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MOTION for Extension of Time to File Response to Anticipated Amended Complaint by Pet Supermarket, Inc.. (Attachments: # 1 Text of Proposed Order Proposed Order on Extension of Time)(Kayanan, Maria)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF FLORIDA Case No. 07-21221 CIV- ALTONAGA/TURNOFF RENEE BLASZKOWSKI, et al. Plaintiffs vs. MARS, INC.. PROCTOR AND GAMBLE CO., et. al. Defendants. _______________________________/ DEFENDANT PET SUPERMARKET, INC.'S MOTION FOR EXTENSION OF TIME TO RESPOND TO "AMENDED COMPLAINT" AND MEMORANDUM IN SUPPORT
Defendant PET SUPERMARKET, INC., through undersigned counsel, seeks an extension of time to respond to Plaintiffs' anticipated Amended Complaint. Plaintiffs' counsel has advised Pet Supermarket and the other 13 Defendants that Plaintiffs will be filing an amended complaint, yet as of the date of this motion, the operative pleading remains Doc. 1, filed May 9, 2007. Plaintiffs have not provided a date certain by which they will file their amended complaint. This Court ordered Pet Supermarket to file a response to Plaintiffs' initial complaint by July 5, 2007. Pet Supermarket is therefore in the awkward position of (1) having prepared a response to a complaint that is soon to be superseded; (2) having to file that response by July 5; (3) knowing that Plaintiffs will amend, but (4) not yet having the benefit of that amendment. Although undersigned counsel is fully prepared to comply with this Court's Order and file its response by the

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July 5, 2007 deadline, filing a timely response to Doc.1 would be futile, as the response would be to a non-operative pleading. Pursuant to Local Rule 7.1.A.3, undersigned counsel has conferred with Catherine MacIvor, Counsel for Plaintiffs, who has no objection to a ten-day extension of time to respond to Plaintiffs' forthcoming Amended Complaint. Pursuant to Plaintiffs' counsel's agreement, the due date for the response would therefore be ten days from July 5: July 16, 2007, as July 15 falls on a Sunday. 1 However, Plaintiffs' agreement to a ten-day extension from the current due date, depending on when Plaintiffs file their amended complaint, may conflict with Rule 15(a), Fed. R. Civ. P., which provides that when an amended pleading is filed "[a] party shall plead in response to an amended pleading within the time remaining for response to the original pleading or within 10 days after service of the amended pleading, whichever period is longer, unless the court otherwise orders." (emphasis added). It is impossible to predict when Plaintiffs will file their amended complaint or the extent to which that amendment will diverge from the initial pleading. Perhaps the ten days afforded to Pet Supermarket by right under Rule 15(a) will fall within the ten-day "extension" to which Plaintiffs have agreed. However, if Plaintiffs do not file their amended complaint by July 5, 2007, the ten-day agreed-upon extension cuts short Pet Supermarket's right, under Rule 15(a), to a full ten days to respond. Accordingly, pursuant to rule 15(a), Pet Supermarket respectfully requests that this Court extend the time for filing a responsive pleading to, at the very least, ten days after service of

Defendant Target Corporation has filed an agreed motion for extension of time up to and including July 20, 2007. [Doc. 98-1]. -2-

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Case No. 07-21221 CIV- ALTONAGA/TURNOFF Plaintiffs' (anticipated) Amended Complaint. Respectfully submitted, Kubicki Draper P.A. Attorneys for Pet Supermarket, Inc. 25 West Flagler Street PH Miami, FL 33130 Telephone: [phone] Facsimile: 305-374-7846 By: /s/ MARIA KAYANAN (FBN 305601) [e-mail] ROLANDO A. DIAZ (FBN 963150) [e-mail] CASSIDY DANG (FBN 16482) [e-mail]

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I HEREBY CERTIFY that on this 29th day of June, 2007, a true and correct copy of the foregoing was electronically filed with the Clerk of the Court using CM/ECF. I also certify that the foregoing document is being served this day on all counsel of record identified on the attached service list in the manner specified, either via transmission of Notices of Electronic Filing generated by CM-ECF or in some other authorized manner for those counsel or parties who are not authorized to receive electronically Notice of Electronic Filing. Filed electronically this 29th day of June 2007 /s/ Maria Kayanan Fla. Bar No.: 305601 [e-mail]

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Case No. 07-21221 CIV- ALTONAGA/TURNOFF SERVICE LIST Catherine J. MacIvor Jeffrey E. Foreman Jeffrey B. Maltzman Maltzman Foreman, P.A. One Biscayne Tower 2 South Biscayne Boulevard Suite 2300 Miami, FL 33131 Tel: [phone] Fax: [phone] Email: [e-mail] Email: [e-mail] Email: [e-mail] Attorneys for Plaintiffs Service by CM/ECF Sanford L. Bohrer Scott D. Ponce Holland & Knight 701 Brickell Avenue Suite 3000 Miami, FL 33131 Tel: [phone] Fax: [phone] Email: [e-mail] Email: [e-mail] Attorneys for Defendant Petco Animal Supplies, Inc. Service by: CM/ECF John B.T. Murray, Jr. Squire Sanders & Dempsey LLP 777 S. Flagler Drive Suite 1900 West Palm Beach, FL 33401-6198 Tel: [phone] Fax: [phone] Email: [e-mail] Attorneys for Defendant Petco Animal Supplies, Inc. Service by: CM/ECF -4-

