Poligrates v. Bed Bath & Beyond, Inc

Filing 12

STIPULATION AND ORDER EXTENDING TIME TO ANSWER re 11 Stipulation filed by Bed Bath & Beyond, Inc. Signed by Judge Edward M. Chen on 5/3/11. (bpf, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 5/3/2011)

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1 2 3 4 5 6 DAVID F. MCDOWELL (CA SBN 125806) DMcDowell@mofo.com PURVI G. PATEL (CA SBN 270702) PPatel@mofo.com MORRISON & FOERSTER LLP 555 West Fifth Street, Suite 3500 Los Angeles, California 90013 Telephone: 213.892.5200 Facsimile: 213.892.5454 Attorneys for Defendant BED BATH & BEYOND INC. 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION 11 12 BONNIE POLIGRATES, on behalf of herself and all others similarly situated, 13 Plaintiff, 14 v. 15 16 BED, BATH & BEYOND, INC., and Does 1 through 100, inclusive, 17 Defendants. Case No. 3:11-cv-01661-EMC STIPULATION TO EXTEND DEFENDANT BED BATH & BEYOND INC.’S TIME TO RESPOND TO COMPLAINT [L.R. 6-2]; DECLARATION OF PURVI G. PATEL; PROPOSED ORDER Hon. Edward M. Chen 18 Complaint Filed: March 4, 2011 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 la-1122112 STIPULATION TO EXTEND DEFENDANT BED BATH & BEYOND INC.’S TIME TO RESPOND TO COMPLAINT Case No. 3:11-cv-01661-EMC 1 STIPULATION 2 Pursuant to Rule 6-2 of the Local Rules of the United States District Court for the 3 Northern District of California, Plaintiff Bonnie Poligrates (“Plaintiff”) and Defendant Bed Bath 4 & Beyond Inc. (“BBB”), by and through their undersigned counsel, stipulate as follows: 5 6 WHEREAS, Plaintiff filed the Complaint in this action on March 4, 2011, and served BBB with the Complaint on or about March 8, 2011; 7 8 9 WHEREAS, BBB filed a Notice of Removal to remove the action to this Court on April 6, 2011; WHEREAS, pursuant to the parties’ Stipulation to Extend Defendant’s Time to Respond 10 to Complaint [L.R. 6-1(a)] [Doc. No. 8] and this Court’s Order granting the parties’ stipulation 11 [Doc. No. 9], BBB’s deadline to answer or otherwise respond to the Complaint is May 3, 2011; 12 WHEREAS, the parties are continuing to meet and confer regarding the factual bases of 13 Plaintiff’s claims, and are currently exchanging, on an informal basis, records pertaining to the 14 alleged transactions that form the basis of Plaintiff’s Complaint; 15 WHEREAS, good cause exists for an extension of BBB’s deadline to respond to the 16 Complaint because BBB requires additional time to investigate Plaintiff’s allegations and prepare 17 its response to the Complaint; 18 WHEREAS, the parties have agreed that the deadline for BBB to answer or otherwise 19 respond to the Complaint shall be extended by seventeen (17) days, to and including May 20, 20 2011; and 21 22 THEREFORE, IT IS HEREBY AGREED AND STIPULATED that BBB shall have to and including May 20, 2011, to answer or otherwise respond to the Complaint. 23 24 25 26 27 28 la-1122112 2 STIPULATION TO EXTEND DEFENDANT BED BATH & BEYOND INC.’S TIME TO RESPOND TO COMPLAINT Case No. 3:11-cv-01661-EMC 1 Dated: May 2, 2011 2 DAVID F. MCDOWELL PURVI G. PATEL MORRISON & FOERSTER LLP 3 4 By: /s/ Purvi G. Patel Purvi G. Patel 5 Attorneys for Defendant Bed Bath & Beyond Inc. 6 7 8 Dated: May 2, 2011 9 DANIEL H. QUALLS ROBIN G. WORKMAN AVIVA N. ROLLER QUALLS & WORKMAN, L.L.P. 10 11 By: /s/ Daniel H. Qualls Daniel H. Qualls 12 Attorneys for Plaintiff Bonnie Poligrates, on behalf of herself and all others similarly situated 13 