Plascencia et al v. Lending 1st Mortgage et al

Filing 451

ORDER by Judge Claudia Wilken Granting 450 Stipulation TO CONTINUE DATE FOR FILING JOINT MOTION FOR PRELIMINARY APPROVAL OF CLASS ACTION SETTLEMENT. (ndr, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 7/2/2013)

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]
7 585 Stewart Avenue, Suite L-20
Garden City, New York 11530
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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

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NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA – OAKLAND DIVISION

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15 ARMANDO PLASCENCIA and MELANIA
PLASCENCIA, individually and on behalf of
16 all others similarly situated,
Plaintiffs,

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

19 LENDING 1ST MORTGAGE, LENDING 1ST
MORTGAGE LLC, EMC MORTGAGE
Judge:
Courtroom:
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inclusive,
Complaint Filed:
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Trial Date:
Defendants.
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Hon. Claudia Wilken
2, 4th Floor
August 29, 2007
Vacated

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

2 Armando Plascencia and Melania Plascencia (“Plaintiffs”), and defendant EMC Mortgage
3 Corporation (“EMC”) (together, with Plaintiffs, the “Parties”), through their undersigned counsel,
4 stipulate as follows:
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WHEREAS, upon the Parties’ Joint Notice of Proposed Class Action Settlement and

6 Stipulation, on May 30, 2013 the Court, among other things, ordered that a motion for preliminary
7 approval of the Parties’ settlement be filed on or before July 8, 2013;
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WHEREAS, since May 28, 2013, when the Parties agreed to settle the action, the Parties

9 have been diligently working together to draft the settlement agreement;
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WHEREAS, the Parties require additional time to finalize the details of the settlement

11 agreement, including a loan modification program that is a component of the settlement;
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WHEREAS, the Parties believe that a twenty-eight day extension of the time to file a

13 motion for preliminary approval of the settlement will provide them with sufficient time to finalize
14 a settlement agreement, without the need for further extensions;
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WHEREAS, no Party will be prejudiced by the relief requested in this Stipulation; and

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WHEREAS, this Stipulation is without prejudice to, or waiver of, any rights or defenses

17 otherwise available to the Parties in this action;
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NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED AND AGREED, between Plaintiffs,

19 by their undersigned counsel, and Defendants, by their undersigned counsel, that, subject to the
20 approval of this Court:
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(1)

a motion for preliminary approval of the parties’ settlement shall be filed on or

22 before August 5, 2013; and
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(2)

the proceedings in this action, except as they relate to consideration of the Parties’

24 proposed settlement, shall remain stayed in their entirety.
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27 Dated: July 1, 2013

Respectfully submitted,

/s/ Lee A. Weiss
Lee A. Weiss (admitted pro hac vice)
[e-mail]
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BERNS WEISS LLP
585 Stewart Avenue, Suite L-20
Garden City, New York 11530
Tel.: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
- and Jeffrey K. Berns (SBN 131351)
[e-mail]
BERNS WEISS LLP
20700 Ventura Blvd., Suite 140
Woodland Hills, CA 91364
Tel.: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
J. Mark Moore (SBN 180473)
[e-mail]
SPIRO MOORE LLP
11377 W. Olympic Blvd., 5th Floor
Los Angeles, CA 90064
Tel.: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
Mark R. Cuker (admitted pro hac vice)
[e-mail]
WILLIAMS CUKER BEREZOFSKY
1515 Market Street, Suite 1300
Philadelphia, PA 19102
Tel.: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
David M. Arbogast (SBN 167571)
[e-mail]
ARBOGAST BOWEN LLP
11400 W. Olympic Blvd., 2nd Floor
Los Angeles, CA 90064
Tel.: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
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]
Christopher A. Seeger (admitted pro hac vice)
[e-mail]
SEEGER WEISS LLP
77 Water Street, 26th Floor
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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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Dated: July 1, 2013

/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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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
585 Stewart Avenue, Suite L-20
Garden City, New York 11530
Tel.: [phone]
Fax: [phone]

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

3 ORDERED that:
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(1) a motion for preliminary approval of the parties’ settlement is to be filed on or before
August 5, 2013; and
(2) the proceedings in this action, except as they relate to consideration of the Parties’
proposed settlement, remain stayed in their entirety.
IT IS SO ORDERED.

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July 2
Dated: ______________, 2013

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HON. CLAUDIA WILKEN
UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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