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Nature of Suit Code: 850
Nature of Suit: Securities, Commodities, Exchange
Cause of Action: 15:78m(a) Securities Exchange Act

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Case No. 3:15-cv-01373-VC

SMRH:464145324.1 STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER TO EXTEND TIME TO RESPOND TO 

AMENDED COMPLAINT 

SHEPPARD, MULLIN, RICHTER & HAMPTON LLP

A Limited Liability Partnership 

Including Professional Corporations 

CHARLES L. KREINDLER, Cal. Bar No. 119933 

ANTHONY N. MOSHIRNIA, Cal. Bar No. 254253 

333 South Hope Street, 43rd Floor 

Los Angeles, California 90071-1422 

Telephone: 213.620.1780 

Facsimile: 213.620.1398 

Email: ckreindler@sheppardmullin.com 

amoshirnia@sheppardmullin.com 

Attorneys for Lucy Gao (erroneously sued 

herein as “Lucy Gao, aka Xiang Xin Gao”) 

and HK Grace Building LLC 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION 

JD BROTHERS LLC, a California Limited 

Liability Company; WEI “WENDY” 

HUANG, an individual; and WEI 

“WENDY” HUANG as TRUSTEE of the 

GUO/HUANG FAMILY TRUST, a 

California trust, 

Plaintiffs, 

v. 

LIBERTY ASSET MANAGEMENT 

CORPORATION; BENJAMIN KIRK, aka 

BENNY KO, aka TZU PING KO; LUCY 

GAO, aka XIANG XIN GAO; SUNSHINE 

VALLEY LLC; HK GRACE BUILDING 

LLC; and DOES 1-20, 

Defendants. 

 Case No. 3:15-cv-01373-VC 

STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] 

ORDER TO EXTEND TIME TO 

RESPOND TO AMENDED 

COMPLAINT 

Judge: Hon. Vince Chhabria 

Crtrm.: 4, 17th Floor 

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-1- Case No. 3:15-cv-01373-VC

SMRH:464145324.1 STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER TO EXTEND TIME TO RESPOND TO 

AMENDED COMPLAINT 

RECITALS 

WHEREAS, on March 25, 2015, Plaintiff JD Brothers LLC (“JD Brothers”) filed 

its complaint in this action, in response to which Defendants timely filed motions to 

dismiss, which were fully briefed and set for hearing on July 17, 2015; 

WHEREAS, the law firm of Cotchett, Pitre & McCarthy LLP was retained by JD 

Brothers after it had filed its opposition to the motions to dismiss and, on June 15, 2015, 

the firm filed an Association of Counsel and Notices of Appearances for Joseph W. 

Cotchett and Nancy L. Fineman; 

WHEREAS, the parties stipulated and the Court entered an Order on June 26, 2015 

to (1) take off calendar the then-pending motions to dismiss, (2) permit JD Brothers to file 

an amended complaint, and (3) set August 31, 2015 as Defendants’ deadline to respond to 

the amended complaint; 

WHEREAS, JD Brothers filed its amended complaint on July 27, 2015, which 

added new parties as Plaintiffs and dismissed certain parties as Defendants; 

WHEREAS, on August 11, 2015 the Court entered an Order permitting thencounsel for Defendants Benny Ko, Liberty Asset Management Corporation, and Sunshine 

Valley LLC (the “Ko Defendants”) to withdraw from the action, and such counsel did 

withdraw; 

WHEREAS, the Ko Defendants retained the law firm of Robinson & Wood, Inc., 

and Jesse F. Ruiz filed a Notice of Appearance as attorney of record in this action for the 

Ko Defendants on August 13, 2015; 

WHEREAS, prior to and during the telephonic case management conference held 

on August 18, 2015, and in subsequent communications, counsel for the parties agreed in 

the interests of efficiency and economy to extend Defendants’ deadline to respond to the 

amended complaint; 

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-2- Case No. 3:15-cv-01373-VC

SMRH:464145324.1 STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER TO EXTEND TIME TO RESPOND TO 

AMENDED COMPLAINT 

NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS HEREBY AGREED AND STIPULATED, by and 

among all parties, through their undersigned counsel of record, and subject to approval of 

this Court that: 

1. The deadline for all Defendants to respond to Plaintiffs’ amended complaint 

is continued from August 31, 2015 to September 21, 2015; 

2. Plaintiffs’ opposition to any motion(s) to dismiss the amended complaint 

must be filed by October 13, 2015; 

3. Defendants’ reply in support of any motion(s) to dismiss the amended 

complaint must be filed by October 20, 2015; and 

4. The hearing on any motion(s) to dismiss the amended complaint is set for 

November 19, 2015. 

IT IS SO STIPULATED. 

Dated: August 27, 2015 

 SHEPPARD, MULLIN, RICHTER & HAMPTON LLP

By /s/ Anthony N. Moshirnia 

 ANTHONY N. MOSHIRNIA 

Attorneys for Lucy Gao (erroneously sued herein 

as “Lucy Gao, aka Xiang Xin Gao”) and HK 

Grace Building LLC 

Dated: August 27, 2015 

 COTCHETT, PITRE & McCARTHY, LLP 

By /s/ Nancy L. Fineman 

 NANCY L. FINEMAN 

Attorneys for JD Brothers LLC, Wei “Wendy” 

Huang, and the Guo/Huang Family Trust 

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-3- Case No. 3:15-cv-01373-VC

SMRH:464145324.1 STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER TO EXTEND TIME TO RESPOND TO 

AMENDED COMPLAINT 

Dated: August 27, 2015 

 ROBINSON & WOOD INC. 

By /s/ Jesse F. Ruiz 

 JESSE F. RUIZ 

Attorneys for Benny Ko, Liberty Asset 

Management Corporation, and Sunshine Valley 

LLC 

 

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-5- Case No. 3:15-cv-01373-VC

SMRH:464145324.1 STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER TO EXTEND TIME TO RESPOND TO 

AMENDED COMPLAINT 

[PROPOSED] ORDER 

PURSUANT TO STIPULATION OF THE PARTIES AND GOOD CAUSE 

APPEARING: 

1. The deadline for all Defendants to respond to Plaintiffs’ amended complaint 

is continued from August 31, 2015 to September 21, 2015; 

2. Plaintiffs’ opposition to any motion(s) to dismiss the amended complaint 

must be filed by October 13, 2015; 

3. Defendants’ reply in support of any motion(s) to dismiss the amended 

complaint must be filed by October 20, 2015; and 

4. The hearing on any motion(s) to dismiss the amended complaint is set for 

November 19, 2015. 

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

DATED: __________, 20__ 

VINCE CHHABRIA 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE 

August 28 15

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