Tavares et al v. Capitol Records, LLC et al

Filing 65

ORDER ADMINISTRATIVELY CLOSING CASE WITHOUT PREJUDICE. Signed by Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers on 5/5/15. (fs, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 5/5/2015)

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1 Peter I. Ostroff, SBN 45718 postroff@sidley.com 2 Rollin A. Ransom, SBN 196126 rransom@sidley.com 3 Sean A. Commons, SBN 217603 scommons@sidley.com 4 SIDLEY AUSTIN LLP 555 West Fifth Street, Suite 4000 5 Los Angeles, California 90013 Telephone: (213) 896-6000 6 Facsimile: (213) 896-6600 7 Attorneys for Defendant CAPITOL RECORDS, LLC 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 OAKLAND DIVISION 12 MARTHA DAVIS, as an individual on behalf of herself and all others similarly situated, 13 Plaintiff, 11 14 15 vs. CAPITOL RECORDS, LLC, et al., Defendants. 16 17 RALPH VIERRA TAVARES, et al., 18 Plaintiffs, 19 vs. 20 CAPITOL RECORDS, LLC, et al., 21 Defendants. 22 ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) Case No. 12-cv-1602-YGR (Related to Case No. 12-cv-3059-YGR) ORDER ADMINISTRATIVELY CLOSING CASES PENDING CONSOLIDATION AND SETTLEMENT APPROVAL Case No. 12-cv-3059-YGR (Related to Case No. 12-cv-1602-YGR) Assigned to: Hon. Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers 23 24 25 26 27 28 12-cv-1602-YGR/12-cv-3059-YGR ORDER Plaintiff Martha Davis (“Davis”), the plaintiff in the action styled as Davis v. Capitol 1 2 Records, LLC, Case No. 12-cv-1602-YGR (the “Davis Action”), and plaintiffs Ralph Vierra 3 Tavares, Arthur Tavares, Feliciano Vierra Tavares, Antone Lawrence Tavares, and Perry Lee 4 Tavares, individually and jointly p/k/a “Tavares”, the plaintiffs in the action styled as Ralph 5 Vierra Tavares, et al. v. Capitol Records, LLC, Case No. 12-cv-3059-YGR (the “Tavares 6 Action”), and Defendant Capitol Records LLC (“Defendant” or “Capitol”), the sole defendant in 7 both the Davis Action and the Tavares Action (collectively, the “Related Actions”), submit the 8 following Joint Supplemental Case Management Statement and proposed order to administratively 9 close these actions pending final approval of a proposed class settlement. As the parties previously advised this Court at a telephonic conference, the Davis Action 10 11 and Tavares Action are the subject of a proposed class settlement pending before the Honorable 12 Susan Illston in Rick James et al. v. UMG Recordings, Inc., CV 11-01613 SI (MEJ) (the “James 13 Action”). See Exhibit A (Stipulation of Settlement). In connection with and solely for purposes 14 of effectuating that proposed class settlement, the parties have stipulated to the filing of a 15 consolidated complaint that joins the Davis Action and Tavares Action with the James Action 16 before Judge Illston. To conserve private and judicial resources, and in light of the pendency of 17 the proposed class settlement, which Judge Illston preliminarily approved on April 28, 2015, 1 the 18 parties stipulate and request that the Davis Action and Tavares Action be administratively closed, 19 without prejudice, pending final approval of the proposed class settlement. 20 21 22 23 1 Based on prior discussions with this Court, the parties advised Judge Illston that the Court 24 supports efforts to resolve the Davis Action and Tavares Action through settlement. Judge Illston directed the parties to relay to this Court that, in the event this Court has an objection to the 25 proposed resolution of the claims asserted in the Davis Action and Tavares Action through a consolidated complaint in the James Action, the parties shall confer with this Court as to an 26 alternative method for resolving those actions. The parties respectfully submit that proceeding in 27 a consolidated fashion in the James Action (the first filed of the three actions) advances the interests of all parties and avoids duplicative proceedings. 28 1 ORDER 12-cv-1602-YGR/12-cv-3059-YGR 1 The parties will advise the Court regarding any ruling relating to final approval of the 2 settlement. Assuming final approval is granted, the parties have stipulated that such approval shall 3 function as dismissal of the Davis Action and the Tavares Action with prejudice. 4 IT IS SO STIPULATED. 