Reso v. Artisan Partners Limited Partnership

Filing 43

STIPULATION AND ORDER TO TRANSFER VENUE re 42 Stipulation filed by Artisan Partners Limited Partnership, ***Civil Case Terminated. Signed by Judge Phyllis J. Hamilton on 9/13/11. (nah, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 9/13/2011)

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EDWARD P. SANGSTER (SBN 121041)
CLAUDIA QUIROZ (SBN 254419)
K&L GATES LLP
4 Embarcadero Center, Suite 1200
San Francisco, California 94111
Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile: 415.882.8220
[e-mail]
[e-mail]
JOHN W. ROTUNNO (PRO HAC VICE)
PAUL J. WALSEN (PRO HAC VICE)
JOSEPH C. WYLIE II (PRO HAC VICE)
MOLLY K. MCGINLEY (PRO HAC VICE)
K&L GATES LLP
70 West Madison Street, Suite 3100
Chicago, Illinois 60602
Telephone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
[e-mail]
[e-mail]
[e-mail]
[e-mail]

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Attorneys for Defendant
Artisan Partners Limited Partnership

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
OAKLAND DIVISION

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EDWIN L. RESO, for the use and benefit of THE
ARTISAN INTERNATIONAL FUND, THE
ARTISAN INTERNATIONAL VALUE FUND
and THE ARTISAN MID CAP VALUE FUND,

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Plaintiff,
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vs.
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ARTISAN PARTNERS LIMITED
PARTNERSHIP,

DATE: October 5, 2011
TIME: 9:30 am
Courtroom: 3
Hon. Phyllis J. Hamilton
Complaint Filed: June 24, 2011
Trial Date:
Not Set

Defendant.

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Case No. 3:11-cv-03137-PJH
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WHEREAS, this Action was filed by Plaintiff Edwin L. Reso (“Reso”) against Defendant

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Artisan Partners Limited Partnership (“APLP”) in the United States District Court for the Northern

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District of California, San Francisco Division, on June 24, 2011;

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WHEREAS, on August 22, 2011, this Action was reassigned to the Northern District of
California, Oakland Division;

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WHEREAS, this Action could have been filed in the United States District Court for the
Eastern District of Wisconsin, Milwaukee Division, where APLP has its principal place of business;

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WHEREAS, on August 30, 2011, APLP filed a Motion to Transfer Venue to the Eastern

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District of Wisconsin, together with its Memorandum of Points and Authorities and the Declaration

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of Sarah A. Johnson in support thereof; and

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WHEREAS, counsel for Reso and APLP have met and conferred regarding the transfer of this

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Action to the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin under 28 U.S.C.

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§1404;

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NOW, THEREFORE, Reso and APLP, by and through their respective counsel, each hereby

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stipulates and agrees to the entry of an Order transferring this Action from the United States District

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Court for the Northern District of California, Oakland Division, to the United States District Court for

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the Eastern District of Wisconsin, Milwaukee Division, for the convenience of the parties and

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witnesses and in the interest of justice pursuant to 28 U.S.C. §1404(b), and Reso and APLP request

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that an Order be entered directing the Clerk of Court for the United States District Court for the

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Northern District of California to forward the filings in this Action to the Clerk of Court for the

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United States District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin; and

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IT IS HEREBY FURTHER STIPULATED that Reso and APLP shall bear their own

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respective fees and costs relating to the transfer of venue to be effected pursuant hereto.
K&L GATES LLP

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Dated: September 12, 2011

By:

/s/ Claudia A. Quiroz
Edward P. Sangster (SBN 121041)
Claudia A. Quiroz (SBN 254419)
4 Embarcadero Center, Suite 1200
San Francisco, California 94111

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John W. Rotunno (PRO HAC VICE)
Paul J. Walsen (PRO HAC VICE)
Joseph C. Wylie II (PRO HAC VICE)
Molly K. McGinley (PRO HAC VICE)
70 W. Madison Street, Suite 3100
Chicago, IL 60602

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Attorneys for Defendant APLP Limited
Partnership
RICHARDSON, PATRICK, WESTBROOK
& BRICKMAN, LLC

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Dated: September 12, 2011

By:

/s/ James C. Bradley
RICHARDSON, PATRICK, WESTBROOK
& BRICKMAN, LLC
Michael Brickman
Email: [e-mail]
James C. Bradley
Email: [e-mail]
Nina H. Fields
[e-mail]
174 E. Bay Street
Charleston, SC 29401
KELLER ROHRBACK L.L.P.
Lynn Lincoln Sarko
Email: [e-mail]
Michael D. Woerner
Email: [e-mail]
Tana Lin
Email: [e-mail]
1201 Third Avenue, Suite 3200
Seattle, WA 98101
Tel: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
Sharon T. Hritz (CA Bar No. 265105)
Email: [e-mail]
1129 State Street, Suite 8
Santa Barbara, CA 93101
Tel: [phone]
Fax: [phone]

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JOHNSON, POPE, BOKOR, RUPPEL &
BURNS, LLP
Guy M. Burns, FBN 060901
Email: [e-mail]
Jonathan S. Coleman, FBN 0797480
Email: [e-mail]
Aleksas A. Barauskas, FBN 68175
Email: [e-mail]
403 E. Madison Street, Suite 400
Tampa, FL 33602
Tel: [phone]
Fax: [phone]

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KENNER SCHMITT NYGAARD, LLC
Diane A. Nygaard
Email: [e-mail]
117 West 20th Street, Suite 201
Kansas City, MO 64108
Tel: [phone]
Fax: [phone]

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Attorneys for Plaintiff Edwin L. Reso

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ECF ATTESTATION
I, Claudia A. Quiroz, attest that concurrence in e-filing this STIPULATION TO

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TRANSFER VENUE; [PROPOSED] ORDER has been obtained from signatory James C.

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Bradley, in compliance with General Order 45, X.B.

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K&L GATES LLP

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Dated: September 12, 2011

By:

/s/ Claudia A. Quiroz
Claudia A. Quiroz

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Case No. 3:11-cv-03137-PJH
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[PROPOSED] ORDER

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The Court, having reviewed and considered the stipulated transfer of this Action, does hereby

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Order that this Action be transferred from the United States District Court for the Northern District of

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California, Oakland Division, to the United States District Court for the Eastern District of

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Wisconsin, Milwaukee Division, with each party bearing its own costs and fees relating to the

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transfer. The Court further Orders the Clerk for the United States District Court for the Northern

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District of California to forward all filings in this Action to the Clerk for the United States District

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Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin.

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IT IS SO ORDERED.

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