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)

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1 BERNS WEISS LLP Jeffrey K. Berns (SBN 131351) 2 jberns@bernsweiss.com 20700 Ventura Boulevard, Suite 140 3 Woodland Hills, CA 91364 Tel.: (818) 961-2000 4 Fax: (818) 999-1500 WILLIAMS CUKER BEREZOFSKY Mark R. Cuker (admitted pro hac vice) mcuker@wcblegal.com 1515 Market Street, Suite 1300 Philadelphia, PA 19102 Tel.: (215) 557-0099 Fax: (215) 557-0673 5 - and 6 Lee A. Weiss (admitted pro hac vice) lweiss@bernsweiss.com 7 626 RXR Plaza Uniondale, NY 11556 8 Tel.: (516) 222-2900 Fax: (818) 999-1500 9 10 SMOGER & ASSOCIATES Gerson H. Smoger (SBN 79196) gerson@texasinjurylaw.com Steven M. Bronson (SBN 246751) bronsonlaw@gmail.com 3175 Monterey Blvd Oakland, CA, 94602-3560 Tel.: (510) 531-4529 Fax: (510) 531-4377 [Additional counsel listed on signature page] 11 12 13 14 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, 17 18 19 20 21 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. 24 Stipulated Date: Time: December 6, 2012 2:00 p.m. 25 Complaint Filed: August 29, 2007 22 23 Defendants. 26 27 28 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 1 st 2 Armando Plascencia and Melania Plascencia (“Plaintiffs”), defendants Lending 1 Mortgage and st 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 6 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. 8 9 407); 10 WHEREAS, on October 15, 2012, Plaintiffs and Lending 1st filed their Joint Reply to 11 EMC’s Opposition (Dkt. No. 413); 12 WHEREAS, the hearing on the Motion is set for November 15, 2012 at 2:00 p.m. before 13 this Court; 14 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 16 York on November 8, 2012; and 17 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; 19 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: 22 23 24 (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 25 signature shall be deemed to be, and shall have the same force and effect as, an original 26 signature. 27 28 Respectfully submitted, 1 STIPULATION TO CONTINUE HEARING ON JOINT MOTION FOR PRELIMINARY APPROVAL OF PARTIAL CLASS ACTION SETTLEMENT Case No. 4:07-cv-04485-CW 1 Dated: November 13, 2012 2 3 4 /s/ Lee A. Weiss Lee A. Weiss (admitted pro hac vice) lweiss@bernsweiss.com BERNS WEISS LLP 626 RXR Plaza Uniondale, NY 11556 Tel.: (516) 222-2900 Fax: (818) 999-1500 5 - and 6 7 8 9 Jeffrey K. Berns (SBN 131351) jberns@bernsweiss.com BERNS WEISS LLP 20700 Ventura Blvd., Suite 140 Woodland Hills, CA 91364 Tel.: (818) 961-2000 Fax: (818) 999-1500 10 11 12 13 J. Mark Moore (SBN 180473) mark@spiromoore.com SPIRO MOORE LLP 11377 W. Olympic Blvd., 5th Floor Los Angeles, CA 90064 Tel.: (310) 235-2468 Fax: (310) 235-2456 14 15 16 17 Mark R. Cuker (admitted pro hac vice) mcuker@wcblegal.com WILLIAMS CUKER BEREZOFSKY 1515 Market Street, Suite 1300 Philadelphia, PA 19102 Tel.: (215) 557-0099 Fax: (215) 557-0673 18 19 20 21 22 David M. Arbogast (SBN 167571) david@arbogastbowen.com Chumahan B. Bowen (SBN 238168) cbowen@arbogastbowen.com ARBOGAST BOWEN LLP 11400 W. Olympic Blvd., 2nd Floor Los Angeles, CA 90064 Tel.: (310) 477-7200 Fax: (310) 943-2309 23 24 25 26 27 28 Gerson H. Smoger (SBN 79196) Gerson@texasinjurylaw.com Steven M. Bronson (SBN 246751) steven.bronson@gmail.com SMOGER & ASSOCIATES 3175 Monterey Blvd Oakland, CA, 94602-3560 Tel.: (510) 531-4529 Fax: (510) 531-4377 2 STIPULATION TO CONTINUE HEARING ON JOINT MOTION FOR PRELIMINARY APPROVAL OF PARTIAL CLASS ACTION SETTLEMENT Case No. 4:07-cv-04485-CW 1 Christopher A. Seeger (admitted pro hac vice) Cseeger@seegerweiss.com SEEGER WEISS LLP 77 Water Street, 26th Floor New York, NY 10005 Tel.: (212) 584-0700 2 3 4 - and - 5 Jonathan Shub (SBN 237708) jshub@seegerweiss.com SEEGER WEISS LLP 1818 Market Street, 13th Floor Philadelphia, PA 19103 Tel.: (610) 453-6551 6 7 8 9 Attorneys for Plaintiffs and the Class 10 11 12 Dated: November 13, 2012 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 /s/ Stephen R. Meinertzhagen Stephen R. Meinertzhagen (Admitted Pro Hac Vice) smeinertzhagen@burkelaw.com LeAnn Pedersen Pope (Admitted Pro Hac Vice) lpope@burkelaw.com Susan Miller Overbey (Admitted Pro Hac Vice) soverbey@burkelaw.com BURKE, WARREN, MACKAY & SERRITELLA, P.C. 330 North Wabash, 22nd Floor