14 15 16 PURSUANT TO STIPULATION, IT IS SO ORDERED. S By: UNIT ED May 3, 2011 Dated: _______________________ Honorable Edward M. Chen 20 21 dwar Judge E A H ER LI RT 25 en d M. Ch NO 24 D RDERE OO IT IS S 22 23 RT U O 19 S DISTRICT TE C TA _________________________ N F D IS T IC T O R 26 27 28 la-1122112 R NIA 18 FO 17 3 STIPULATION TO EXTEND DEFENDANT BED BATH & BEYOND INC.’S TIME TO RESPOND TO COMPLAINT Case No. 3:11-cv-01661-EMC C 1 2 3 DECLARATION OF PURVI G. PATEL I, Purvi G. Patel, hereby declare as follows: 1. I am an attorney admitted to practice law in the courts of the State of California 4 and am a member of the Bar of this Court. I am an associate at Morrison & Foerster LLP, 5 counsel of record for Defendant Bed Bath & Beyond Inc. (“BBB”) in the above-captioned action. 6 I make this declaration based on my personal knowledge. 7 8 9 2. I submit this declaration in support of the parties’ Stipulation to Extend Defendant Bed Bath & Beyond Inc.’s Time to Respond to Complaint [L.R. 6-2]. 3. The parties previously stipulated to a twenty (20) day extension of BBB’s deadline 10 to respond to the Complaint from April 13, 2011 to May 3, 2011. [Doc. No. 8.] That deadline to 11 respond has been fixed by this Court’s Order granting the parties’ Stipulation to Extend 12 Defendant’s Time to Respond to Complaint [L.R. 6-1(a)]. [Doc. No. 9.] 13 4. The parties are continuing to meet and confer regarding the factual bases of 14 Plaintiff’s claims. The parties are currently exchanging, on an informal basis, records pertaining 15 to the alleged transactions that form the basis of Plaintiff’s Complaint. 16 17 18 5. BBB requests the extension of time to investigate Plaintiff’s allegations and prepare its response to the Complaint. 6. The parties submit this stipulation to request that BBB’s deadline to respond to the 19 Complaint, which has been fixed by Court order, be extended by seventeen (17) days to and 20 including May 20, 2011. This extension of time will not affect any hearing or proceeding on the 21 Court’s calendar and is not made for purposes of delay. 22 I declare under penalty of perjury under the laws of the United States that the foregoing is 23 true and correct. 24 Executed this 2nd day of May, 2011, in Los Angeles, California. 25 /s/ Purvi G. Patel Purvi G. Patel 26 27 28 la-1122112 4 STIPULATION TO EXTEND DEFENDANT BED BATH & BEYOND INC.’S TIME TO RESPOND TO COMPLAINT Case No. 3:11-cv-01661-EMC _______ 1 2 ECF ATTESTATION I, Purvi G. Patel, am the ECF User whose ID and password are being used to file this 3 STIPULATION TO EXTEND DEFENDANT BED BATH & BEYOND INC.’S TIME TO 4 RESPOND TO COMPLAINT [L.R. 6-2]; DECLARATION OF PURVI G. PATEL; 5 PROPOSED ORDER. In accordance with General Order 45 X.B, concurrence in the filing of 6 this document has been obtained from Daniel H. Qualls and Robin G. Workman, counsel for 7 Plaintiff, and I shall maintain records to support this concurrence for subsequent production for 8 the Court if so ordered or for inspection upon request by a party. 9 Dated: May 2, 2011 10 DAVID F. MCDOWELL PURVI G. PATEL MORRISON & FOERSTER LLP 11 12 By: 13 /s/ Purvi G. Patel Purvi G. Patel Attorneys for Defendant Bed Bath & Beyond Inc. 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 la-1122112 5 STIPULATION TO EXTEND DEFENDANT BED BATH & BEYOND INC.’S TIME TO RESPOND TO COMPLAINT Case No. 3:11-cv-01661-EMC

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