Official Committee of Tort Claimants v. PG&E Corporation et al

Filing 17

ORDER by Judge Haywood S. Gilliam, Jr. Granting 15 Stipulation Enlarging Time to File and Word Count of Securities Plaintiffs-Appellants' Reply Brief. Appellant Reply Brief due by 10/26/2020. (ndrS, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 10/14/2020)

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2 LABATON SUCHAROW LLP
Thomas A. Dubbs (pro hac vice)
3 Carol C. Villegas (pro hac vice)
David J. Goldsmith (pro hac vice)
4 Jeffrey A. Dubbin (SBN 287199)
140 Broadway
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212-907-0700
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Lead Counsel for Securities Lead
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Class
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[Additional counsel listed in
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LOWENSTEIN SANDLER LLP
Michael S. Etkin (pro hac vice)
Andrew Behlmann (pro hac vice)
One Lowenstein Drive
Roseland, NJ 07068
973-597-2500
[e-mail]
[e-mail]
MICHELSON LAW GROUP
Randy Michelson (SBN 114095)
220 Montgomery Street, Suite 2100
San Francisco, CA 94104
415-512-8600
[e-mail]
Bankruptcy Counsel for Securities Lead
Plaintiff-Appellant PERA and the Class

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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OAKLAND DIVISION

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No. 20-CV-04567 HSG

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STIPULATION AND
ORDER ENLARGING TIME
TO FILE AND WORD COUNT
OF SECURITIES
PLAINTIFFS-APPELLANTS’
REPLY BRIEF

In re: PG&E CORPORATION and
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COMPANY,
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Debtors.
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STIP. & ORDER
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On Appeal from the United States
Bankruptcy Court for the Northern
District of California, Chapter 11
Case No. 19-30088 (DM) (Lead
Case) (Jointly Administered)

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WHEREAS:

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Public Employees Retirement Association of New Mexico (“PERA”), York

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4 and Fire Retirement System, and Mid-Jersey Trucking Industry & Local No. 701
5 Pension Fund (collectively, “Securities Plaintiffs-Appellants” or “Securities
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On September 3, 2020, Securities Plaintiffs filed a principal brief together

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On October 5, 2020, Debtors-Appellees PG&E Corporation and Pacific Gas

10 and Electric Company filed a brief and an appendix (ECF No. 14);
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On October 5, 2020, Appellee Official Committee of Tort Claimants

12 (“TCC”) filed a brief and an appendix (ECF Nos. 12-13);
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Securities Plaintiffs currently have until October 19, 2020 to file a reply

14 brief in further support of this appeal;
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Because Securities Plaintiffs are replying to appellee briefs of about 23,300

16 words in length combined, Securities Plaintiffs seek an additional seven (7) days,
17 to October 26, 2020, in which to file their reply brief;
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Similarly, because Securities Plaintiffs are filing a single brief in reply to

19 two appellee briefs, Securities Plaintiffs seek permission to file a reply brief
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This is the first request for an enlargement of time in this appeal;

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This is the first request to file a brief exceeding the usual word-count

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Securities Plaintiffs believe the requested enlargement of time will have a

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STIP. & ORDER
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IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED AND AGREED, pursuant to Rules 8015(f)

2 and 9006(b) of the Federal Rules of Bankruptcy Procedure and Bankruptcy Local
3 Rule 9006-1(c), as made applicable to this appeal by Civil Local Rule 16-4, by and
4 among Securities Plaintiffs-Appellants, Debtors-Appellees, and Appellee TCC,
5 through their counsel of record, that:
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Securities Plaintiffs-Appellants shall have an additional seven (7)

7 days, through and including October 26, 2020, to file their reply brief in this
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Securities Plaintiffs-Appellants shall have permission to file a reply

10 brief containing no more than 7,900 words, excluding the items listed in
11 Bankruptcy Rule 8015(g).
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13 Dated: October 13, 2020

