Source: s3://data.kl3m.ai/documents/govinfo/USCOURTS/USCOURTS-cand-4_12-cv-03897/USCOURTS-cand-4_12-cv-03897-12/pdf.json

Nature of Suit Code: 470
Nature of Suit: Civil (Rico)
Cause of Action: 18:1962 Racketeering (RICO) Act

---

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

Case No. 4:12-cv-3897-YGR

JOINT STATEMENT AND [PROPOSED] ORDER TO MODIFY CASE SCHEDULE

BARON & BUDD P.C. 

Daniel Alberstone (SBN 105275) 

dalberstone@baronbudd.com 

Roland Tellis (SBN 186269) 

rtellis@baronbudd.com 

Mark Pifko (SBN 228412) 

mpifko@baronbudd.com 

15910 Ventura Boulevard , Suite 1600 

Encino, California 91436 

Telephone: 818. 839.2333 

Facsimile: 818.986.9698 

Attorneys for Plaintiffs 

Diana Ellis, James Schillinger and 

Ronald Lazar, individually, and on 

behalf of other members of the public 

similarly situated 

ARNOLD & PORTER LLP 

Peter Obstler (No. 171623) 

peter.obstler@aporter.com 

Jee Young You (No. 241658) 

jeeyoung.you@aporter.com 

Three Embarcadero Center, 10th Floor 

San Francisco, CA 94111-4024 

Telephone: 415.471.3100 

Facsimile: 415.471.3400 

Attorneys for Defendants 

JPMorgan Chase & Co. and JPMorgan 

Chase Bank, N.A. for itself and as 

successor by merger to Chase Home 

Finance LLC 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

DIANA ELLIS, JAMES SCHILLINGER, 

RONALD LAZAR, individually, and on behalf of other members of the general 

public similarly situated, 

 Plaintiffs, 

 vs. 

J.P. MORGAN CHASE & CO., a 

Delaware corporation, J.P. MORGAN 

CHASE BANK, N.A., a national 

association, for itself and as successor by 

merger to Chase Home Finance, LLC, and 

CHASE HOME FINANCE LLC, a 

Delaware limited liability company, 

 Defendants.

Case Number: 4:12-cv-3897-YGR 

CLASS ACTION 

[Related to Case Nos. C-12-00664- 

YGR, C-12-3892-YGR,] 

JOINT STATEMENT AND 

[PROPOSED] ORDER TO MODIFY 

CASE SCHEDULE 

Judge: Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers

Action filed: July 24, 2012

Trial Date: None Set 

Case 4:12-cv-03897-YGR Document 159 Filed 02/10/15 Page 1 of 6
1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

 1 Case No. 4:12-cv-3897-YGR

JOINT STATEMENT AND [PROPOSED] ORDER TO MODIFY CASE SCHEDULE

Plaintiffs Diana Ellis, James Schillinger and Ronald Lazar (“Plaintiffs”) and 

JPMorgan Chase & Co. and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., for itself and as the successor 

by merger to Chase Home Finance (“Chase” or “Defendants”) (together, the “Parties”) 

respectfully submit: (i) a Joint Statement summarizing the status of the litigation and 

apprising the Court of the need for a brief modification of the remaining pretrial deadlines 

relating to mediation and expert disclosures only; and (ii) an accompanying proposed 

form of order (the “Proposed Order”).1

 None of the proposed changes to the case 

schedule will move any currently-set hearing dates or court-filing deadlines. 

I. JOINT STATEMENT 

Although the Parties have engaged in diligent efforts to gather and analyze 

voluminous and complex loan transaction data (“loan level data”) concerning the number 

of property inspections Chase charged to borrowers and the amounts paid by such 

borrowers on millions of Chase loans, the Parties agree that certain pending pretrial dates 

relating to mediation, expert disclosures, and expert discovery should be briefly extended 

in order to allow the Parties’ experts sufficient time to analyze such information in 

connection with the preparation of their expert reports. Accordingly, the Parties 

respectfully propose a brief extension of the following dates, none of which affect any 

hearing date or court filing deadline: 

Event Current Deadline Proposed Extension 

Disclosure of Experts: Opening February 20, 2015 March 6, 2015 

 

Disclosure of Experts: Rebuttal March 24, 2015 March 31, 2015 

Mediation Cutoff March 16, 2015 May 1, 2015 

 

 

1

 This request is limited to this case only. Plaintiffs do not request any extension of the 

deadlines in the related cases, Bias, et al. v. Wells Fargo & Co., et al. and Stitt, et al. v. 

Citibank, N.A., et al.

Case 4:12-cv-03897-YGR Document 159 Filed 02/10/15 Page 2 of 6
1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

2 Case No. 4:12-cv-3897-YGR

JOINT STATEMENT AND [PROPOSED] ORDER TO MODIFY CASE SCHEDULE

The Parties believe that the requested modification to the case schedule is 

warranted for the following reasons: 

As of early November 2014, Chase had produced loan level data for approximately 

1.5 million loans dating back to 2008. Additionally, on January 27, 2015, pursuant to 

Judge Spero’s October 29, 2014 Order (Dkt. 119), Chase produced additional loan level 

data dating back to 2001. Finally, over the course of the past 60 days, Chase performed 

certain validation and testing of its loan level data and produced to Plaintiffs certain 

additional, updated loan level data files. However, within the past week, Chase’s counsel 

informed Plaintiffs’ counsel that Chase has located some additional loan level data 

concerning a bank acquired by Chase, and that Chase will complete its production of such 

data by February 11, 2015. 

