Megaupload Ltd v. Universal Music Group Inc

Filing 27

ORDER Granting 19 Stipulation Extending Defendant's Time to Answer or Otherwise Respond to Complaint. Responses due by 1/24/2012. Signed by Judge Claudia Wilken on 1/3/2012. (ndr, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 1/3/2012)

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MUNGER, TOLLES & OLSON LLP
KELLY M. KLAUS (SBN 161091)
[e-mail]
355 South Grand Avenue
Thirty-Fifth Floor
Los Angeles, CA 90071-1560
Telephone:
[phone]
Facsimile:
[phone]

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MUNGER, TOLLES & OLSON LLP
JONATHAN H. BLAVIN (SBN 230269)
[e-mail]
560 Mission Street
Twenty-Seventh Floor
San Francisco, CA 94105-2907
Telephone:
[phone]
Facsimile:
[phone]

ROTHKEN LAW FIRM
IRA P. ROTHKEN (SBN 160029)
JARED R. SMITH (SBN 130343)
3 Hamilton Landing, Suite 280
Novato, CA 94949
Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile: [phone]
Email: [e-mail]
Email: [e-mail]
Attorneys for Plaintiff
MEGAUPLOAD LTD.

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Attorneys for Defendant
UNIVERSAL MUSIC GROUP, INC.

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
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NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
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OAKLAND DIVISION

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MEGAUPLOAD LTD.,

CASE NO. C-11-6216 CW

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Plaintiff,
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v.
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JOINT STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED]
ORDER EXTENDING DEFENDANT’S
TIME TO ANSWER OR OTHERWISE
RESPOND TO COMPLAINT

UNIVERSAL MUSIC GROUP, INC.,
[CIVIL L.R. 6-1(a), 6-2]

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Defendant.
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Judge:

Honorable Claudia Wilken

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JOINT STIP AND [PROPOSED] ORDER
CASE NO. C-11-6216 CW

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WHEREAS Plaintiff Megaupload Ltd. (“Plaintiff”) served the Complaint in this matter on
Universal Music Group, Inc. (“Defendant”) on December 13, 2011;

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WHEREAS under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 12(a)(1)(A)(i), the deadline for

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Defendant to answer or otherwise respond to the Complaint would otherwise be January 3, 2012;

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WHEREAS, given the holiday season, Defendant has requested, and Plaintiff has agreed,

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that Defendant may have an additional twenty-one (21) days to answer or otherwise respond to

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the Complaint;

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WHEREAS Plaintiff has requested, and Defendant has agreed, that if Defendant chooses

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to file a motion after having 42 days to prepare it, Plaintiff may have no less than 21 days after in

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which to prepare its Opposition thereto;
WHEREAS there have been no prior time modifications in the case, and the extension
stipulated to herein will not alter the date of any event or deadline already fixed by Court Order;
THEREFORE, pursuant to Civil L.R. 6-1(a) and 6-2, Plaintiff and Defendant
STIPULATE as follows:
Defendant shall have through and including January 24, 2012 to answer or otherwise
respond to the Complaint.
In the event that Plaintiff files a motion or other pleading than an answer, Plaintiff shall
have through and including February 14, 2012 to file its opposition thereto.
Nothing in this stipulation precludes the parties, should they mutually agree to do so, from

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entering and submitting to the Court a Stipulation and [Proposed] Order with a different briefing

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schedule for both opposition and reply briefing.

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SO STIPULATED.

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JOINT STIP AND PROPOSED ORDER
CASE NO. C-11-6216 CW

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DATED: December 23, 2011

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MUNGER, TOLLES & OLSON LLP
By: /s/ Kelly M. Klaus
Kelly M. Klaus

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Attorneys for Defendant
UNIVERSAL MUSIC GROUP, INC.

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DATED: December 23, 2011

ROTHKEN LAW FIRM
By: /s/ Ira P. Rothken
Ira P. Rothken

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Attorneys for Plaintiff
MEGAUPLOAD LTD.

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IT IS SO ORDERED:

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United States District Judge

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ATTESTATION UNDER GENERAL ORDER 45, SECTION X.B.
I have the authorization of Plaintiff’s counsel to submit this Stipulation and
[Proposed] Order.

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/s/ Kelly M. Klaus
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JOINT STIP AND PROPOSED ORDER
CASE NO. C-11-6216 CW