Plascencia et al v. Lending 1st Mortgage et al

Filing 417

ORDER by Judge Claudia Wilken Granting 416 Stipulation Re 404 MOTION for Settlement. (ndr, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 11/14/2012)

1 BERNS WEISS LLP
Jeffrey K. Berns (SBN 131351)
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20700 Ventura Boulevard, Suite 140
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Tel.: [phone]
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WILLIAMS CUKER BEREZOFSKY
Mark R. Cuker (admitted pro hac vice)
[e-mail]
1515 Market Street, Suite 1300
Philadelphia, PA 19102
Tel.: [phone]
Fax: [phone]

5 - and 6 Lee A. Weiss (admitted pro hac vice)
[e-mail]
7 626 RXR Plaza
Uniondale, NY 11556
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Fax: [phone]
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SMOGER & ASSOCIATES
Gerson H. Smoger (SBN 79196)
[e-mail]
Steven M. Bronson (SBN 246751)
[e-mail]
3175 Monterey Blvd
Oakland, CA, 94602-3560
Tel.: [phone]
Fax: [phone]

[Additional counsel listed on signature page]
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Attorneys for Plaintiffs and the Class
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA – OAKLAND DIVISION

15 ARMANDO PLASCENCIA and MELANIA
PLASCENCIA, individually and on behalf of
16 all others similarly situated,
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Case No. 4:07-cv-04485-CW
CLASS ACTION

Plaintiffs,

STIPULATION TO CONTINUE HEARING
ON PLAINTIFFS, LENDING 1ST
v.
MORTGAGE, AND LENDING 1ST LLC'S
JOINT MOTION FOR PRELIMINARY
LENDING 1ST MORTGAGE, LENDING 1ST APPROVAL OF PARTIAL CLASS ACTION
MORTGAGE LLC, EMC MORTGAGE
SETTLEMENT
CORPORATION, and DOES 1 through 10
inclusive,
Judge:
Hon. Claudia Wilken
Courtroom:
2, 4th Floor
Current Date:
Time:

November 15, 2012
2:00 p.m.

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Stipulated Date:
Time:

December 6, 2012
2:00 p.m.

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Complaint Filed:

August 29, 2007

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Defendants.

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STIPULATION TO CONTINUE HEARING ON JOINT MOTION FOR PRELIMINARY APPROVAL OF
PARTIAL CLASS ACTION SETTLEMENT
Case No. 4:07-cv-04485-CW

Pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 6(b) and Local Rule 6-1(b), plaintiffs

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3 Lending 1 Mortgage LLC (collectively “Lending 1st”), and defendant EMC Mortgage

4 Corporation (“EMC”) (together, with Plaintiffs and Lending 1st, the “Parties”), through their
5 undersigned counsel, stipulate as follows:
WHEREAS, on September 10, 2012, Plaintiffs and Lending 1st filed a Joint Motion for

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7 Preliminary Approval of Partial Class Action Settlement (“Motion”) (Dkt. No. 404);
WHEREAS, on September 24, 2012, EMC filed their Opposition to the Motion (Dkt. No.

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WHEREAS, on October 15, 2012, Plaintiffs and Lending 1st filed their Joint Reply to

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WHEREAS, the hearing on the Motion is set for November 15, 2012 at 2:00 p.m. before

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WHEREAS, Plaintiffs’ counsel, Lee A. Weiss, planned to attend the hearing, but is

15 recovering from the power outages caused by Hurricane Sandy and the second storm that hit New
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WHEREAS, Lending 1st and EMC have agreed to Plaintiffs’ request for a continuance of

18 the hearing on the Motion and would not be prejudiced by this continuance;
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NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED AND AGREED, between Plaintiffs,

20 by their undersigned counsel, Defendants Lending 1st, by their undersigned counsel, and
21 Defendant EMC, by its undersigned counsel, that, subject to the approval of this Court:
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(1) The hearing on the Joint Motion for Preliminary Approval of Partial Class Action
Settlement be continued to December 6, 2012 at 2:00 p.m.; and
(2) This Stipulation may be executed in counterparts and a facsimile, PDF, or electronic

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signature shall be deemed to be, and shall have the same force and effect as, an original

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signature.

