Wear et al v. Sprint Communications Company L.P. et al
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ORDER Granting 40 Unopposed Motion For Enlargement of Time to Respond to the Complaint. Answer due 10/31/2012. Signed by Magistrate Judge George Foley, Jr on 8/2/2012. (Copies have been distributed pursuant to the NEF - SLR)
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Christopher J. Koenigs, Esq.
Michael B. Carroll, Esq.
SHERMAN & HOWARD L.L.C.
633 Seventeenth Street, Suite 3000
Denver, Colorado 80202
Telephone: (303) 297-2900
Facsimile: (303) 298-0940
E-mail: ckoenigs@shermanhoward.com
mcarroll@shermanhoward.com
Attorneys for Defendant
Qwest Communication Company, LLC
(Lead Counsel)
Joseph E. Jones, Esq.
FRASER STRYKER PC LLO
409 South 1th Street
500 Energy Plaza
Omaha, Nebraska 68102
Telephone: (402) 341-6000
Facsimile: (402) 341-8290
E-mail: jjones@fslf.com
Attorneys for Defendant
Level 3 Communications, LLC and
WilTel Communications, LLC
(Lead Counsel)
Matthew C. Addison, Esq., NSBN 4201
MCDONALD CARANO WILSON LLP
100 W. Liberty Street, Tenth Floor
Reno, NV 89501
Telephone: (775) 788-2000
Facsimile: (775) 788-2020
E-mail: maddison@mcdonaldcarano.com
Attorneys for Defendants
Qwest Communications Company, LLC,
Level 3 Communications, LLC,
Sprint Communications Company, L.P.
and WilTel Communications, LLC
(Local Counsel)
J. Emmett Logan, Esq.
STINSON MORRISON HECKER
LLP
1201 Walnut, Suite 2900
Kansas City, MO 64106
Telephone: (816) 842-8600
Facsimile: (816) 691-3495
E-mail: ELogan@stinson.com
Attorneys for Defendant
Sprint Communications Company
L.P. (Lead Counsel)
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ELIZABETH WEAR and JOHN
BUTCHER, and CARMEN WORSTELL,
on behalf of themselves and all others
similarly situated,
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Case No: 2:11-cv-00809-KJD-GWF
Plaintiffs,
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vs.
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SPRINT COMMUNICATIONS
C,OMPANY, L.P., QWEST
COMMUNICATIONS COMPANY, LLC;
LEVEL 3 COMMUNICATIONS, LLC; and
WILTEL COMMUNICATIONS, LLC,
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Defendants.
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DEFENDANTS' UNOPPOSED MOTION FOR
ENLARGEMENT OF TIME TO RESPOND TO THE COMPLAINT
(SECOND REQUEST) .
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Pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 6(b)(1 )(A), defendants Sprint
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Communications Company L.P., Qwest Communications Company, L.L.C., Level 3
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Communications, L.L.C., and WilTel Communications, L.L.C. (collectively "Defendants")
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hereby move the Court for an extension of time to respond to plaintiffs' Amended Class
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Action Complaint (the "Complaint") to and including October 31, 2012. In support of this
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motion, Defendants state:
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(together with this action, the "Related Class Actions") are pending in courts around the
country and that counsel. for the various parties in the Related Class Actions (the
"Parties") have reached agreement on the substantive terms of a settlement of the
claims in the Related Class Actions, subject to: (a) finalizing settlement documentation,
(b) obtaining final corporate approvals, and (c) implementing the procedural steps
neces?ary to present proposed class action settlements to the multiple courts involved.
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On May 1,2012, defendants sought their initial extension of time, reporting
that a number of class action lawsuits involving subject matter similar to this lawsuit
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Plaintiffs consent to the extension of time requested in this motion.
On May 2, 2012, the Court granted defendants an extension of time, to
August 2,2012, to respond to the Complaint.
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Counsel for the parties now have obtained preliminary and final approval
for five settlements and preliminary approval for twenty-four additional settlements in the
Related Class Actions.
Final approval hearings are scheduled in November and
December, 2012 and ,January, 2013, for the twenty-four settlement agreements that
Ihave been preliminarily approved.
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Counsel for the parties have been working with the Claims Administrator
on mailed notice of those twenty-four settlements, which was made on July 31,2012, on
the publication of notice for those twenty-four settlements, which will occur in August,
2012, and on the construction of settlement websites and call centers, which will make
information about the settlement agreements available to class members.
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Counsel for the parties also continue to work diligently to document and
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finalize settlement agreements in the remaining states, including Nevada. They expect
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to file a motion for preliminary approval of a Nevada agreement prior to October 31,
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2012.
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Defendants request a 90 day extension of time within which to respond to
the Complaint, i.e., an extension to and including October 31, 2012.
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One previous extension of this deadline has been granted. No scheduling
order has been entered in this action. The requested extension will not affect any other
deadlines applicable in this case.
Wherefore,
Defendants
respectfully
request entry of an
order extending
Defendants' deadline to respond to the Complaint by 90 days, i.e., to and including
October 31,2012.
Dated this 1st day of August, 2012.
MCDONALD CARANO WILSON LLP
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By: /s/ Matthew C. Addison
Matthew C. Addison, NV Bar No. 4201
100 West liberty Street, 10th Floor
Reno, NV 89501
Telephone: (775) 788-2000
Facsimile:
(775) 788-2020
E-mail: maddison@mcdonaldcarano.com
(Local Counsel)
Attorneys for Defendants
Qwest Communications Company, LLC,
Level 3 Communications, LLC,
Sprint Communications Company, L.P.
And Wiltel Communications, LLC
IT IS SO ORDERED.
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_____________________________________
UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE
GEORGE FOLEY, MAGISTRATE JUDGE
UNITED STATES JR.
United States Magistrate Judge
DATED:
Dated: August 2, 2012
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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
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I hereby certify, under penalty of perjury, that I am an employee of McDonald
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Carano Wilson
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date a true and correct copy of the DEFENDANTS' SECOND UNOPPOSED MOTION
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and that pursuant to LR 5-3 I caused to be electronically filed on this
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6 'of the Court using the CM/ECF system, which will automatically e-serve the same on
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the attorney of record set forth below.
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Steven E. Guinn
Sara K. Almo
LAXALT & NOMURA, LTD
9600 Gateway Drive
Reno, NV 89521-8953
Mario P. Lovato
LOVATO LAW FIRM, P.C.
8670 W. Cheyenne Ave., Ste. 120
Las Vegas, NV 89129
Dan Millea
ZELLE, HOFFMAN, VOELBEL,
& MASON, LLP
500 Washington Ave. South, Ste. 4000
Minneapolis, MN 66415
William T. Gotfryd
Arthur T. Susman
SUSMAN HEFFNER & HURST LLP
Two First National Plaza
Chicago, IL 60603
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