"In re MagSafe Apple Power Adapter Litigation."

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STIPULATION Stipulated Request to Continue Case Management Conference and [Proposed] Order by Apple, Inc.. (Muhlbach, Andrew) (Filed on 9/18/2009)

Kitagawa, Jr et al v. Apple, Inc.

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PENELOPE A. PREOVOLOS (CA SBN 87607) ([e-mail]) ANDREW D. MUHLBACH (CA SBN 175694) ([e-mail]) ANNE M. HUNTER (CA SBN 221455) ([e-mail]) ALEXEI KLESTOFF (CA SBN 224016) ([e-mail]) MORRISON & FOERSTER LLP 425 Market Street San Francisco, California 94105-2482 Telephone: [phone] Facsimile: 415.268.7522 Attorneys for Defendant APPLE INC. HELEN I. ZELDES (CA SBN 220051) ([e-mail]) ALREEN HAEGGQUIST (CA SBN 221858) ([e-mail]) ZELDES & HAEGGQUIST, LLP 625 Broadway, Suite 906 San Diego, CA 92101 Telephone: [phone] Facsimile: 619/342-7272 Attorneys for Plaintiffs Naotaka Kitagawa, et al.

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA SAN JOSE DIVISION

NAOTAKA KITAGAWA, JR., TIMOTHY J. BROAD and JESSE REISMAN, on behalf of themselves and all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs, APPLE, INC., and, DOES 1 THROUGH 50, inclusive, Defendants

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STIPULATED REQUEST TO CONTINUE CASE MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE AND [PROPOSED] ORDER The Honorable James Ware Date: September 28, 2009

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TO THE HONORABLE COURT AND TO ALL PARTIES AND THEIR ATTORNEYS OF RECORD: WHEREAS the Case Management Conference in this case is currently scheduled for September 28, 2009, at 10:00 a.m.; WHEREAS the parties' deadline for filing the Joint Case Management Conference Statement is Friday, September 18, 2009; WHEREAS a similar1 action - Tracey Hackwith, et al. v. Apple Inc., Northern District of California, San Jose Division, Case No. 09-cv-03862 RMW ("Hackwith") - was filed on May 15, 2009, in the Central District of California and was transferred to the Northern District of California on August 24, 2009;2 WHEREAS on September 4, 2009, Apple Inc. ("Apple") filed an administrative motion ("Apple's Motion") to consider whether the Hackwith case should be related to this action pursuant to Local Rule 3-12; WHEREAS on September 10, 2009, the Hackwith plaintiffs filed a Notice of NonOpposition to Apple's Motion;3 WHEREAS Apple's Motion is pending; and WHEREAS if the two cases are deemed related, it would serve the interests of judicial economy if all parties in both cases participated in the Rule 26(f) meet and confer, contributed to the Joint CMC statement, and attended the Case Management Conference;

Apple does not by this Stipulation concede any of the factual allegations of the cases or that certification of the putative classes is proper under Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, Rule 23. Judge Fairbank of the Central District of California granted Apple's motion to transfer the Hackwith case to the Northern District of California on August 12, 2009; the case was transferred on August 24, 2009.
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NOW, THEREFORE, the parties hereby stipulate and request that the Court enter an order continuing the Case Management Conference in the Kitagawa matter, currently scheduled for September 28, 2009, until October 19, 2009 at 10:00 a.m. Dated: September 18, 2009 PENELOPE A. PREOVOLOS ANDREW D. MUHLBACH ANNE M. HUNTER ALEXEI KLESTOFF MORRISON & FOERSTER LLP

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/s/ Andrew D. Muhlbach Andrew D. Muhlbach Attorneys for Defendant APPLE INC.

Dated: September 18, 2009

ZELDES & HAEGGQUIST, LLP

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/s/ Helen I. Zeldes Helen I. Zeldes Attorneys for Plaintiffs

STEVEN A. SKALET (admitted pro hac vice) CRAIG L. BRISKIN (admitted pro hac vice) MEHRI & SKALET, PLLC Attorneys for Plaintiffs I hereby attest that I have on file all holograph signatures for any signatures indicated by a "conformed" signature (/s/) within this efiled document. Dated: September 18, 2009 MORRISON & FOERSTER LLP

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[PROPOSED] ORDER PURSUANT TO STIPULATION, IT IS SO ORDERED.

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______________________________________ Hon. James Ware United States District Judge

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