Prather v. AT&T Inc. et al

Filing 22

STIPULATION AND ORDER. Signed by Magistrate Judge Bernard Zimmerman on 11/29/2011. (bzsec, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 11/29/2011)

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David F. Taylor, Bar No. 129654
[e-mail]
PERKINS COIE LLP
1201 Third Avenue, Suite 4800
Seattle, WA 98101-3099
Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile: 206.359.9000
Farschad Farzan, Bar No. 215194
[e-mail]
PERKINS COIE LLP
Four Embarcadero Center, Suite 2400
San Francisco, CA 94111-4131
Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile: 415.344.7050
Attorneys for Defendant
SPRINT NEXTEL CORPORATION

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, ex rel.,
John C. Prather, et al.

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Plaintiff/Relator

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vs.

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AT&T INC., CELLCO PARTNERSHIP d/b/a
VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS, QWEST
COMMUNICATIONS INTERNATIONAL,
INC., SPRINT NEXTEL CORP., and
TELEPHONE AND DATA SYSTEMS, INC.,

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Defendants.

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Case No. 3:09-cv-2457 (BZ)
JOINT STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED]
ORDER REGARDING HEARING DATE
AND BRIEFING SCHEDULE FOR
DEFENDANTS’ RESPONSES TO
RELATOR’S COMPLAINT

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JOINT STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER REGARDING HEARING DATE AND BRIEFING SCHEDULE
CASE NO. CV-09-2457 BZ

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Relator John C. Prather and Defendants AT&T Inc., Cellco Partnership d/b/a Verizon

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Wireless, Sprint Nextel Corp., and Telephone and Data Systems, Inc. (collectively, “Defendants”),

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by and through their respective counsel and subject to the approval of the Court, hereby stipulate as

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follows:

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WHEREAS, on June 3, 2009, Relator filed the initial complaint (“Complaint”) in the abovereferenced matter;
WHEREAS, Defendants were served with Relator’s Complaint between November 4, 2011
and November 8, 2011;
WHEREAS, Relator and Defendants have agreed to coordinate scheduling with respect to
Defendants’ responses to Relator’s Complaint;
WHEREAS, Relator and Defendants further agree that by entering into this stipulation,

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Defendants do not waive any defenses or submit to the jurisdiction of the Court or to the judicial

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assignment;

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NOW, THEREFORE, subject to the approval of the Court, Relator and Defendants stipulate as

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follows:

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1.

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January 17, 2012;

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2.
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28, 2012;

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Defendants will each answer or respond by motion to the Complaint on or before

Relator shall file any opposition(s) to Defendants’ motion(s) on or before February

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Defendants shall file any reply brief(s) in support of their motion(s) on or before
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March 20, 2012;
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Defendants’ motion(s) will be heard on April 18, 2012 at 10:00 a.m.

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IT IS SO STIPULATED

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Dated: November 23, 2011

BALESTRIERE FARIELLO

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By: /s/ John G. Balestriere
John G. Balestriere
Attorneys for Plaintiff John C. Prather

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JOINT STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER REGARDING HEARING DATE AND BRIEFING SCHEDULE
CASE NO. CV-09-2457 BZ

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Dated: November 23, 2011

SIDLEY AUSTIN LLP

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By: /s/ Douglas A. Axel
Douglas A. Axel
Attorneys for Defendant AT&T Inc.

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Dated: November 23, 2011

MUNGER, TOLLES & OLSON LLP

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By: /s/ Jerome C. Roth
Jerome C. Roth
Attorneys for Defendant Cellco Partnership
d/b/a Verizon Wireless

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Dated: November 23, 2011

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PERKINS COIE LLP
By: /s/ Farschad Farzan
David F. Taylor
Farschad Farzan
Attorneys for Defendant Sprint Nextel
Corporation

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Dated: November 23, 2011

SIDLEY AUSTIN LLP

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By: /s/ Richard J. O’Brien
Richard J. O’Brien
Attorneys for Defendant Telephone and Data
Systems, Inc.

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PURSUANT TO STIPULATION, IT IS SO ORDERED

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November 29, 2011
Dated: _______________

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______________________________________
Hon. Bernard Zimmerman
Magistrate Judge, United States District Court

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JOINT STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER REGARDING HEARING DATE AND BRIEFING SCHEDULE
CASE NO. CV-09-2457 BZ

PROOF OF SERVICE

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I, June Starr, declare:

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I am a citizen of the United States and I am employed in the County of King, State of

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Washington. I am over the age of 18 and not a party to the within action. My business address is

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Perkins Coie LLP, 1201 Third Avenue, Suite 4800, Seattle, Washington 98101.

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On November 23, 2011, I served the foregoing document described as: JOINT

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STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER REGARDING HEARING DATE AND

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BRIEFING SCHEDULE FOR DEFENDANTS’ RESPONSES TO RELATOR’S

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COMPLAINT on all interested parties in this action as follows:

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LAW OFFICE OF MATHEW A. SIROKA
Matthew A. Siroka
600 Townsend Street, Suite 233050
San Francisco, CA 93103
[e-mail]
[On CM/ECF]

BALESTRIERE FARIELLO
John G. Balestriere
225 Broadway, Suite 2900
New York, NY 10007
[e-mail]
[On CM/ECF]

SIDLEY AUSTIN LLP
Douglas A. Axel
555 West Fifth Street
Los Angeles, California 90013
[e-mail]
[By Mail]

Steven J. Saltiel
Assistant United States Attorney
450 Golden Gate Avenue
P.O. Box 36055
San Francisco, CA 94102
[By Mail]

SIDLEY AUSTIN LLP
Richard J. O’Brien
One South Dearborn
Chicago, IL60603
[e-mail]
[By Mail]

MUNGER, TOLLES & OLSON LLP
Jerome C. Roth
Jonathan H. Blavin
560 Mission Street 27th Floor
San Francisco, CA 94105
[e-mail]
[e-mail]
[By Mail]

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(ON CM/ECF) I electronically filed and served the document on CM/ECF.

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(BY MAIL) I deposited such envelope in the mail at Seattle, Washington.

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The envelope was mailed with postage thereon fully prepaid. I am “readily familiar” with the firm’s

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practice of collection and processing correspondence for mailing. It is deposited with the U.S. postal

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service on that same day in the ordinary course of business. I am aware that on motion of a party

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served, service is presumed invalid if the postal cancellation date or postage meter date is more than

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one day after the date of deposit for mailing in the affidavit.
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JOINT STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER REGARDING HEARING DATE AND BRIEFING SCHEDULE
CASE NO. CV-09-2457 BZ

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I declare that I am a registered user of the CM/ECF system.

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I served the foregoing document by electronically filing the document via the

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CM/ECF system maintained by the court.
I declare under penalty of perjury under the laws of the United States of America that
the above is true and correct.
Executed on November __, 2011, at Seattle, WA 98101.

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_s/ June Starr
June Starr

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JOINT STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER REGARDING HEARING DATE AND BRIEFING SCHEDULE
CASE NO. CV-09-2457 BZ