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Respectfully submitted,
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STIPULATION TO CONTINUE HEARING ON JOINT MOTION FOR PRELIMINARY APPROVAL OF
PARTIAL CLASS ACTION SETTLEMENT
Case No. 4:07-cv-04485-CW

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/s/ Lee A. Weiss
Lee A. Weiss (admitted pro hac vice)
[e-mail]
BERNS WEISS LLP
626 RXR Plaza
Uniondale, NY 11556
Tel.: [phone]
Fax: [phone]

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Jeffrey K. Berns (SBN 131351)
[e-mail]
BERNS WEISS LLP
20700 Ventura Blvd., Suite 140
Woodland Hills, CA 91364
Tel.: [phone]
Fax: [phone]

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J. Mark Moore (SBN 180473)
[e-mail]
SPIRO MOORE LLP
11377 W. Olympic Blvd., 5th Floor
Los Angeles, CA 90064
Tel.: [phone]
Fax: [phone]

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Mark R. Cuker (admitted pro hac vice)
[e-mail]
WILLIAMS CUKER BEREZOFSKY
1515 Market Street, Suite 1300
Philadelphia, PA 19102
Tel.: [phone]
Fax: [phone]

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David M. Arbogast (SBN 167571)
[e-mail]
Chumahan B. Bowen (SBN 238168)
[e-mail]
ARBOGAST BOWEN LLP
11400 W. Olympic Blvd., 2nd Floor
Los Angeles, CA 90064
Tel.: [phone]
Fax: [phone]

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Gerson H. Smoger (SBN 79196)
[e-mail]
Steven M. Bronson (SBN 246751)
[e-mail]
SMOGER & ASSOCIATES
3175 Monterey Blvd
Oakland, CA, 94602-3560
Tel.: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
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STIPULATION TO CONTINUE HEARING ON JOINT MOTION FOR PRELIMINARY APPROVAL OF
PARTIAL CLASS ACTION SETTLEMENT
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Christopher A. Seeger (admitted pro hac vice)
[e-mail]
SEEGER WEISS LLP
77 Water Street, 26th Floor
New York, NY 10005
Tel.: [phone]

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Jonathan Shub (SBN 237708)
[e-mail]
SEEGER WEISS LLP
1818 Market Street, 13th Floor
Philadelphia, PA 19103
Tel.: [phone]

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Attorneys for Plaintiffs and the Class

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/s/ Stephen R. Meinertzhagen
Stephen R. Meinertzhagen (Admitted Pro Hac Vice)
[e-mail]
LeAnn Pedersen Pope (Admitted Pro Hac Vice)
[e-mail]
Susan Miller Overbey (Admitted Pro Hac Vice)
[e-mail]
BURKE, WARREN, MACKAY &
SERRITELLA, P.C.
330 North Wabash, 22nd Floor
Chicago, Illinois 60611
Tel.: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
Gail E. Lees (SBN 90363)
[e-mail]
Theodore J. Boutrous, Jr. (SBN 132099)
[e-mail]
Christopher Chorba (SBN 216692)
[e-mail]
GIBSON, DUNN & CRUTCHER LLP
333 South Grand Avenue
Los Angeles, California 90071-3197
Tel.: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
Attorneys for Defendants:
EMC MORTGAGE LLC, formerly known as EMC
MORTGAGE CORPORATION

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STIPULATION TO CONTINUE HEARING ON JOINT MOTION FOR PRELIMINARY APPROVAL OF
PARTIAL CLASS ACTION SETTLEMENT
Case No. 4:07-cv-04485-CW

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/s/ Mark S. Tratten
Mark S. Tratten (SBN 119330)
[e-mail]
ERICKSEN ARBUTHNOT
100 Howe Avenue, Suite 110 South
Sacramento, CA 95825
Tel.: [phone]
Attorneys for Defendants:
LENDING 1ST MORTGAGE AND LENDING 1ST
MORTGAGE LLC

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STIPULATION TO CONTINUE HEARING ON JOINT MOTION FOR PRELIMINARY APPROVAL OF
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ECF CERTIFICATION
Pursuant to Local Rule 5-1(i)(3), the filing attorney attests that he has obtained
concurrence regarding the filing of this document from the signatories to the document.

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/s/ Lee A. Weiss
Lee A. Weiss (admitted pro hac vice)
[e-mail]
BERNS WEISS LLP
626 RXR Plaza
Uniondale, NY 11556
Tel.: [phone]
Fax: [phone]

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STIPULATION TO CONTINUE HEARING ON JOINT MOTION FOR PRELIMINARY APPROVAL OF
PARTIAL CLASS ACTION SETTLEMENT
Case No. 4:07-cv-04485-CW

1 BERNS WEISS LLP
Jeffrey K. Berns (SBN 131351)
2 [e-mail]
20700 Ventura Boulevard, Suite 140
3 Woodland Hills, CA 91364
Tel.: [phone]
4 Fax: [phone]