Respectfully submitted,

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LABATON SUCHAROW LLP
By:

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/s/ David J. Goldsmith
Thomas A. Dubbs (pro hac vice)
Carol C. Villegas (pro hac vice)
David J. Goldsmith (pro hac vice)
Jeffrey A. Dubbin (SBN 287199)
140 Broadway
New York, NY 10005
212-907-0700
[e-mail]
[e-mail]
[e-mail]
[e-mail]
Lead Counsel for Securities Lead
Plaintiff-Appellant PERA and the Class

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MICHELSON LAW GROUP
Randy Michelson (SBN 114095)
220 Montgomery Street, Suite 2100
San Francisco, CA 94104
415-512-8600
[e-mail]

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LOWENSTEIN SANDLER LLP
Michael S. Etkin (pro hac vice)
Andrew Behlmann (pro hac vice)
One Lowenstein Drive
Roseland, NJ 07068
973-597-2500
[e-mail]
[e-mail]

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Bankruptcy Counsel for Securities Lead
Plaintiff-Appellant PERA and the Class

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WAGSTAFFE, VON LOEWENFELDT,
BUSCH & RADWICK, LLP
James M. Wagstaffe (SBN 95535)
Frank Busch (SBN 258288)
100 Pine Street, Suite 725
San Francisco, CA 94111
415-357-8900
[e-mail]
[e-mail]

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Liaison Counsel for the Class

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ROBBINS GELLER RUDMAN
& DOWD LLP
Darren J. Robbins (SBN 168593)
Brian E. Cochran (SBN 286202)
655 West Broadway, Suite 1900
San Diego, CA 92101
619-231-1058
[e-mail]
[e-mail]

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ROBBINS GELLER RUDMAN
& DOWD LLP
Willow E. Radcliffe (SBN 200089)
Kenneth J. Black (SBN 291871)
Post Montgomery Center
One Montgomery Street, Suite 1800
San Francisco, CA 94104
415-288-4545
[e-mail]
[e-mail]

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Counsel for Securities Act
Plaintiffs-Appellants

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VANOVERBEKE, MICHAUD
& TIMMONY, P.C.
Thomas C. Michaud
79 Alfred Street
Detroit, MI 48201
313-578-1200
[e-mail]

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Additional Counsel for Securities
Act Plaintiffs-Appellants

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WEIL, GOTSHAL & MANGES LLP
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/s/ Richard W. Slack
Richard W. Slack (pro hac vice)
Theodore E. Tserekides (pro hac vice)
Jessica Liou (pro hac vice)
Matthew Goren (pro hac vice)
767 Fifth Avenue
New York, NY 10153-0119
212-310-8000
[e-mail]
[e-mail]
[e-mail]
[e-mail]

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KELLER BENVENUTTI KIM LLP
Tobias S. Keller (#151445)
Peter J. Benvenutti (#60566)
Jane Kim (#298192)
650 California Street, Suite 1900
San Francisco, CA 94108
415-496-6723
[e-mail]
[e-mail]
[e-mail]

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Attorneys for Debtors-Appellees

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BAKER & HOSTETLER LLP
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/s/ David J. Richardson
Robert Julian
Kimberly Morris
David J. Richardson
Lauren T. Attard
Transamerica Pyramid Center
600 Montgomery Street, Suite 3100
San Francisco, CA 94111
415-659-2600
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Attorneys for Appellee Official
Committee of Tort Claimants

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E-Filing Attestation

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I am the ECF user whose user ID and password were utilized to file this

3 document. Pursuant to Civil Local Rule 5-1(i)(3), I attest that I obtained the
4 concurrence in the filing of this document from each of the other signatories above.
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/s/ David J. Goldsmith
David J. Goldsmith

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PURSUANT TO STIPULATION, IT IS SO
ORDERED. Dated: October 14, 2020

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HON. HAYWOOD S. GILLIAM, JR.
UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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