5 6 DATED: May 1, 2015 SIDLEY AUSTIN LLP 7 8 14 /s/ Sean A. Commons Peter I. Ostroff (Bar No. 45718) Rollin A. Ransom (Bar No. 196126) Sean A. Commons (Bar No. 217603) SIDLEY AUSTIN LLP 555 West Fifth Street, Suite 4000 Los Angeles, California 90013 Telephone: (213) 896-6000 Facsimile: (213) 896-6600 postroff@sidley.com rransom@sidley.com scommons@sidley.com 15 Attorneys for Defendant Capitol Records, LLC By: 9 10 11 12 13 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 2 ORDER 12-cv-1602-YGR/12-cv-3059-YGR 1 DATED: May 1, 2015 KIESEL LAW LLP 2 3 By: 4 5 6 7 8 9 /s/ Jeffrey A. Koncius Paul R. Kiesel (Cal. Bar No. 119854) Jeffrey A. Koncius (Cal. Bar No. 189803) KIESEL LAW LLP 8648 Wilshire Boulevard Beverly Hills, CA 90211-2910 Telephone: 310.854.4444 Facsimile: 310.854.0812 kiesel@kbla.com koncius@kbla.com Bruce L. Simon (Bar No. 96241) Robert G. Retana (Bar No. 148677) Aaron M. Sheanin (Bar No. 214472) William J. Newsom (Bar No. 267643) PEARSON, SIMON &WARSHAW, LLP 44 Montgomery Street, Suite 2450 San Francisco, CA 94104 Telephone: (415) 433-9000 Facsimile: (415) 433-9008 bsimon@pswlaw.com rretana@pswlaw.com asheanin@pswlaw.com wnewsom@pswlaw.com 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Clifford H. Pearson (Bar No. 108523) Daniel L. Warshaw (Bar No. 185365) PEARSON, SIMON & WARSHAW, LLP 15165 Ventura Boulevard, Suite 400 Sherman Oaks, CA 91403 Telephone: (818) 788-8300 Facsimile: (818) 788-8104 cpearson@pswlaw.com dwarshaw@pswlaw.com 17 18 19 20 21 Neville L. Johnson (Bar No. 66329) Douglas L. Johnson (Bar No. 209216) James T. Ryan (Bar No. 210515) JOHNSON & JOHNSON LLP 439 N. Canon Drive, Suite 200 Beverly Hills, CA 90210 Telephone: (310) 975-1080 Facsimile: (310) 975-1095 njohnson@jjllplaw.com djohnson@jjllplaw.com jryan@jjllplaw.com 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 12-cv-1602-YGR/12-cv-3059-YGR ORDER Michael D. Hausfeld (pro hac vice pending) James J. Pizzirusso (pro hac vice pending) HAUSFELD LLP 1700 K Street, NW Suite 650 Washington, D.C. 20006 Telephone: (202) 540-7200 Facsimile: (202) 540-7201 mhausfeld@hausfledllp.com jpizzirusso@hausfeldllp.com 1 2 3 4 5 Michael P. Lehmann (Bar No. 77152) Bruce J. Wecker (Bar No. 78530) Arthur N. Bailey, Jr. (Bar No. 248460) HAUSFELD LLP 44 Montgomery Street, Suite 3400 San Francisco, CA 94104 Telephone: (415) 633-1908 Facsimile: (415) 358-4980 mlehmann@hausfeldllp.com bwecker@hausfeldllp.com abailey@hausfeldllp.com 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 David M. Given (Cal. Bar No. 142375) PHILLIPS, ERLEWINE & GIVEN LLP 50 California Street, 35th Floor San Francisco, CA 94111 Telephone: (415) 398-0900 Facsimile: (415) 398-0911 dmg@phillaw.com 13 14 15 16 Michael W. Sobol (Cal. Bar No. 194857) LIEFF CABRASER HEIMANN & BERNSTEIN, LLP 275 Battery Street, 29th Floor San Francisco, California 94111 Telephone: (415) 956-1000 Facsimile: (415) 956-1008 msobol@lchb.com 17 18 19 20 21 Leonard B. Simon (Cal Bar No. 58310) LAW OFFICES LEONARD B. SIMON P.C. 655 West Broadway, Suite 1900 San Diego, California 92101 Telephone: (619) 338-4549 Facsimile: (619) 231-7423 lens@rgrdlaw.com 22 23 24 25 26 Attorneys for Martha Davis and the Class 27 28 12-cv-1602-YGR/12-cv-3059-YGR ORDER 1 DATED: May 1, 2015 INDIK & McNAMARA, P.C. 2 3 /s/ Thomas S. McNamara Thomas S. McNamara (Pro Hac Vice) INDIK & McNAMARA, P.C. 100 South Broad Street, Suite 2230 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19110 Telephone: (215) 567-7125 Facsimile: (215) 563-8330 mcnamara@snip.net By: 4 5 6 7 8 Michael F. Ram (Bar No. 104805) RAM, OLSON, CEREGHINO & KOPCZYNSKI LLP 555 Montgomery Street, Suite 820 San Francisco, California 94111 Telephone: (415) 433-4949 Facsimile: (415) 433-7311 mram@rocklawcal.com 9 10 11 12 13 Attorneys for Tavares and the Class 14 15 ORDER 16 17 18 Action Good cause appearing, including the joint stipulation of counsel for the parties, the Davis and Tavares Action are hereby administratively closed without 19 prejudice pending final approval of a pending proposed class action settlement in the James Action. 20 IT IS SO ORDERED. 21 May 5 22 Dated: ________________, 201 23 __________________________________ Hon. Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers United States District Judge 24 25 26 27 28 1 ORDER 12-cv-1602-YGR/12-cv-3059-YGR

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