On November 13, 2014, Plaintiffs took the deposition of Chase’s person most 

qualified, pursuant to Rule 30(b)(6), with respect to the loan level data that Chase had 

produced as of that date. That deposition revealed, among other things, the challenges 

and difficulty in reconciling Chase’ loan level data as a result of various “heritage” 

systems -- historical systems used by a series of predecessor institutions -- which used 

different software codes, transactional codes and methods of recording property 

inspections fees assessed and paid. As a result of that deposition, the Parties agreed that 

Chase would produce additional data and an additional witness to testify on Chase’s 

behalf once Chase completed production of the loan level data ordered by Judge Spero. 

In that regard, on February 5, 2015, Plaintiffs took the continued deposition of Chase’s 

30(b)(6) designee with respect to Chase’s loan level data. Again, challenges with respect 

to the integration of the various heritage systems became apparent and, based on the 

testimony provided during the February 5 deposition, Plaintiffs have requested, and Chase 

has agreed, to produce additional data concerning the property inspection fees paid by 

borrowers. 

As a result of the above, the Parties and their experts will essentially have less than 

two weeks to analyze all of Chase’s loan level data housed on various “heritage” systems 

Case 4:12-cv-03897-YGR Document 159 Filed 02/10/15 Page 3 of 6
1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

3 Case No. 4:12-cv-3897-YGR

JOINT STATEMENT AND [PROPOSED] ORDER TO MODIFY CASE SCHEDULE

for millions of loans before the current initial expert report deadline of February 20, 2015. 

Therefore, a modest extension to the expert disclosure and expert discovery dates will 

ensure that each of the Parties’ experts, and the Court, will have the best available 

information concerning the number of property inspection fees Chase charged to 

borrowers and the amounts paid by those borrowers. Providing the Parties’ experts with a 

thorough opportunity to analyze such information for purposes of their expert witness 

reports serves the best interests of all involved, including the Court and, ultimately, the 

trier of fact. 

II. CONCLUSION 

For all of the following reasons, the Parties respectfully request that the following 

deadlines set in the December 2, 2014 Order (ECF No. 134) be extended as follows: 

1. Disclosure of Experts - Opening: March 6, 2015 

2. Disclosure of Experts - Rebuttal: March 31, 2015 

3. Mediation Cutoff: May 1, 2015 

Dated: February 9, 2015 Respectfully Submitted,

BARON & BUDD P.C. 

By: /s/ Roland Tellis 

 

Daniel Alberstone (SBN 105275) 

Roland Tellis (SBN 186269) 

Mark Pifko (SBN 228412) 

15910 Ventura Boulevard , Suite 1600 

Encino, California 91436 

Telephone: (818) 839-2333 

Facsimile: (818) 986-9698 

Case 4:12-cv-03897-YGR Document 159 Filed 02/10/15 Page 4 of 6
1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

4 Case No. 4:12-cv-3897-YGR

JOINT STATEMENT AND [PROPOSED] ORDER TO MODIFY CASE SCHEDULE

Marguerite K. Kingsmill (admitted pro hac vice)

mkingsmill@kingsmillriess.com 

Charles B. Colvin (admitted pro hac vice) 

ccolvin@kingsmillriess.com 

KINGSMILL RIESS, L.L.C. 

201 St. Charles Avenue, Suite 3300 

New Orleans, LA 70170 

Telephone: (504) 581-3300 

Facsimile: (504) 581-3310 

Philip F. Cossich, Jr. (admitted pro hac vice) 

David A. Parsiola (admitted pro hac vice) 

COSSICH, SUMICH, PARSIOLA & 

TAYLOR, L.L.C. 

8397 Highway 23, Suite 100 

Belle Chasse, Louisiana 70037 

Telephone: (504) 394-9000 

Facsimile: (504) 394-9110 

Attorneys for Plaintiffs 

Diana Ellis, James Schillinger and Ronald Lazar, individually, and on behalf of other members of 

the public similarly situated 

ARNOLD & PORTER LLP 

By: /s/ Peter Obstler 

 

Peter Obstler (No. 171623) 

Jee Young You (No. 241658) 

Three Embarcadero Center, 10th Floor 

San Francisco, CA 94111-4024 

Telephone: 415.471.3100 

Facsimile: 415.471.3400 

Attorneys for Defendants 

JPMorgan Chase & Co. and JPMorgan Chase 

Bank, N.A. for itself and as successor by merger 

to Chase Home Finance LLC 

Case 4:12-cv-03897-YGR Document 159 Filed 02/10/15 Page 5 of 6
1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

5 Case No. 4:12-cv-3897-YGR

JOINT STATEMENT AND [PROPOSED] ORDER TO MODIFY CASE SCHEDULE

[PROPOSED] ORDER 

The Court, having reviewed the contents of the Parties’ Joint Statement, and 

finding good cause therein, hereby orders that the following deadlines set in the 

December 2, 2014 Order (ECF No. 134) be extended as follows: 

1. Disclosure of Experts - Opening: March 6, 2015 

2. Disclosure of Experts - Rebuttal: March 31, 2015 

3. Mediation Cutoff: May 1, 2015 

Dated: February 10, 2015 _______________________________ 

Hon. Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers 

Judge of the United States District Court 

Case 4:12-cv-03897-YGR Document 159 Filed 02/10/15 Page 6 of 6