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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

SMRH:480624621.2 STIPULATED REQUEST TO CONTINUE HEARING 

ON DEFENDANTS’ MOTION TO DISMISS

ROSE LAW GROUP

KATHRYN HONECKER (pro hac vice) 

AUDRA PETROLLE (pro hac vice) 

LAUREN NAGEOTTE (pro hac vice) 

7144 E Stetson Drive, Suite 300 

Scottsdale, Arizona 85251 

Telephone: 480.505.3936 

Email: khonecker@roselawgroup.com 

 apetrolle@roselawgroup.com 

 lnageotte@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., et al., 

Defendants.

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

Assigned to the Hon. William H. Orrick 

CLASS ACTION

STIPULATED REQUEST TO CONTINUE 

HEARING ON DEFENDANTS’ MOTION 

TO DISMISS FROM FEBRUARY 8, 2017 

TO FEBRUARY 22, 2017; 

ORDER THEREON.

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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-1- Case No. 3:16-cv-01421-WHO

SMRH:480624621.2 STIPULATED REQUEST TO CONTINUE HEARING 

ON DEFENDANTS’ MOTION TO DISMISS

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

Pursuant to Northern District of California Local Rules 6-1, 6-2, and 7-12, 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 continue the 

hearing on Defendants’ motion to dismiss (Dkt. 50) from February 8, 2017 at 2:00 p.m. to

February 22, 2017 at 2:00 p.m. 

RECITALS

WHEREAS, on December 6, 2016, the Court granted the parties’ stipulated request to 

extend the briefing schedule and set the hearing on Defendants’ motion to dismiss for February 8, 

2017. (Dkt. 52.) 

WHEREAS, lead counsel for Defendants will be out of the country for business on 

February 8, 2017. 

WHEREAS, the parties have met and conferred, and Plaintiff has agreed to join this

request to continue the hearing on Defendants’ motion to dismiss to February 22, 2017 at 2:00 

p.m. so that lead counsel for both parties may attend. 

WHEREAS, all previous time modifications in the case are as follows:

• on March 29, 2016, the parties stipulated to extend Defendants’ deadline to respond 

to the First Amended Complaint from March 30, 2016 to April 20, 2016; 

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

21, 2016 Case Management Conference to September 6, 2016; 

• on June 23, 2016, the parties stipulated to extend Defendants’ deadline to respond 

to the Third Amended Class Action Complaint from June 23, 2016 to June 27, 

2016; 

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

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

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-2- Case No. 3:16-cv-01421-WHO

SMRH:480624621.2 STIPULATED REQUEST TO CONTINUE HEARING 

ON DEFENDANTS’ MOTION TO DISMISS

• 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; 

• on October 5, 2016, pursuant to stipulation of the parties, the Court continued 

Defendants’ deadline to respond to Plaintiff’s Fourth Amended Class Action 

Complaint, set the briefing schedule for Defendants’ response to Plaintiff’s Fifth 

Amended Class Action Complaint, set the hearing on Defendants motion to dismiss 

for January 11, 2017, and continued the Case Management Conference to February 

7, 2016; and 

• on December 6, 2016, pursuant to stipulation of the parties, the Court extended the 

opposition and reply briefing deadlines, continued the hearing on Defendants’ 

motion to dismiss to February 8, 2017, and continued the Case Management 

Conference to February 28, 2017. 

WHEREAS, the continuance requested by the parties will not otherwise affect the schedule 

for the case.

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

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

SMRH:480624621.2 STIPULATED REQUEST TO CONTINUE HEARING 

ON DEFENDANTS’ MOTION TO DISMISS

STIPULATION

NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED by and between the parties, by and 

through their respective counsel, that the hearing on Defendants’ motion to dismiss (Dkt. 50) 

should be continued from February 8, 2017 at 2:00 p.m. to February 22, 2017 at 2:00 p.m. 

IT IS SO STIPULATED. 

Dated: January 18, 2017 ROSE LAW GROUP, PC

By /s/ Kathryn Honecker

Kathryn Honecker (pro hac vice)

Audra Petrolle (pro hac vice) 

Lauren Nageotte (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: January 18, 2017 SHEPPARD MULLIN RICHTER & HAMPTON LLP

By

P. Craig Cardon

Benjamin O. Aigboboh

Eric J. DiIulio

Attorneys for Defendants

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-4- Case No. 3:16-cv-01421-WHO

SMRH:480624621.2 STIPULATED REQUEST TO CONTINUE HEARING 

ON DEFENDANTS’ MOTION TO DISMISS

ORDER

PURSUANT TO STIPULATION, IT IS SO ORDERED:

DATED: , 2017 

 

 The Honorable William H. Orrick 

United States District Judge

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