Steinfeld v. Discover Financial Services et al

Filing 51

ORDER GRANTING 50 STIPULATION re 47 Amended Complaint. Signed by Judge Jeffrey S. White on 5/28/13. (jjoS, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 5/28/2013)

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STROOCK & STROOCK & LAVAN LLP
JULIA B. STRICKLAND (State Bar No. 83013)
LISA M. SIMONETTI (State Bar No. 165996)
SHANNON E. PONEK (State Bar No. 261135)
2029 Century Park East, Suite 1600
Los Angeles, California 90067-3086
Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile: 310-556-5959
Email: [e-mail]
Attorneys for Defendants
DISCOVER FINANCIAL SERVICES,
DFS SERVICES LLC and DISCOVER BANK

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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ANDREW STEINFELD and WALTER
BRADLEY, on behalf of themselves and all
others similarly situated,

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Plaintiff,
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vs.
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DISCOVER FINANCIAL SERVICES, DFS
SERVICES LLC, and DISCOVER BANK,

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Defendants.

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Case No. 3:12-cv-01118-JSW
[Assigned to the Hon. Jeffrey S. White]
STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED]
ORDER RE DEFENDANTS’ RESPONSE
TO FIRST AMENDED COMPLAINT

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Plaintiffs Andrew Steinfeld and Walter Bradley (collectively, “Plaintiffs”) and defendants

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Discover Financial Services, DFS Financial Services, LLC, and Discover Bank (collectively,

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“Defendants”), through their undersigned counsel, hereby stipulate as follows:

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WHEREAS, on May 17, 2013, Plaintiffs filed the First Amended Complaint, Docket No. 47
(the “FAC”); and
WHEREAS, on May 17, 2013, Plaintiff filed the Unopposed Motion for Preliminary

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Approval of Settlement Agreement, Docket No. 48-1 (the “Preliminary Approval Motion”), which

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requests the Court enter an order preliminarily approving the Parties’ Settlement Agreement, dated

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May 17, 2013 (the “Settlement Agreement”); and

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WHEREAS, pursuant to Section III.A. of the Settlement Agreement, the Parties agreed that
Discover shall not be required to respond to the FAC.

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NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED AND AGREED, between Plaintiffs,

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by their undersigned counsel, and Defendants, by their undersigned counsel, that Discover shall not

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be required to respond to the FAC pending the Court’s order on the Preliminary Approval Motion

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and any subsequent motion for final approval of the Settlement Agreement (the “Final Approval

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Motion”). If the Court enters an order denying the Preliminary Approval Motion or Final Approval

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Motion, Discover shall file and serve an answer or a motion under Rule 12 of the Federal Rules of

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Civil Procedure within forty-five (45) days after entry of such order.

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IT IS SO STIPULATED.
Dated: May 23, 2013

STROOCK & STROOCK & LAVAN LLP

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By:

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Julia B. Strickland
[e-mail]
Lisa M. Simonetti
[e-mail]
Shannon E. Ponek
[e-mail]
STROOCK & STROOCK & LAVAN LLP
2029 Century Park East, Suite 1600
Los Angeles, CA 90067-3086
Telephone: [phone]

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/s/ Lisa M. Simonetti
Lisa M. Simonetti

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Attorneys for Defendants Discover Financial
Services, DFS Services LLC And Discover Bank

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Dated: May 23, 2013

By:

/s/ Daniel M. Hutchinson
Daniel M. Hutchinson
Daniel M. Hutchinson
[e-mail]
Kristen Law Sagafi
[e-mail]
275 Battery Street, 29th Floor
San Francisco, CA 94111-3339
Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile: 415-956-1008

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LIEFF CABRASER HEIMANN & BERNSTEIN, LLP
Jonathan D. Selbin
[e-mail]
250 Hudson Street, 8th Floor
New York, NY 10013
Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile: 212-355-9592

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LIEFF CABRASER HEIMANN & BERNSTEIN, LLP

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CASEY GERRY SCHENK FRANCAVILLA BLATT
& PENFIELD LLP
Mark Ankcorn (State Bar No. 166871)
[e-mail]
110 Laurel Street
San Diego, CA 92101
Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile: 619-544-9232

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TERRELL MARSHALL DAUDT & WILLIE PLLC
Beth E. Terrell (State Bar No. 178181)
[e-mail]
936 North 34th Street, Suite 400
Seattle, WA 98103-8869
Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile: 206-350-3528

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MEYER WILSON CO., LPA
David P. Meyer (admitted pro hac vice)
Matthew R. Wilson (admitted pro hac vice)
1320 Dublin Road, Ste. 100
Columbus, Ohio 43215
Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile: [phone]

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Attorneys for Plaintiffs Steinfeld and Bradley and the
Proposed Class

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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

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I hereby certify that, on May 23, 2013, copies of the foregoing STIPULATION AND

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[PROPOSED] ORDER RE DEFENDANTS’ RESPONSE TO FIRST AMENDED

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COMPLAINT were filed electronically and served by U.S. Mail on anyone unable to accept

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electronic filing. Notice of this filing will be sent by e-mail to all parties by operation of the court’s

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electronic filing system or by facsimile to anyone unable to accept electronic filing as indicated on

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the Notice of Electronic Filing. Parties may access this filing through the court’s EM/ECF System.

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/s/ Lisa M. Simonetti
Lisa M. Simonetti

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[PROPOSED] ORDER
FOR GOOD CAUSE APPEARING AND PURSUANT TO THE STIPULATION, IT
IS SO ORDERED.

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May 28, 2013
Dated:________________________

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Hon. Jeffrey S. White
United States District Court Judge

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