlier if permitted by that Court; NOW, THEREFORE, pursuant to Civ. L.R. 6-1(a), the undersigned parties hereby stipulate that:

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This case shall be stayed pending issuance of a transfer order by the MDL Panel; Plaint iff's time within which to file a motion to remand shall be extended until such time as ordered by Judge Kaplan in the Southern District of New York following transfer of this action; and Defendants' time within which to answer or otherwise respond to the Complaint is extended to 30 days from the issuance of an order deciding Plaintiff's remand motion or such time as ordered by Judge Kaplan in the Southern District of New York following transfer of this action. Dated: March 9, 2009

/s/ James G. Kreissman JAMES G. KREISSMAN SIMPSON THACHER & BARTLETT LLP Attorneys for Defendants RICHARD S. FULD, JR., CHRISTOPHER M. O'MEARA, JOSEPH M. GREGORY, IAN LOWITT, DAVID GOLDFARB, JOHN F. AKERS, ROGER S. BERLIND, MARSHA JOHNSON EVANS, ROLAND A. HERNANDEZ, AND HENRY KAUFMAN /s/ Mark C. Molumphy MARK C. MOLUMPHY COTCHETT, PITRE & MCCARTHY Attorneys for Plaintiff CITY OF AUBURN

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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 /s/ Joshua Judah Pollack JOSHUA JUDAH POLLACK PROSKAUER ROSE LLP Attorneys for Defendant ERIN CALLAN ATTESTATION PURSUANT TO GENERAL ORDER 45, § X /s/ James K. Lynch JAMES K. LYNCH LATHAM & WATKINS LLP Attorneys for Defendant ERNST & YOUNG LLP

I, James G. Kreissman, attest pursuant to General Order 45, § X, that concurrence 12 in the filing of this Stipulation has been obtained from each of the other signatories above. 13 14 15 16 PURSUANT TO STIPULATION, IT IS SO ORDERED.: 17 /s/ James G. Kreissman JAMES G. KREISSMAN

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