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Nature of Suit Code: 370
Nature of Suit: Other Fraud
Cause of Action: 28:1441 Petition for Removal

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Case No. 3:16-cv-01421-WHO

Stipulated Request to Extend Briefing Schedule, Hearing Date, and CMC and [Proposed] Order

ROSE LAW GROUP

KATHRYN HONECKER (admitted pro hac vice)

AUDRA PETROLLE (admitted pro hac vice)

7144 E Stetson Drive, Suite 300

Scottsdale, Arizona 85251

Telephone: 480.505.3936

Email: khonecker@roselawgroup.com

apetrolle@roselawgroup.com

Attorneys for Plaintiff and the Proposed Class

[Additional Counsel on Signature Page]

SHEPPARD MULLIN RICHTER & HAMPTON LLP

P. CRAIG CARDON, Cal. Bar No. 168646

BENJAMIN O. AIGBOBOH, Cal. Bar No. 268531

ERIC J. DIIULIO, Cal. Bar No. 301439

Four Embarcadero Center, 17th Floor

San Francisco, California 94111-4109

Telephone: 415.434.9100

Email: ccardon@sheppardmullin.com

baigboboh@sheppardmullin.com

ediiulio@sheppardmullin.com

Attorneys for Defendants

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION

WILLIAM RUSHING, Individually and on 

Behalf of all Others Similarly Situated,

Plaintiff,

v.

WILLIAMS-SONOMA, INC., a Delaware 

corporation, also d/b/a Williams-Sonoma, and 

Williams-Sonoma Home, Pottery Barn, PB 

Teen, and PB Dorm, Pottery Barn Kids, 

Pottery Barn Baby, and West Elm; 

WILLIAMS-SONOMA DTC, INC., a 

California corporation; WILLIAMSSONOMA ADVERTISING, INC., a 

California corporation; and DOES 1-30,

Defendants.

Case No. 3:16-cv-01421-WHO

Assigned to the Hon. William H. Orrick

CLASS ACTION

STIPULATED REQUEST TO EXTEND 

BRIEFING SCHEDULE, HEARING 

DATE, AND CMC AND ORDER

Complaint Filed: January 29, 2016

Action Removed: March 23, 2016

5th Am. Complaint Filed: October 24, 2016

Trial Date: None Set

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Stipulated Request to Extend Briefing Schedule, Hearing Date, and CMC and Order

TO THE COURT, ALL PARTIES, AND THEIR ATTORNEYS OF RECORD:

Pursuant to Northern District of California Local Rule 6-1(b) and 6.2, Plaintiff William 

Rushing (“Plaintiff”) and Defendants Williams-Sonoma, Inc., Williams-Sonoma DTC, Inc., and 

Williams-Sonoma Advertising, Inc. (collectively “Defendants”), by and through their respective 

counsel, hereby respectfully stipulate and jointly request that the Court extend the briefing and 

hearing schedule for Defendants’ Motion to Dismiss, or, in the Alternative, Motion to Strike 

Portions of, Fifth Amended Complaint (“Motions”) (Doc. No. 50) and continue the Case 

Management Conference as currently set forth in the Stipulated Request and Order: (1) Extending 

Deadline to Respond to Fourth Amended Complaint; (2) Setting Deadline to Respond to Proposed 

Fifth Am. Complaint; (3) Setting Briefing Schedule for Anticipated Motion to Dismiss; and (4) 

Continuing Nov. 8, 2016 CMC (Doc. No. 48).

RECITALS

WHEREAS, Plaintiff filed his Fourth Amended Class Action Complaint (Dkt. 43) on 

September 14, 2016;

WHEREAS, Plaintiff intended to and did file his Fifth Amended Class Action Complaint 

(Dkt. 49) on October 24, 2016, which added additional damages claims under the Consumer Legal 

Remedies Act, California Civil Code § 1782(b).

WHEREAS, because the parties’ agreed that Plaintiff’s Fifth Amended Complaint would 

render moot any response to the Fourth Amended Class Action Complaint filed by Defendants, the 

parties stipulated and requested that the Court extend Defendants’ deadline to respond to the 

Fourth Amended Complaint until after Plaintiff’s anticipated filing of his Fifth Amended 

Complaint;

WHEREAS, in the parties’ stipulation and request to the Court, they also stipulated to a 

briefing schedule (set forth below) for Defendants’ anticipated motion to dismiss and to continue 

the Case Management Conference; 

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Stipulated Request to Extend Briefing Schedule, Hearing Date, and CMC and Order

WHEREAS, on October 5, 2016, the Court scheduled the hearing on Defendants’ motion 

to dismiss for January 11, 2017 at 2 p.m. and the initial Case Management Conference in this 

matter for February 7, 2017 (Doc. 48). 

WHEREAS, Plaintiff’s counsel seeks an extension of three additional days to file 

Plaintiff’s opposition to Defendants’ Motions.

