Dorothy Peralta et al v. Countrywide Homes Loans, Inc. et al

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ORDER Granting re 21 Stipulation Extending deadline for Defendants Countrywide Home Loans, Inc. F/K/A Americas Wholesale Lender, Countrywide Home Loans, Inc., and Countrywide Bank, FSB to respond to first amended complaint, filed by Countrywide Homes Loans, Inc., Countrywide Bank, FSB, Countrywide Home Loans, Inc.. Signed by Judge Phyllis J. Hamilton on 8/21/09. (sv, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 8/21/2009) [Transferred from California Northern on 11/19/2009.][Transferred from California Central on 2/2/2010.]

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1 BROOKS R. BROWN (SBN 250724)
[e-mail] 10250 Constellation Blvd. Tel.: [phone]

2 GOODWIN PROCTER LLP 3 Los Angeles, California 90067 4 Fax: [phone] ROBERT B. BADER (SBN 233165)
[e-mail]

6 GOODWIN PROCTER LLP
Tel.: [phone]

Three Embarcadero Center, 24th Floor

7 San Francisco, California 94111 8 Fax: [phone] Attorneys for Defendants: Countrywide Home
Loans, Inc. f/k/a Americas Wholesale Lender, Countrywide Bank, FSB

10 Countrywide Home Loans, Inc., and 11
10250 Constellation Blvd. Los Angeles, California 90067

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Goodwin Procter LLP

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION DOROTHY PERALTA, STEVEN S. behalf of themselves and others similarly Plaintiffs, v. f/k/a AMERICAS WHOLESALE LENDER, and COUNTRYWIDE BANK, FSB; and Defendants. Case No. C 09-03288 PJH STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER EXTENDING DEADLINE FOR DEFENDANTS COUNTRYWIDE HOME LOANS, INC. F/K/A AMERICAS WHOLESALE LENDER, COUNTRYWIDE HOME LOANS, INC. AND COUNTRYWIDE BANK, FSB TO RESPOND TO FIRST AMENDED COMPLAINT Removed from Alameda County Superior Court, Case No. RG 09455493 Judge: Hon. Phyllis J. Hamilton

16 BIGVERDI, and JAMES MOSCOSO, on 17 situated, 18 19

20 COUNTRYWIDE HOME LOANS, INC.

21 COUNTRYWIDE HOME LOANS, INC., 22 DOES 1 through 200, inclusive, 23 24 25 26 27 28
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Pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 6(b) and Local Rule 6-1, plaintiffs Dorothy Peralta, Steven S.

2 Bigverdi and James Moscoso (collectively, "Plaintiffs") and defendants named as Countrywide 3 Home Loans, Inc., Countrywide Home Loans, Inc. f/k/a America's Wholesale Lender, and 4 Countrywide Bank, FSB (collectively, the "Countrywide Defendants") (the Countrywide 5 Defendants, together, with Plaintiffs, the "Parties"), through their undersigned counsel, hereby 6 stipulate as follows: 7
WHEREAS, on June 2, 2009, Plaintiffs filed their Class Action Complaint for: Fraudulent

8 Omissions, Violation of Bus. & Prof. Code § 17200, et seq., Breach of Contract, and Tortious 9 Breach of the Covenant of Good Faith and Fair Dealing ("Complaint") in the Superior Court of 10 California, Alameda County (the "State Court Action"); 11
WHEREAS, on June 18, 2009, Plaintiffs filed their First Amended Class Action Complaint

12 for: Fraudulent Omissions, Violation of Bus. & Prof. Code § 17200, et seq., Breach of Contract, 13 and Tortious Breach of the Covenant of Good Faith and Fair Dealing ("FAC") in the State Court 14 Action; 15 16
WHEREAS, service of the Complaint was not effected upon the Countrywide Defendants; WHEREAS, on or about July 16, 2009, Plaintiffs effected service of the FAC upon

