Korolshteyn v. Costco Wholesale Corporation

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STIPULATION AND ORDER TRANSFERRING CASE TO THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA PURSUANT TO 28 U.S.C. Section 1404(a). Signed by Magistrate Judge Laurel Beeler on 3/31/2015. (lsS, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 3/31/2015)[Transferred from California Northern on 4/1/2015.]

1 William A. Delgado (Bar No. 222666)
[e-mail]
2 WILLENKEN WILSON LOH & DELGADO LLP
3 707 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 3850
Los Angeles, California 90017
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Facsimile: [phone]
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Attorneys for Defendant
6 COSTCO WHOLESALE CORPORATION
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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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11 TATIANA KOROLSHTEYN, on behalf of
herself and all others similarly situated,
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Hon. Laurel Beeler

Plaintiff,

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15 COSTCO WHOLESALE CORPORATION,
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CASE NO.: 3:14-CV-05447-LB

JOINT STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED]
ORDER TO TRANSFER CASE TO THE
SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
PURSUANT TO 28 U.S.C. § 1404(a)

Defendant.

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Plaintiff Tatiana Korolshteyn (“Plaintiff”) and Defendant Costco Wholesale Corporation

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As set forth in the Notice filed by Defendant on January 26, 2015, on January 9,

4 2015, Defendant filed a Notice of Related Action in connection with a pending motion to
5 transfer and consolidate with the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation (“Panel”), MDL
6 2608. The MDL motion seeks to transfer and consolidate this and other related Gingko Biloba
7 class actions in the United States District Court for the Southern District of California.
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As set forth in that same Notice, Plaintiff joined in Defendant’s MDL motion

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The Panel heard oral argument on the MDL Motion on March 26, 2015 in San

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In light of the agreement by all the parties that the various pending matters

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14 of California, the Panel ordered the parties to simply proceed via stipulation to transfer pursuant
15 to 28 U.S.C. § 1404.
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NOW, THEREFORE, PLAINTIFF AND DEFENDANT STIPULATE THAT:

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This case be transferred to Judge Cathy Ann Bencivengo of the United States District

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BONNETT FAIRBOURN FRIEDMAN &
BALINT PC
By: /s/ Patricia N. Syverson
Patricia N. Syverson
Attorneys for Plaintiff
TATIANA KOROLSHTEYN

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Dated: March 27, 2015

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WILLENKEN WILSON LOH &
DELGADO LLP
By: /s/ William A. Delgado
William A. Delgado
Attorneys for Defendant
COSTCO WHOLESALE CORPORATION

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PURSUANT TO STIPULATION, IT IS SO ORDERED.

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March 31, 2015
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Hon. Laurel Beeler
United States District Court Judge

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