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Nature of Suit Code: 850
Nature of Suit: Securities, Commodities, Exchange
Cause of Action: 15:78m(a) Securities Exchange Act

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54190002/335339v1 1 Case No. 06-4458 MJJ 

STIPULATION AND ORDER 

THEODORE A. GRIFFINGER, JR. (SBN 66028) 

ELLEN A. CIRANGLE (SBN 164188) 

TANYA HERRERA (SBN 177790) 

STEIN & LUBIN LLP 

600 Montgomery Street, 14th Floor 

San Francisco, CA 94111 

Telephone: (415) 981-0550 

Facsimile: (415) 981-4343 

Email: tgriffinger@steinlubin.com 

Email: ecirangle@steinlubin.com 

Email: therrera@steinlubin.com 

Attorneys for Plaintiffs 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

JOSEPH AVENIUS, an individual; et al., 

 Plaintiffs, 

v. 

BANC OF AMERICA SECURITIES LLC; 

THE BANK OF NEW YORK; BEAR, 

STEARNS SECURITIES CORP.; 

CITIGROUP, INC.; CREDIT SUISSE (USA) 

INC.; DEUTSCHE BANK SECURITIES, 

INC.; THE GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP, 

INC.; LEHMAN BROTHERS INC.; 

MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & 

SMITH, INC.; MORGAN STANLEY & CO., 

INCORPORATED; UBS FINANCIAL 

SERVICES, INC.; and DOES 1 through 100, 

 Defendants. 

 Case No. 06-4458 MJJ 

STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] 

ORDER REGARDING INITIAL CASE 

MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE 

The Honorable Martin J. Jenkins 

Action Filed: July 21, 2006 

Trial Date: None Set 

WHEREAS, plaintiffs originally filed their complaint in Superior Court for the 

City and County of San Francisco on or about June 22, 2006; 

WHEREAS, defendants removed plaintiffs' complaint to this Court on or about 

July 21, 2006; 

WHEREAS, the Court's Order Setting Initial Case Management Conference and 

ADR Deadlines scheduled an Initial Case Management Conference for October 18, 2006; 

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54190002/335339v1 2 Case No. 06-4458 MJJ 

STIPULATION AND ORDER 

WHEREAS, the initial case management conference was rescheduled pursuant to a 

Clerk's Notice dated August 21, 2006; 

WHEREAS, plaintiffs filed a motion to remand the case to San Francisco Superior 

Court on or about August 16, 2006; 

WHEREAS, plaintiffs' motion to remand has been fully briefed and the parties are 

currently attempting to schedule a date for oral argument; 

WHEREAS, plaintiffs' motion to remand, if granted, will render the initial case 

management conference in this Court unnecessary; 

WHEREAS, the case is not at issue and the parties have agreed, and the Court has 

ordered, that defendants need not file their response to the complaint until thirty (30) days after the 

motion to remand is decided; 

WHEREAS, the number of parties involved in this litigation, and the predominance 

of out-of-state parties, have made it extraordinarily difficult to timely satisfy the parties’ meet and 

confer obligations and prepare their joint case management statement; 

IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED, pursuant to Northern District of California Local 

Rule 7-12, by and between the undersigned counsel for the parties, that the initial case 

management conference shall be continued and, in the event remand is denied, shall be reset 

approximately twenty-eight (28) days (or as soon thereafter as the Court’s schedule permits) 

following the decision on plaintiffs' motion to remand. 

The electronic filer attests that the individuals whose names appear below, have signed this 

document. See General Order, Section X. 

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54190002/335339v1 3 Case No. 06-4458 MJJ 

STIPULATION AND ORDER 

Dated: October 30, 2006 STEIN & LUBIN LLP 

By: /s/ Tanya Herrera 

TANYA HERRERA 

Attorneys for Plaintiffs 

Dated: October 30, 2006 MORGAN, LEWIS & BOCKIUS LLP 

By: /s/ Joseph E. Floren 

JOSEPH E. FLOREN 

Attorneys for The Goldman Sachs Group 

Dated: October 30, 2006 O’MELVENY & MYERS LLP 

By: /s/ Christopher D. Catalano 

CHRISTOPHER D. CATALANO 

Attorneys for Banc Of America Securities LLC 

Dated: October 30, 2006 CLIFFORD CHANCE US LLP 

By: /s/ Daniel R. Harris 

DANIEL R. HARRIS 

Attorneys for The Bank of New York 

Dated: October 30, 2006 PROSKAUER ROSE LLP 

By: /s/ Michael A. Firestein 

MICHAEL A. FIRESTEIN 

Attorneys for Bear, Stearns Securities Corp. 

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54190002/335339v1 4 Case No. 06-4458 MJJ 

STIPULATION AND ORDER 

Dated: October 30, 2006 WILMER CUTLER PICKERING HALE & 

DORR LLP 

By: /s/ Mark D. Flanagan 

MARK D. FLANAGAN 

Attorneys for Citigroup, Inc.; 

Credit Suisse (USA) Inc. 

Dated: October 30, 2006 FENWICK & WEST 

By: /s/ Dean S. Kristy 

DEAN S. KRISTY 

Attorneys for Deutsche Bank Securities, Inc. 

Dated: October 30, 2006 HELLER EHRMAN LLP 

By: /s/ Michael J. Shepard 

MICHAEL J. SHEPARD 

Attorneys for Lehman Brothers Inc. 

Dated: October 30, 2006 SKADDEN, ARPS, SLATE, MEAGHER & 

FLOM LLP 

By: /s/ James E. Lyons 

JAMES E. LYONS 

Attorneys for Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & 

Smith, Inc. 

Dated: October 30, 2006 DAVIS POLK & WARDWELL 

By: /s/ Rajat Soni 

RAJAT SONI 

Attorneys for Morgan Stanley & Co., Incorporated 

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54190002/335339v1 5 Case No. 06-4458 MJJ 

STIPULATION AND ORDER 

Dated: October 30, 2006 KIRKLAND & ELLIS LLP 

By: /s/ Mark E. McKane 

MARK E. McKANE 

Attorneys for UBS Financial Services, Inc. 

PURSUANT TO THE ABOVE STIPULATION, IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Dated: _________________ 

By: 

HON. MARTIN J. JENKINS 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE 

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10/31/2006

The Case Management Conference in continued to Tuesday, February 6, 2007 at 2 pm. 

Joint Case Management Conference Statement due January 29, 2007.

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