Ron Alul et al v. American Honda Motor Company, Inc.

Filing 143

STIPULATION AND ORDER re 142 STIPULATION WITH PROPOSED ORDER PERMITTING AMERICAN HONDA MOTOR CO., INC'S COUNSEL TO APPEAR TELEPHONICALLY AT APRIL 18, 2018 STATUS CONFERENCE filed by American Honda Motor Company, Inc. Signed by Judge Jon S. Tigar on April 12, 2018. (wsn, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 4/12/2018)

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Livia M. Kiser (SBN 285411)
[e-mail]
Michael C. Andolina (admitted pro hac vice)
[e-mail]
Andrew J. Chinsky (admitted pro hac vice)
[e-mail]
SIDLEY AUSTIN LLP
One South Dearborn
Chicago, IL 60603
Tel: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
Eric B. Schwartz (SBN 266554)
[e-mail]
SIDLEY AUSTIN LLP
555 West Fifth Street, Suite 4000
Los Angeles, California 90013
Tel: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
Attorneys for Defendant American
Honda Motor Co., Inc.

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION

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LINDSEY and JEFF ABERIN, DON
AWTREY, CHARLES BURGESS, DANIEL
CRINER, JARED CROOKS, MARK
GERSTLE, JOHN KELLY, YUN-FEI LOU,
JOY MATZA, JORDAN MOSS, DONALD
TRAN, and MELISSA YEUNG, individually
and on behalf of all others similarly situated.

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Plaintiffs,

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vs.

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AMERICAN HONDA MOTOR CO., INC.,

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Defendant.

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Case No. 3:16-cv-04384-JST
STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED]
ORDER PERMITTING AMERICAN
HONDA MOTOR CO., INC.’S
COUNSEL TO APPEAR
TELEPHONICALLY AT APRIL 18,
2018 STATUS CONFERENCE

Hon. Judge Jon S. Tigar

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Plaintiffs Lindsey and Jeff Aberin, Don Awtrey, Charles Burgess, Daniel Criner, John

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Kelly, Yun-Fei Lou, Joy Matza, and Melissa Yeung (“Plaintiffs”), and Defendant American

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Honda Motor Co., Inc. (“AHM”), pursuant to Paragraph D of the Court’s Standing Order for all

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Civil Cases, and subject to approval by the Court, hereby stipulate that AHM attorneys Livia M.

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Kiser and Andrew J. Chinsky may appear telephonically at the Sixth Status Conference

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scheduled to take place on April 18, 2018 at 11:00 a.m. Pacific time in Courtroom 9 of the

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above-captioned Court, and in support state as follows:

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1.

AHM’s lead attorney on this matter, Livia M. Kiser, is required to attend a court

hearing in another matter in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois,
which prevents her from personally attending the April 18, 2018 hearing in this matter;
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AHM would like its lead attorney, Ms. Kiser, to be permitted to appear at the

April 18, 2018 hearing telephonically, along with AHM attorney Andrew J. Chinsky;

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3.

Ms. Kiser and Mr. Chinsky are each based in Chicago, Illinois;

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4.

AHM attorney Eric B. Schwartz, who has previously appeared at hearings in this

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matter and has presented arguments to the Court on behalf of AHM, will attend the April 18,

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2018 hearing in person; and

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The parties filed their Sixth Joint Case Management Statement on April 9, 2018

(D.E. 141).
WHEREFORE, THE PARTIES HEREBY STIPULATE AND REQUEST that the Court

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enter an Order permitting AHM attorneys Livia M. Kiser and Andrew J. Chinsky to appear

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telephonically at the Sixth Status Conference on April 18, 2018.

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DATED: April 11, 2018

Respectfully Submitted,
Interim Co-Lead Class Counsel

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Attorneys for Defendant American Honda
Motor Company, Inc.

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SIDLEY AUSTIN LLP

SEEGER WEISS LLP

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By /s/ Livia M. Kiser_____
Livia M. Kiser (SBN 285411)
[e-mail]

By /s/ Christopher A. Seeger______
Christopher A. Seeger (pro hac vice)
SEEGER WEISS LLP

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Michael C. Andolina (pro hac vice)
[e-mail]
Andrew J. Chinsky (pro hac vice)
[e-mail]
SIDLEY AUSTIN LLP
One South Dearborn
Chicago, IL 60603
Tel: [phone]
Fax: [phone]

77 Water Street, New York,
New York, NY 10005
Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile: [phone]
Email: [e-mail]
Email: [e-mail]
Email: [e-mail]
James E. Cecchi (pro hac vice)
CARELLA, BYRNE, CECCHI, OLSTEIN,
BRODY & AGNELLO, P.C.
5 Becker Farm Road
Roseland, NJ 07068
Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile: [phone]
Email: [e-mail]

Eric B. Schwartz (SBN 266554)
[e-mail]
SIDLEY AUSTIN LLP
555 West Fifth Street, Suite 4000
Los Angeles, California 90013
Tel: [phone]
Fax: [phone]

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[PROPOSED] ORDER

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IT IS ORDERED that AHM attorneys Livia M. Kiser and Andrew J. Chinsky may

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appear telephonically at the Sixth Status Conference scheduled to take place on April 18, 2018 at

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11:00 a.m. Pacific time in Courtroom 9 of the above-captioned Court. AHM’s counsel shall

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contact the courtroom deputy at [phone] or [e-mail] to provide a single

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direct dial number at which all AHM counsel appearing telephonically can be reached.

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April 12, 2018
DATED: ________________

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HON JON S. TIGAR
UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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SIGNATURE ATTESTATION

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I am the ECF User whose identification and password are being used to file the foregoing

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Stipulation. In compliance with Civil Local Rule 5.1, I hereby attest that the signatory has

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concurred in this filing.

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Dated: April 11, 2018

By: /s/ Livia M. Kiser
Livia M. Kiser

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