WILLIAMS CUKER BEREZOFSKY
Mark R. Cuker (admitted pro hac vice)
[e-mail]
1515 Market Street, Suite 1300
Philadelphia, PA 19102
Tel.: [phone]
Fax: [phone]

5 - and SMOGER & ASSOCIATES
Gerson H. Smoger (SBN 79196)
[e-mail]
Steven M. Bronson (SBN 246751)
[e-mail]
3175 Monterey Blvd
Oakland, CA, 94602-3560
Tel.: [phone]
Fax: [phone]

6 Lee A. Weiss (admitted pro hac vice)
[e-mail]
7 626 RXR Plaza
Uniondale, NY 11556
8 Tel.: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
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[Additional counsel listed on signature page]
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Attorneys for Plaintiffs and the Class
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA – OAKLAND DIVISION

15 ARMANDO PLASCENCIA and MELANIA
PLASCENCIA, individually and on behalf of
16 all others similarly situated,
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Case No. 4:07-cv-04485-CW
CLASS ACTION

Plaintiffs,

DECLARATION OF LEE A. WEISS IN
SUPPORT OF STIPULATION TO
v.
CONTINUE HEARING ON PLAINTIFFS,
LENDING 1ST MORTGAGE, AND
LENDING 1ST MORTGAGE, LENDING 1ST LENDING 1ST LLC'S JOINT MOTION
MORTGAGE LLC, EMC MORTGAGE
FOR PRELIMINARY APPROVAL OF
CORPORATION, and DOES 1 through 10
PARTIAL CLASS ACTION SETTLEMENT
inclusive,
Judge:
Hon. Claudia Wilken
Courtroom:
2, 4th Floor
Defendants.
Current Date:
November 15, 2012
Time:
2:00 p.m.
Stipulated Date:
Time:

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December 6, 2012
2:00 p.m.

Complaint Filed:

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August 29, 2007

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I, Lee A. Weiss, declare the following pursuant to 28 U.S.C. §1746:
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WEISS DECLARATION I/S/O STIPULATION TO CONTINUE HEARING ON JOINT MOTION FOR
PRELIMINARY APPROVAL OF PARTIAL CLASS ACTION SETTLEMENT
Case No. 4:07-cv-04485-CW

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I am one of the attorneys of record for Plaintiffs ARMANDO PLASCENCIA and

2 MELANIA PLASCENCIA (“Plaintiffs”) and the class in the above-captioned action. The matters
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stated herein are known to me personally, and if called as a witness, I could and would
competently testify thereto.

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On September 10, 2012, Plaintiffs and Defendants Lending 1st Mortgage and

7 Lending 1st Mortgage LLC (collectively “Lending 1st”) filed a Joint Motion for Preliminary
8 Approval of Partial Class Action Settlement (“Motion”) (Dkt. No. 404). The hearing on the
9 motion is scheduled for November 15, 2012 at 2:00 pm.
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On September 24, 2012, EMC Mortgage Corporation (“EMC”) filed their

Opposition to the Motion (Dkt. No. 407).

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On October 15, 2012, Plaintiffs and Lending 1st filed their Joint Reply to EMC’s

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Opposition (Dkt. No. 413);
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I planned on attending the hearing, but am recovering from the power outages

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Plaintiffs have not before requested a continuance of the hearing on the Motion

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On November 13, 2012, I contacted counsel for EMC regarding a continuance of
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the hearing on the Motion to December 6, 2012, to which he agreed. On November 13, 2012, my
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office contacted counsel for Lending 1st regarding a continuance of the hearing on the Motion to
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I declare under penalty of perjury that the foregoing is true and correct. Executed within

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/s/ Lee A. Weiss
Lee A. Weiss

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WEISS DECLARATION I/S/O STIPULATION TO CONTINUE HEARING ON JOINT MOTION FOR
PRELIMINARY APPROVAL OF PARTIAL CLASS ACTION SETTLEMENT
Case No. 4:07-cv-04485-CW

ORDER

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Pursuant to the Stipulation of counsel and for good cause shown, IT IS HEREBY

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(1) The hearing on the Joint Motion for Preliminary Approval of Partial Class Action
Settlement is continued to December 6, 2012 at 2:00 p.m.
IT IS SO ORDERED

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November 14
Dated: ______________, 2012

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HON. CLAUDIA WILKEN
UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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ORDER RE: STIPULATION TO CONTINUE HEARING ON JOINT MOTION FOR PRELIMINARY APPROVAL
OF PARTIAL CLASS ACTION SETTLEMENT
Case No. 4:07-cv-04485-CW