17 Countrywide Home Loans, Inc.; 18
WHEREAS, before service of the FAC was effected upon the remaining Countrywide

19 Defendants, they timely removed the State Court Action to this Court pursuant to 28 U.S.C. §§ 20 1331 and 1332, as amended in relevant part by the Class Action Fairness Act of 2005 and 21 authorized by 28 U.S.C. §§ 1367, 1441 and 1453 on July 17, 2009; 22
WHEREAS, under Fed. R. Civ. P. 81(c)(2), Countrywide Home Loans, Inc.'s time to

23 answer or otherwise plead in response following the removal was at least twenty (20) days after 24 service of the FAC. Fed. R. Civ. P. 81(c)(2); 25
WHEREAS, inasmuch as service had not been effected upon the remaining Countrywide

26 Defendants at the time of the removal, the Countrywide Defendants' counsel contacted Plaintiffs' 27 counsel on July 20, 2009 to discuss a mutually agreeable date for the Countrywide Defendants to 28 answer or otherwise plead in response to the FAC; 1
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WHEREAS, as a result of that conference and to ensure a coordinated response date,

2 Plaintiffs and the Countrywide Defendants agreed that the Countrywide Defendants should have 3 up to and including August 24, 2009 to answer or otherwise plead in response to the FAC; 4
WHEREAS, Plaintiffs and the Countrywide Defendants filed a Stipulation setting forth

5 their agreement on July 21, 2009. See Stipulation (July 21, 2009) (Docket No. 9); 6
WHEREAS, on August 19, 2009, the Countrywide Defendants' requested, and Plaintiffs'

7 counsel agreed to, a brief extension, up to and including September 1, 2009, of the current, agreed8 upon deadline for the Countrywide Defendants to answer or otherwise plead in response to the 9 FAC in light of a family medical emergency involving the mother one of its counsel, Robert B. 10 Bader, that has required him to travel out-of-state for an indefinite period; 11 12
WHEREAS, no party will be prejudiced by the stipulated-to extension of time; and WHEREAS, this Stipulation is without prejudice to, or waiver of, any rights or defenses

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NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED AND AGREED, between Plaintiffs,

2 by their undersigned counsel, and the Countrywide Defendants, by their undersigned counsel, that 3 the Countrywide Defendants shall have through and including September 1, 2009 to answer or 4 otherwise respond to the FAC in this action. 5 6 7 Dated: August 19, 2009 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 /// 20 21 /// 22 23 /// 24 25 /// 26 27 28 3
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Respectfully submitted, By: /s/ Brooks R. Brown Brooks R. Brown [e-mail] GOODWIN PROCTER LLP 10250 Constellation Blvd. Los Angeles, California 90067 Tel.: [phone] Robert B. Bader [e-mail] GOODWIN PROCTER LLP Three Embarcadero Center, 24th Floor San Francisco, CA 94111 Tel.: [phone] Attorneys for Defendants: Countrywide Home Loans, Inc. f/k/a Americas Wholesale Lender; Countrywide Home Loans, Inc.; and Countrywide Bank, FSB

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Dated: August 19, 2009

/s/ David M. Arbogast David M. Arbogast, Esq. [e-mail] Jeffrey K. Berns, Esq. [e-mail] ARBOGAST & BERNS, LLP 19510 Ventura Blvd., Suite 200 Tarzana, CA 91356 Gerson H. Smoger [e-mail] Steven M. Bronson [e-mail] Mark T. Baller [e-mail] SMOGER & ASSOCIATES 3175 Monterey Boulevard Oakland, CA 94602-3560 Jonathan Shub, Esq. [e-mail] Miriam L. Schimmel [e-mail] SEEGER WEISS LLP 1515 Market Street, Suite 1380 Philadelphia, PA 19102 Attorneys for Plaintiffs: Steven S. Bigverdi, Dorothy Peralta and James Moscoso

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[PROPOSED] ORDER Pursuant to the foregoing Stipulation Extending Time, and for good cause having been

3 shown, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED THAT the Countrywide Defendants shall have up to and 4 including September 1, 2009 to answer or otherwise plead in response to the FAC. DISTRIC S
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