WHEREAS, at the time Plaintiff agreed to the prior schedule, he was aware that 

Defendants would be filing a motion to dismiss under Fed. R. Civ. P. 12(b), but was unaware the 

they would also be filing a motion to strike under Fed. R. Civ. P. 12(f). In light of the holiday 

season and work devoted to a motion for class certification Plaintiffs’ counsel filed on November 

28, 2016, in an unrelated action, Plaintiff’s counsel seeks a modest extension of time to thoroughly 

address each of the issues raised in Defendants’ Motions.

WHEREAS, Plaintiff and Defendants have met and conferred and agree that Plaintiff’s 

deadline to respond to Defendants’ Motions should be extended three days to Friday, December 9, 

2016, and that Defendants’ deadline to file a reply in support of their Motions should be extended 

to January 9, 2017. These extensions will not have a significant effect on the overall schedule for 

this case and would be in the parties’ best interests and in the interest of judicial economy because 

they will allow the parties to adequately address each of the issues raised in Defendants’ Motions.

WHEREAS, pursuant to Local Rule 6-2(a)(2), all previous time modifications in the case 

are as follows:

 on March 29, 2016, the parties stipulated to extend Defendants’ time to respond to 

the First Amended Complaint from March 30, 2016 to April 20, 2016 (Doc. No. 

16);

 on May 5, 2016, pursuant to stipulation of the parties, the Court continued the June 

21, 2016 Case Management Conference to September 6, 2016 (Doc. No. 20);

 on June 23, 2016, the parties stipulated to extend Defendants’ time to respond to 

the Third Amended Complaint from June 23, 2016 to June 27, 2016 (Doc. No. 25);

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 on August 4, 2016, pursuant to stipulation of the parties, the Court continued the 

September 6, 2016 Case Management Conference to September 13, 2016 to 

accommodate a scheduling conflict by lead counsel for Defendant (Doc. No. 35); 

 on August 23, 2016, pursuant to stipulation of the parties, the Court continued the 

September 13, 2016 Case Management Conference, and on September 26, 2016 the 

Court scheduled the Case Management Conference for November 8, 2016; and

 on October 5, 2016, pursuant to stipulation of the parties and for reasons explained 

above, the Court extended Defendants’ deadline to respond to the Fourth Amended 

Complaint, if necessary, to November 14, 2016, and continued the November 8, 

2016 Case Management Conference to February 7, 2017 (Doc. No. 48).

WHEREAS, the instant stipulation and request for an extension will be the first extension 

of a filing deadline requested by Plaintiff.

WHEREAS, Kathryn Honecker attests that Eric DiIulio concurs in filing this Stipulated 

Request to Extend Briefing Schedule, Hearing Date, and Case Management Conference.

STIPULATION

NOW, THEREFORE, THE PARTIES HEREBY STIPULATE and respectfully request 

that the current briefing and hearing schedule related to Defendants’ Motion to Dismiss, or, in the 

Alternative, Motion to Strike Portions of, Fifth Amended Complaint (“Motions”) currently set 

forth in the Stipulated Request and Order: (1) Extending Deadline to Respond to Fourth Amended 

Complaint; (2) Setting Deadline to Respond to Proposed Fifth Am. Complaint; (3) Setting 

Briefing Schedule for Anticipated Motion to Dismiss; and (4) Continuing Nov. 8, 2016 CMC 

(Doc. No. 48) be amended as follows:

Case Event Current Dates (Doc. No. 

48)

Proposed Dates

Plaintiff’s deadline to file opposition to 

Defendants’ Motions

December 6, 2016 December 9, 2016

Defendants’ deadline to file reply in 

support of their Motions

December 20, 2016 January 9, 2017

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Hearing on Defendants’ Motions January 11, 2017 February 8, 2017 or 

the next available date

Case Management Conference and all 

related deadlines

February 7, 2017 February 28, 2017 or 

the next available date

IT IS SO STIPULATED. 

Dated: December 5, 2016 ROSE LAW GROUP, PC

By /s/ Kathryn Honecker

Kathryn Honecker (admitted pro hac vice)

Audra Petrolle (admitted pro hac vice)

-andGeorge Richard Baker, Cal. Bar No. 224003

BAKER LAW, PC

436 N. Stanley Avenue

Los Angeles, California 90036

Telephone: 323.452.9685

Email: richard@bakerlawpc.com

Attorneys for Plaintiffs and the Proposed Class

Dated: December 5, 2016 SHEPPARD MULLIN RICHTER & HAMPTON LLP

By /s/ Eric J. DiIulio

P. Craig Cardon

Benjamin O. Aigboboh

Eric J. DiIulio

Attorneys for Defendants

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ORDER

PURSUANT TO STIPULATION, IT IS SO ORDERED, as clarified below:

The Court grants the proposed extensions. The hearing on defendants’ motion to dismiss 

is continued until February 8, 2017 at 2 p.m. and the Case Management Conference is continued 

until February 28, 2017 at 2 p.m.

DATED: December 6, 2016

The Honorable William H. Orrick

United States District Judge

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