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Nature of Suit Code: 820
Nature of Suit: Copyright
Cause of Action: 17:501 Copyright Infringement

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STIPULATION AND ORDER TO EXTEND TIME TO AMEND ANSWER 

BINGHAM McCUTCHEN LLP 

BETH H. PARKER (SBN 104773) 

AARON SCHUR (SBN 229566) 

CHI SOO KIM (SBN 232346) 

Three Embarcadero Center 

San Francisco, California 94111-4067 

Telephone: 415.393.2000 

Fax: 415.393.2286 

Attorneys for Plaintiff 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

OAKLAND DIVISION 

J. CARLOS FERGUSON, 

Plaintiff, 

v. 

ROCKWELL HOPP; DOES 1 through 10, 

inclusive, 

Defendants. 

No. C 06-01619 (SBA) 

STIPULATION AND ORDER TO 

EXTEND TIME TO AMEND 

ANSWER AS A MATTER OF 

COURSE UNDER FRCP 15(a) 

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This Stipulation and [Proposed] Order to Extend Time to Amend Answer as a 

Matter of Course Under FRCP 15(a) (“Stipulation and Order to Extend”) is agreed to and 

submitted by Plaintiff Carlos Ferguson and Defendant Rockwell Hopp. The need for this 

Stipulation and Order to Extend is based on the following facts: 

WHEREAS, pursuant to Civil Local Rules 6-1 and 6-2, all parties stipulate to 

extend the time frame set in Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 15(a) regarding the amendment of a 

pleading as a matter of course; 

WHEREAS, Mr. Hopp wishes to amend his original Answer filed with the Court 

on April 20, 2006; 

WHEREAS, under the current deadline to amend the Answer as a matter of 

course, pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 15(a), is May 10, 2006; 

WHEREAS, Counsel for the Mr. Hopp will be out of his San Francisco office, on 

business, until May 12, 2006; 

WHEREAS, no other deadline in this matter will be affected by this stipulated 

extension; 

NOW, THEREFORE, subject to the Court’s approval, Mr. Ferguson on the one 

hand, and Mr. Hopp on the other hand, hereby stipulate and agree as follows: 

1. Mr. Hopp shall file an Amended Answer on or before May 19, 2006. No 

Amended Answer may be filed after May 19, 2006 without the written consent of Mr. Ferguson 

or leave of Court, pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 15(a). 

2. Any response to the original Answer of April 20, 2006, including, but not limited 

to, a Motion to Strike Pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 12(f), shall be filed on or 

before May 30, 2006, in the event that Mr. Hopp fails to file an Amended Answer by May 19, 

2006. 

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DATED: May 5, 2006 By: /s/ 

Aaron Schur 

Attorneys for Plaintiff 

CARLOS FERGUSON 

DATED: May 5, 2006 By: /s/ 

Robert H. Gold 

Attorneys for Defendant 

ROCKWELL HOPP 

PURSUANT TO STIPULATION, IT IS SO ORDERED, 

DATED: May 8, 2006 

Hon. Saundra B. Armstrong 

United States District Judge 

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