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Nature of Suit Code: 890
Nature of Suit: Other Statutory Actions
Cause of Action: 15:1681 Fair Credit Reporting Act

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STIPULATION FOR EXTENSION OF EXPERT AND CLASS CERTIFICATION DEADLINES

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NICHOLS KASTER, LLP

Matthew C. Helland (CA Bar No. 250451)

helland@nka.com

One Embarcadero Center, Suite 720

San Francisco, CA 94111

Phone: (415) 277-7235

Fax: (415) 277-7238

NICHOLS KASTER, PLLP

Megan D. Yelle (MN Bar No. 0390870*)

myelle@nka.com

4600 IDS Center

80 South 8th Street

Minneapolis, MN 55402

Phone: (612) 256-3200

Fax: (612) 338-4878

[Additional Counsel Listed on Next Page]

ATTORNEYS FOR INDIVIDUAL AND 

REPRESENTATIVE PLAINTIFFS

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SHAWN HEATON, and ANNA AHLBORN, 

individually and as representatives of the classes,

Plaintiffs,

v.

SOCIAL FINANCE, INC. and SOFI LENDING 

CORP.,

Defendants.

Case No. 3:14-cv-05191-TEH

STIPULATION FOR EXTENSION 

OF EXPERT AND CLASS 

CERTIFICATION DEADLINES 

AND PROPOSED ORDER

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BERGER & MONTAGUE, P.C.

E. Michelle Drake (MN Bar No. 0387366*)

emdrake@bm.net

John G. Albanese (MN Bar No. 0395882*)

jalbanese@bm.net

100 South Fifth Street

19th Floor

Minneapolis, MN 55402

Phone: 800-424-6690

Fax 215-875-4604

GOTTLIEB & ASSOCIATES

Jeffrey M. Gottlieb (NY Bar No. JG-7905*)

nyjg@aol.com

Dana L. Gottlieb (NY Bar No. DG-6151*)

danalgottlieb@aol.com

150 East 18th Street, Suite PHR

New York, NY 10003

Phone: (212) 228-9795

Fax: (212) 982-6284

*admitted pro hac vice

ATTORNEYS FOR INDIVIDUAL AND REPRESENTATIVE PLAINTIFFS

MORRISON & FOERSTER LLP

James F. McCabe (CA Bar No. 104686)

jmccabe@mofo.com

Sarah Nicole Davis (CA Bar No. 275145)

sarahdavis@mofo.com

425 Market Street

San Francisco, CA 94105

Telephone: 415.268.7000

Fax: 415.268.7522

ATTORNEYS FOR DEFENDANT

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Pursuant to Local Rules 6-2 and 7-12, Plaintiffs Shawn Heaton and Anna Ahlborn 

(“Plaintiffs”) and Defendants Social Finance, Inc. and SoFi Lending Corp. (“Defendants”) 

(collectively the “parties”), by and through their undersigned counsel, hereby stipulate and agree 

as follows:

WHEREAS, Plaintiffs have made numerous discovery requests for documents and other 

materials from Defendant;

WHEREAS, Plaintiffs made some of the discovery requests that are pertinent to this 

Stipulation as early as February 18, 2015 and made the latest of the requests on December 16, 

2015;

WHEREAS Plaintiffs have met and conferred with Defendants about the timing of 

Defendants’ responses to Plaintiffs’ requests on several occasions;

WHEREAS Defendants have previously agreed to produce the information sought by 

Plaintiffs and set forth in the Declaration of E. Michelle Drake, and represented to the Court that 

such production would be forthcoming, but have been unable to make a production to date;

WHEREAS it has proven to be more difficult that Defendants’ counsel anticipated to 

retrieve information responsive to Plaintiffs’ request than Defendants’ counsel believed when the 

parties discussed scheduling deadlines with the Court on November 2, 2015; 

WHEREAS Plaintiffs acknowledge that Defendants have made a good faith effort to 

produce the requested information but, due to unanticipated difficulties, have been unable to do 

so;

WHEREAS the parties agree that the as-yet unproduced discovery may be relevant to the 

parties’ expert reports for purposes of class certification and to Plaintiffs’ forthcoming motion for 

class certification;

WHEREAS one of Plaintiffs discovery requests (involving search terms) has returned a 

voluminous number of documents and the parties have already met and conferred once and 

agreed to further meet and confer regarding limiting some of those terms so as to facilitate 

production by February 12, 2016;

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WHEREAS Defendant has agreed to produce the information Plaintiffs seek on or before 

February 12, 2016;

WHEREAS Defendants’ anticipated production includes web pages from the SoFi.com 

website as well as communications reflecting possible user complaints about “hard” credit pulls; 

WHEREAS Plaintiffs have already noticed and intend to take at least two depositions 

after receiving and reviewing this information;

WHEREAS Plaintiffs will need to review and code the information after it is received and 

will subsequently need to provide the information to their class certification expert;

WHEREAS, Plaintiffs anticipate that the depositions, the document review process, 

consultation with Plaintiffs’ experts, and preparation of an expert report will require a minimum 

total of 45 days;

WHEREAS the parties intend to mediate this case before Judge Infante on January 26, 

2016;

WHEREAS this request for enlargement is further supported by detailed reasons 

contained in the Declarations of E. Michelle Drake and James F. McCabe;

WHEREAS the parties previously sought an extension of the deadline for Plaintiffs to file 

an amended complaint (ECF No. 44) but this is the parties’ first request for an extension of these 

deadlines;

WHEREAS an extension of these deadlines will not affect any other deadlines in the case 

as the Court’s scheduling order extends only through the completion of briefing on Plaintiffs’ 

motion for class certification (ECF No. 95); 

WHEREFORE, the parties respectfully request the Court extend the following deadlines 

as set forth below.

Event

Existing 

Deadline

Proposed 

Deadline

Plaintiffs Disclose Class Certification Expert(s) 2/1/2016 3/17/2016

Defendants Disclose Rebuttal Expert(s) 3/1/2016 4/15/2016

Plaintiffs File Motion for Class Certification 4/1/2016 5/16/2016

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Dated: January 15, 2016 BERGER & MONTAGUE, P.C.

By: /s/ E. Michelle Drake

E. MICHELLE DRAKE (pro hac vice)

Attorneys for Plaintiffs

Dated: January 15, 2016 MORRISON & FOERSTER LLP

By: /s/ James F. McCabe

JAMES F. MCCABE

Attorneys for Defendants

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ATTESTATION

I, James F. McCabe, am the ECF User whose ID and password are being used to file this 

document. In compliance with Civil L.R. 5-1(i)(3), I hereby attest that E. MICHELLE DRAKE 

concurs in this filing.

Dated: January 15, 2016 MORRISON & FOERSTER LLP

By: /s. James F. McCabe

JAMES F. MCCABE

PURSUANT TO STIPULATION, IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: , 2016

HON. THELTON E. HENDERSON

United States Senior District Judge

01/19

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