Chicago, Illinois 60611 Tel.: 312-840-7000 Fax: 312-840-7900 Gail E. Lees (SBN 90363) glees@gibsondunn.com Theodore J. Boutrous, Jr. (SBN 132099) tboutrous@gibsondunn.com Christopher Chorba (SBN 216692) cchorba@gibsondunn.com GIBSON, DUNN & CRUTCHER LLP 333 South Grand Avenue Los Angeles, California 90071-3197 Tel.: (213) 229-7000 Fax: (213) 229-7520 Attorneys for Defendants: EMC MORTGAGE LLC, formerly known as EMC MORTGAGE CORPORATION 27 28 3 STIPULATION TO CONTINUE HEARING ON JOINT MOTION FOR PRELIMINARY APPROVAL OF PARTIAL CLASS ACTION SETTLEMENT Case No. 4:07-cv-04485-CW 1 Dated: November 13, 2012 2 3 4 5 6 /s/ Mark S. Tratten Mark S. Tratten (SBN 119330) mtratten@ericksenarbuthnot.com ERICKSEN ARBUTHNOT 100 Howe Avenue, Suite 110 South Sacramento, CA 95825 Tel.: (916) 483-5181 Attorneys for Defendants: LENDING 1ST MORTGAGE AND LENDING 1ST MORTGAGE LLC 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 4 STIPULATION TO CONTINUE HEARING ON JOINT MOTION FOR PRELIMINARY APPROVAL OF PARTIAL CLASS ACTION SETTLEMENT Case No. 4:07-cv-04485-CW 1 2 3 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. 4 5 Dated: November 13, 2012 6 7 8 9 /s/ Lee A. Weiss Lee A. Weiss (admitted pro hac vice) lweiss@bernsweiss.com BERNS WEISS LLP 626 RXR Plaza Uniondale, NY 11556 Tel.: (516) 222-2900 Fax: (818) 999-1500 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 5 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 jberns@bernsweiss.com 20700 Ventura Boulevard, Suite 140 3 Woodland Hills, CA 91364 Tel.: (818) 961-2000 4 Fax: (818) 999-1500 WILLIAMS CUKER BEREZOFSKY Mark R. Cuker (admitted pro hac vice) mcuker@wcblegal.com 1515 Market Street, Suite 1300 Philadelphia, PA 19102 Tel.: (215) 557-0099 Fax: (215) 557-0673 5 - and SMOGER & ASSOCIATES Gerson H. Smoger (SBN 79196) gerson@texasinjurylaw.com Steven M. Bronson (SBN 246751) bronsonlaw@gmail.com 3175 Monterey Blvd Oakland, CA, 94602-3560 Tel.: (510) 531-4529 Fax: (510) 531-4377 6 Lee A. Weiss (admitted pro hac vice) lweiss@bernsweiss.com 7 626 RXR Plaza Uniondale, NY 11556 8 Tel.: (516) 222-2900 Fax: (818) 999-1500 9 10 [Additional counsel listed on signature page] 11 12 13 14 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, 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 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: 25 December 6, 2012 2:00 p.m. Complaint Filed: 24 August 29, 2007 26 27 28 I, Lee A. Weiss, declare the following pursuant to 28 U.S.C. §1746: 1 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 1 1. 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 3 4 stated herein are known to me personally, and if called as a witness, I could and would competently testify thereto. 5 6 2. 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. 10 11 3. On September 24, 2012, EMC Mortgage Corporation (“EMC”) filed their Opposition to the Motion (Dkt. No. 407). 12 4. On October 15, 2012, Plaintiffs and Lending 1st filed their Joint Reply to EMC’s 13 14 15 Opposition (Dkt. No. 413); 5. I planned on attending the hearing, but am recovering from the power outages 16 caused by Hurricane Sandy and the second storm that hit New York on November 8, 2012. 17 6. Plaintiffs have not before requested a continuance of the hearing on the Motion 18 from the Court. 19 7. On November 13, 2012, I contacted counsel for EMC regarding a continuance of 20 the hearing on the Motion to December 6, 2012, to which he agreed. On November 13, 2012, my 21 office contacted counsel for Lending 1st regarding a continuance of the hearing on the Motion to 22 23 December 6, 2012, to which he agreed. 24 I declare under penalty of perjury that the foregoing is true and correct. Executed within 25 the United States on November 13, 2012. 26 /s/ Lee A. Weiss Lee A. Weiss 27 28 2 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 1 2 Pursuant to the Stipulation of counsel and for good cause shown, IT IS HEREBY 3 ORDERED that: 4 5 6 7 (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 8 9 10 11 November 14 Dated: ______________, 2012 ______________________________________ HON. CLAUDIA WILKEN UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 1 ORDER RE: 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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