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Robin Lea Hanger Squire, Sanders & Dempsey L.L.P. 200 S Biscayne Boulevard 40th Floor Miami, FL 33131-2398 Tel: [phone] Fax: [phone] Email: [e-mail] Attorneys for Defendant Petco Animal Supplies, Inc. Service by: CM/ECF Susan Mortensen Coffey Burlington Office in the Grove, Penthouse 2699 South Bayshore Drive Miami, FL 33133 Tel: [phone] Fax: [phone] Email: [e-mail] Attorneys for Defendant Petsmart, Inc. Service by: CM/ECF Marty Steinberg Adriana Riviere-Badell Hunton & Williams, LLP Mellon Financial Center 1111 Brickell Avenue Suite 2500 Miami, FL 33131 Tel: [phone] Fax: [phone] Email: [e-mail] Email: [e-mail] Attorneys for Defendant Nutro Products, Inc. Service by: CM/ECF

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Case No. 07-21221 CIV- ALTONAGA/TURNOFF James D. Arden Sidley Austin Brown & Wood 787 Seventh Avenue New York, NY 10019-6018 Tel: [phone] Fax: [phone] Email: [e-mail] Attorneys for Defendant Colgate Palmolive Company Service by: CM/ECF Sherril May Colombo Cozen O'Connor 200 S Biscayne Boulevard Suite 4410 Miami, FL 33131 Tel: [phone] Fax: [phone] Email: [e-mail] Attorneys for Defendant Del Monte Foods, Co. Service by: CM/ECF Richard Fama John J. McDonough Cozen O'Connor 45 Broadway New York, NY 10006 Tel: [phone] Fax: [phone] Email: [e-mail] Email: [e-mail] Attorneys for Defendant Del Monte Foods, Co. Service by: CM/ECF John F. Mullen Cozen O'Connor 1900 Market Street 3rd Floor The Atrium Philadelphia, PA 19103 Tel: [phone] Attorneys for Defendant Del Monte Foods, Co. Service by: CM/ECF -6-

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Case No. 07-21221 CIV- ALTONAGA/TURNOFF Charles Philip Flick Seipp Flick & Kissane 2 Alahabra Plaza Suite 800 Miami, FL 33134 Tel: [phone] Fax: [phone] Email: [e-mail] Attorneys for Defendant Target Corp. Service by: CM/ECF Alan Graham Greer Richman Greer Weil Brumbaugh Mirabito & Christensen 201 S Biscayne Boulevard Suite 1000 Miami, FL 33131 Tel: [phone] Fax: [phone] Email: [e-mail] Attorneys for Defendant Proctor and Gamble Co. Service by: CM/ECF D. Jeffrey Ireland Brian D. Wright Laura A. Sanom Faruki Ireland & Cox 10 N Ludlow Street 500 Courthouse Plaza, SW Dayton, OH 45402 Email: [e-mail] Email: [e-mail] Email: [e-mail] Attorneys for Defendant Proctor and Gamble Co. Service by: CM/ECF

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Case No. 07-21221 CIV- ALTONAGA/TURNOFF Carol Ann Licko Hogan & Hartson 1111 Brickell Avenue Suite 1900 Miami, FL 33131 Tel: [phone] Fax: [phone] Email: [e-mail] Attorneys for Defendant Nestle U.S.A. Inc. Service by: CM/ECF Robert C. Troyer Hogan & Hartson 1200 17th Street One Tabor Center, Suite 1500 Denver, CO 80202 Attorneys for Defendant Nestle U.S.A. Inc. Service by: CM/ECF Robert Dewitt McIntosh Adorno & Yoss 888 SE 3rd Avenue Suite 500 Fort Lauderdale, FL 33335-9002 Tel: [phone] Fax: [phone] Email: [e-mail] Attorneys for Defendant Menu Foods Income Fund Service by: CM/ECF Omar Ortega Dorta & Ortega, P.A. 800 S Douglas Road Douglas Entrance Suite 149 Coral Gables, FL 33134 Tel: [phone] Fax: [phone] Email: [e-mail] Attorneys for Defendant Mars Inc. Service by: CM/ECF

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Case No. 07-21221 CIV- ALTONAGA/TURNOFF Benjamine Reid Olga M. Vieira Carlton Fields 100 SE 2nd Street Suite 4000 PO Box 019101 Miami, FL 33131-9101 Tel: [phone] Fax: [phone] Email: [e-mail] Email: [e-mail] Attorneys for Defendant Colgate Palmolive Company Service by: CM/ECF Hugh J. Turner, Jr. Akerman Senterfitt & Eidson 350 E Las Olas Boulevard Suite 1600 Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301-0006 Tel: [phone] Fax: [phone] Email: [e-mail] Attorneys for Defendant Publix Supermarkets, Inc. Service by: CM/ECF

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