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Nature of Suit Code: 450
Nature of Suit: Interstate Commerce
Cause of Action: 12:1971 Relief under Bank Holding Act

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DAVIS WRIGHT TREMAINE LLP

865 S. FIGUEROA ST, SUITE 2400

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA 90017-2566

(213) 633-6800

Fax: (213) 633-6899

DAVIS WRIGHT TREMAINE LLP

865 South Figueroa Street, Suite 2400

Los Angeles, CA 90017-2566

Telephone: (213) 633-6800

Fax: (213) 633-6899

Rochelle L. Wilcox (SBN 197790)

rochellewilcox@dwt.com

Attorney for Defendant

Apria Healthcare Group, Inc.

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA – FRESNO

MACARTHUR WASHINGTON, on 

behalf of himself and all others similarly 

situated,

Plaintiff,

vs.

APRIA HEALTHCARE GROUP, INC.,

and DOES 1 through 10, inclusive, and 

each of them

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Case No. 1:16-cv-00847-DAD-SKO

THIRD STIPULATION AND ORDER 

TO EXTEND TIME TO RESPOND 

TO INITIAL COMPLAINT (L.R. 144)

This Stipulation is entered by and between Plaintiff MacArthur Washington 

(“Plaintiff”) and Defendant Apria Healthcare, Inc. (“Apria”) through their respective 

counsel of record, with reference to the following facts:

1. Plaintiff filed the Complaint in this action on June 17, 2016.

2. Apria was served with the Complaint on June 29, 2016, making Apria’s 

response to the Complaint originally due July 20, 2016. 

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DAVIS WRIGHT TREMAINE LLP

865 S. FIGUEROA ST, SUITE 2400

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA 90017-2566

(213) 633-6800

Fax: (213) 633-6899

3. Pursuant to Local Rule 144(a), Plaintiff agreed to extend the time for 

Apria to respond to the Complaint by 21 days, up to and including August 10, 2016. 

The parties filed a stipulation to that effect on July 19, 2016 (Doc. 7).

4. Since that time, the parties investigated the facts and circumstances 

alleged in the Complaint and voluntarily exchanged information and documents 

relating to those allegations. To further facilitate that investigation, on August 10, 

2016, the parties filed a stipulation to extend the deadline for Apria to respond to the 

Complaint by an additional 21 days, up to and including August 31, 2016 (Doc. 9). 

On August 11, 2016, the Court entered an order extending the deadline accordingly 

(Doc. 10).

5. Over the past week, the parties have begun exploring the possibility of 

settling their dispute. If the parties voluntarily resolve this case, it will avoid 

unnecessary waste of the parties’ (and the Court’s) time and resources. The parties 

anticipate they will conclude these early settlement discussions one way or another 

within the next three weeks.

6. To facilitate these settlement discussions, the parties stipulate and jointly 

ask the Court to extend the time for Apria to respond to the Complaint by another 30

days, up to and including September 30, 2016. 

7. The parties further ask the Court to reset the Mandatory Scheduling 

Conference from September 29, 2016, to a date and time approximately thirty (30) 

days later. The parties respectfully submit that their early settlement discussions—

and the prospect of conserving limited judicial resources in the event this matter is 

resolved in the near future—constitutes “good cause” sufficient to warrant a brief, 

30-day continuance of the Scheduling Conference and the Court’s entry of a 

scheduling order. See Fed. R. Civ. P. 16(b)(2).

8. All signatories listed below, and on whose behalf the filing is submitted, 

concur in this filing’s content and have authorized this filing.

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DAVIS WRIGHT TREMAINE LLP

865 S. FIGUEROA ST, SUITE 2400

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA 90017-2566

(213) 633-6800

Fax: (213) 633-6899

9. This is the second request to the Court for an extension of time; as noted 

above, the parties initially stipulated to a 21-day extension of time pursuant to Local 

Rule 144(a), which did not require Court approval.

NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED AND AGREED that, 

subject to the approval of the Court, Defendant shall have an extension of time up to 

and including September 30, 2016, to respond to the Complaint in this action, and the 

Court’s Mandatory Scheduling Conference shall be continued from September 29, 

2016 to a date and time to be determined by the Court.

DATED: August 31, 2016 LAW OFFICES OF TODD M. FRIEDMAN, P.C.

TODD M. FRIEDMAN

MEGHAN E. GEORGE

ADRIAN BACON

By: s/ Adrian Bacon *

Adrian Bacon

Attorneys for Plaintiff

MACARTHUR WASHINGTON

* (as authorized by email on 8/30/16)

DATED: August 31, 2016 DAVIS WRIGHT TREMAINE LLP

ROCHELLE L. WILCOX

By: s/ Rochelle L. Wilcox

Rochelle L. Wilcox

Attorney for Defendant 

APRIA HEALTHCARE, INC.

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DAVIS WRIGHT TREMAINE LLP

865 S. FIGUEROA ST, SUITE 2400

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA 90017-2566

(213) 633-6800

Fax: (213) 633-6899

ORDER

Pursuant to the above-stipulation, it is hereby ORDERED that:

1. Defendant shall file its responsive pleading by no later than September 

30, 2016; and

2. The Scheduling Conference currently set for September 29, 2016 in this 

matter is CONTINUED to November 29, 2016 at 10:15 a.m. in Courtroom 7 

before Magistrate Judge Sheila K. Oberto. The parties shall file their joint 

scheduling report by no later than November 22, 2016.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: August 31, 2016 /s/ Sheila K. Oberto .

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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