In Re Ford Tailgate Litigation

Filing 33

STIPULATION AND ORDER extending Defendant's time to respond to the Paintiffs Complaint (tdm, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 8/12/2011)

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AMIR M. NASSIHI (SBN: 235936)
[e-mail]
SHOOK, HARDY & BACON L.L.P.
One Montgomery, Suite 2700
San Francisco, California 94104
Telephone: [phone]

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Attorneys for Defendant FORD MOTOR COMPANY
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KEITH G. BREMER (SBN: 155920)
[e-mail]
ALISON K. HURLEY (SBN: 234042)
[e-mail]
BREMER WHYTE BROWN & O’MEARA LLP
20320 S.W. Birch Street, Second Floor
Newport Beach, California 92660
Telephone: [phone]
ADAM J. LEVITT
[e-mail]
WOLF HALDENSTEIN ADLER FREEMAN & HERZ LLC
55 West Monroe Street, Suite 1111
Chicago, Illinois 60603
Telephone: [phone]

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THOMAS C. JONES
[e-mail]
DAVIS BETHUNE & JONES LLC
1100 Main Street, Suite 2930
Kansas City, Missouri 64105
Telephone: [phone]

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Attorneys for Plaintiff JO ANN GETTMAN1

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LEE ALBERT (pro hac vice)
[e-mail]
BENJAMIN D. BIANCO (pro hac vice)
[e-mail]
KATHERINE E. SMITH (pro hac vice)
[e-mail]
MURRAYFRANK LLP
275 Madison Avenue, Suite 801
New York, New York 10016
Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile: 212-682-1892

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G. SCOTT EMBLIDGE (SBN: 121613)
[e-mail]
SYLVIA SOKOL (SBN: 200126)

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Ms. Gettman’s counsel are also counsel of record for plaintiffs Vincent Perrone, Charles Johnson,
Zane Dery, Richard Douglas, Melia Douglas, Thomas Bell, and Michael Antramgarza in Perrone v.
Ford Motor Company, No. C11-03832 HRL (N.D. Cal.) (filed August 3, 2011).
STIPULATED EXTENSION OF TIME TO PLEAD
OR OTHERWISE RESPOND AND TO VACATE CASE MANAGEMENTORDER
CV 11 3133 NJV
CV 11 2953 SC

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[e-mail]
MOSCONE, EMBLIDGE & SATER LLP
220 Montgomery Street, Suite 2100
San Francisco, California 94104
Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile: 415-362-2006
Attorneys for Plaintiffs SALLY J. NETTLETON, THERESA THRUN, CAROL WILSON,
DENNIS DOUGHERTY, HEATHER S. HARDEE, SPENCER WARE, GARY L. BUCK and
THOMAS M. BUCKHEIT, individually, and on behalf of all others similarly situated

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION

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SALLY J. NETTLETON, THERESA THRUN,
CAROL WILSON, DENNIS DOUGHERTY,
HEATHER S. HARDEE, SPENCER WARE,
GARY L. BUCK and THOMAS M.
BUCKHEIT, individually, and on behalf of all
others similarly situated,

Related Case No. CV 11-03133 SC

Plaintiffs,

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Case No. C11-02953 SC

vs.

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FORD MOTOR COMPANY, and DOES 1
through 100, inclusive,

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STIPULATED EXTENSION OF TIME
TO RESPOND TO PLAINTIFFS’
COMPLAINT AND VACATE CASE
MANAGEMENT/SCHEDULING ORDER

Defendants.
[PROPOSED] ORDER
(lodged under separate cover)

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JO ANN GETTMAN, on behalf of herself and
all other similarly situated,

Related Case No. CV 11-02953 SC
Plaintiffs,

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Case No. C11-03133 SC

vs.

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FORD MOTOR COMPANY, and DOES 1
through 100, inclusive,

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Defendants.

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STIPULATED EXTENSION OF TIME TO PLEAD
OR OTHERWISE RESPOND
CV 11- 03133 SC
CV 11- 02953 SC

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WHEREAS on July 29, 2011, this Court Ordered a briefing schedule based on the Gettman

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and Nettleton Plaintiffs’ Stipulation regarding the filing of competing Motions for Interim Class

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Counsel appointment, this Court ordered that the Motions are due on or before August 3, 2011, with

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responsive briefing filed on or before August 10, 2011 and reply briefing filed on or before August

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15, 2011.

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WHEREAS pursuant to one prior stipulated extension of time, Defendant Ford Motor

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Company’s response to the Complaints in both the Gettman and Nettleton actions are currently due

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on August 18, 2011. However, Counsel for the Gettman and Nettleton Plaintiffs both anticipate that

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a Consolidated Complaint for these related matters will be filed once the Court selects Interim Class

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Counsel and sets a deadline by which that pleading is to be filed. For that reason, and subject to this

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Court’s approval, the Parties have stipulated to extend the time for Ford Motor Company to respond

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to the related Gettman and Nettleton actions to within 21 days after a Consolidated Complaint is

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filed.2

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For these reasons, Parties also respectfully request that the current Scheduling Orders for the

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Gettman and Nettleton actions be vacated and re-issued once Interim Class Counsel is appointed and

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any Consolidated Complaint is filed.

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THEREFORE, IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED by and between the parties of the above

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referenced related matters, pursuant to L.R. 6-1(a), that defendant FORD MOTOR COMPANY’s

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time to answer or otherwise respond to the Complaint will be extended to 21 days after a

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Consolidated Complaint is filed, or 21 days after FORD MOTOR COMPANY receives notice that

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no such Complaint will be filed.

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In addition, Parties STIPULATE and REQUEST that the current Case Management Schedule

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be vacated and reset pending outcome of Plaintiffs’ Motion for Appointment of Interim Lead

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Counsel and filing of any Consolidated Complaint.

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In the event that no Consolidated Complaint is filed, then Ford Motor Company would respond to
the existing Gettman and Nettleton Complaints within 21 days of receiving written notice of that
fact.
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STIPULATED EXTENSION OF TIME TO PLEAD
OR OTHERWISE RESPOND
CV 11- 03133 SC
CV 11- 02953 SC

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DATED: August 9, 2011

SHOOK, HARDY & BACON, L.L.P.

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By:___/s/ Amir Nassihi_________________
AMIR NASSIHI
Attorneys for Defendant
FORD MOTOR COMPANY

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DATED: August 9, 2011

WOLF HALDENSTEIN ADLER FREEMAN
& HERZ LLC

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By:_____/s/Adam J. Levitt_______________
ADAM J. LEVITT

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KEITH G. BREMER
ALISON K. HURLEY
BREMER WHYTE BROWN &
O’MEARA LLP

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THOMAS C. JONES
DAVIS BETHUNE & JONES LLC

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Attorneys for Plaintiff JO ANN
GETTMAN

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DATED: August 9, 2011

MURRAY FRANK LLP

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HARDEE, SPENCER WARE, GARY
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BUCKHEIT, individually, and on behalf
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STIPULATED EXTENSION OF TIME TO PLEAD
OR OTHERWISE RESPOND
CV 11- 03133 SC
CV 11- 02953 SC