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

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Elizabeth J. Cabraser (State Bar No. 083151) 

LIEFF CABRASER HEIMANN & 

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275 Battery Street, 29th Floor 

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Telephone: (415) 956-1000 

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Plaintiffs' Lead Counsel 

Robert J. Giuffra, Jr. 

William B. Monahan 

Darrell S. Cafasso 

SULLIVAN & CROMWELL LLP 

125 Broad Street 

New York, New York 10004 

Telephone: (212) 558-4000 

Facsimile: (212) 558-3588 

Email: giuffrar@sullcrom.com 

Email: monahanw@sullcrom.com 

Email: cafassod@sullcrom.com 

Counsel for Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV, 

FCA US LLC, Sergio Marchionne, VM 

Motori, S.p.A. and VM North America, Inc. 

Matthew Slater 

CLEARY GOTTLIEB STEEN & 

HAMIL TON LLP 

2000 Pennsylvania Ave., N.W. 

Washington, DC 20006 

Telephone: (202) 974-1500 

Facsimile: (202) 974-1999 

Email: mslater@cgsh.com 

Counsel for Robert Bosch LLC and Robert 

Bosch GmbH 

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION 

IN RE CHRYSLER-DODGE-JEEP 

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PRACTICES, AND PRODUCTS 

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Case No. 3:17-md-02777-EMC 

STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] 

ORDER EXTENDING CLASSCERTIFICATION-RELATED 

DEADLINES 

The Honorable Edward M. Chen 

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WHEREAS, Amended Pretrial Order No. 12: Stipulated Discovery Schedule 

2 (Dkt. No. 227) establishes certain deadlines for Defendants Fiat Chrysler Automobiles N.Y., FCA 

3 US LLC, Sergio Marchionne, V.M. Motori S.p.A., and V.M. North America, Inc. (the "FCA 

4 Defendants"), Robert Bosch LLC and Robert Bosch GmbH (the "Bosch Defendants"), and the 

5 Plaintiffs' Steering Committee ("PSC") (collectively, the "Parties") to engage in discovery and 

6 motion practice in the above-captioned action, including a January 31, 2018 deadline for the 

7 substantial completion of productions of non-privileged, responsive documents related to class 

8 certification; 

9 WHEREAS, the FCA Defendants and the PSC have produced a significant 

I 0 number of documents potentially related to class certification issues, have been meeting and 

11 conferring in good faith concerning additional class-certification-related discovery, and believe 

12 that a short extension of class-certification-related deadlines would allow for the timely and 

13 efficient completion of these productions; 

14 WHEREAS, the PSC and the Bosch Defendants are discussing further productions 

15 and believe that a short extension of class-certification-related deadlines would allow for the 

16 timely and efficient completion ofthese productions; and 

17 WHEREAS, the Parties do not propose any other changes to the current schedule 

18 as a result of the short extension requested and agreed herein. 

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

20 among the Parties, and subject to the approval of the Court: 

21 Deadlines related to class certification in Amended Pretrial Order No. 12 are 

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Prior Deadline 

January 31,2018 

March 1, 2018 

New Deadline 

March 2, 2018 

April 2, 2018 

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The Class Plaintiffs and Defendants shall 

substantially complete their productions of nonprivileged, responsive documents related to 

class certification. 

Class Plaintiffs shall disclose experts on which 

they shall rely for their class certification 

motion. 

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March 15,2018 

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May 29, 2018 

Class Plaintiffs shall file their motion for class 

certification. 

Defendants shall disclose experts on which they 

shall rely for their opposition to the class 

certification motion. 

Defendants shall file their brief(s) in opposition 

to the Class Plaintiffs' motion for class 

certification. 

June 25, 2018 Class Plaintiffs shall file a reply brief in support 

of its motion for class certification. 

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(or otherwise at the (I o 4...--.) * 

Court's convenience) 

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Respectfully submitted, 

LIEFF CABRASER HEIMANN & BERNSTEIN, LLP 

By: Is/ Elizabeth J. Cabraser 

Elizabeth J. Cabraser 

Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein, LLP 

275 Battery Street, 29th Floor 

San Francisco, CA 94111-3339 

Telephone: ( 415) 956-1000 

Facsimile: ( 415) 956-1008 

ecabraser@lchb.com 

Plaintiffs ' Lead Counsel and Chair of the Plaintiffs' Steering 

Committee 

STIPULATION AND ORDER EXTENDING CLASS· 

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SULLIVAN & CROMWELL LLP 

By: Is/ Robert J. Giu(fra. Jr. 

Robert J. Giuffra, Jr. 

Robert J. Giuffra, Jr. 

William B. Monahan 

Darrell S. Cafasso 

Sullivan & Cromwell LLP 

125 Broad Street 

New York, New York 10004 

Telephone: (212) 558-4000 

Facsimile: (212) 558-3588 

giuffrar@sullcrom.com 

monahanw@sullcrom.com 

cafassod@su llcrom.com 

Counsel for Fiat Chrysler Automobiles N. V., FCA US LLC, 

Sergio Marchionne, V.M Motori, S.p.A., and V.M North 

America, Inc. 

CLEARY GOTTLIEB STEEN & HAMILTON LLP 

By: Is/ Matthew D. Slater 

Matthew D. Slater 

Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP 

2000 Pennsylvania Ave., N.W. 

Washington, DC 20006 

Telephone: (202) 974-1500 

Facsimile: (202) 974-1999 

mslater@cgsh.com 

Counsel for Robert Bosch LLC and Robert Bosch GmbH 

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[PROPOSED] ORDER EXTENDING 

CLASS-CERTIFICATION-RELATED DEADLINES 

Based on the foregoing Stipulation, the Court GRANTS the Parties' Stipulation Extending 

Class-Certification-Related Deadlines. 

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

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Edward M. Chen 

United States District Judge 

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ATTESTATION (CIVIL LOCAL RULE 5-l(i)(3)) 

2 In accordance with Civil Local Rule 5-1 (i)(3), I attest the concurrence in the filing of this 

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Dated: January 31 ,2018 Is/ C. Megan Bradley 

C. Megan Bradley 

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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE 

I HEREBY CERTIFY that on January 31, 2018, a true and correct copy of the foregoing 

was electronically filed and served electronically via the Court's CMIECF system, which will 

automatically serve notice to all registered counsel of record. 

Is/ C. Megan Bradley 

C. Megan Bradley 

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