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Nature of Suit Code: 190
Nature of Suit: Other Contract Actions
Cause of Action: 28:1332 Diversity-Petition for Removal

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STIPULATION TO CONTINUE STATUS CONFERENCE AND JOINT STATUS REPORT; [PROPOSED] ORDER

Robert A. Padway (Cal. Bar No. 48439)

Deborah A. Goldfarb (Cal. Bar No. 241942)

BRYAN CAVE LLP

Two Embarcadero Center, Suite 1410

San Francisco, CA 94111

Telephone: (415) 675-3400

Facsimile: (415) 675-3434

robert.padway@bryancave.com

deborah.goldfarb@bryancave.com

Attorneys for Defendants Bank of America, 

N.A. and “Countrywide Home Loans, Inc. nka 

Bank of America, N.A.”

(Additional counsel on signature pages)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

STATE OF CALIFORNIA ex rel. BARRETT 

R. BATES, 

Plaintiff,

v.

MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC 

REGISTRATION SYSTEM, INC. et al.,

Defendants.

Case No. 2:10-CV-01429-GEB-CMK

STIPULATION TO CONTINUE STATUS 

CONFERENCE AND JOINT STATUS 

REPORT; [PROPOSED] ORDER

Judge: Hon. Garland E. Burrell, Jr.

Qui tam Plaintiff Barrett R. Bates (“Plaintiff”) and Defendants Bank of America, N.A. 

(“BOA”), Countrywide Home Loans, Inc. nka Bank of America, N.A. (“Countrywide”), 

Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. (“MERS”), JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. 

(“Chase”), CitiMortgage, Inc. (“CitiMortgage”), GMAC, LLC (“GMAC”), and Wells Fargo 

Bank, N.A. (“Wells Fargo”)(collectively, “Defendants”)(Plaintiff and Defendants referred to as 

the “Parties”) hereby stipulate to and respectfully request that the Court continue the status 

conference currently set for January 18, 2011 at 9:00 a.m. and a joint status report due January 4, 

2011, until after the Court decides various pending motions to dismiss filed by Defendants and a 

pending motion to amend filed by Plaintiff. The Parties respectfully submit that good cause 

exists for the requested relief, and in support state as follows: 

1. On or about July 17, 2009, Plaintiff initiated this action by filing a complaint under 

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seal in state court in Lassen County, California. Plaintiff subsequently filed a First Amended 

Complaint on or about May 10, 2010, and the action was later removed to this Court.

2. On June 11, 2010, the Court set a status (pretrial scheduling) conference for 

October 18, 2010 at 9:00 a.m. Order Setting Status (Pretrial Scheduling) Conference (June 11, 

2010), at pg. 1. The Order required the parties to confer and develop a proposed discovery plan 

pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 26(f) at least twenty-one days before the scheduling 

conference, and to file a Joint Status Report with the Court fourteen days before the scheduling 

conference. Id. at 2.

3. On August 20, 2010, BOA and Countrywide, MERS, Chase and CitiMortgage 

filed motions to dismiss the First Amended Complaint (“Motions to Dismiss”). Dkt. Nos. 38, 40, 

42. GMAC and Wells Fargo joined in the motions filed by BOA, Countrywide and MERS. Dkt. 

Nos. 41 & 43.

4. On September 21, 2010, the Parties submitted a Stipulation requesting that the 

Court continue the October 18th status conference, as well as the deadlines to confer under Rule 

26(f) and file a joint status report, until after its ruling on pending Motions to Dismiss. 

“Stipulation to Continue Status Conference and Deadlines Set Forth in Order Setting Status 

(Pretrial Scheduling) Conference” (Sept. 21, 2010)(Dkt. No. 47).

5. On September 24, 2010, the Court approved the parties’ Stipulation. It set the 

status conference for January 18, 2011, at 9:00 a.m., and directed the filing of a joint status report 

fourteen days before the conference. Order (Sept. 24, 2010)(Dkt. No. 50) at pg. 2. 

6. The Defendants’ Motions to Dismiss remain pending as of this date. In addition, 

on October 12, 2010, Plaintiff filed a motion seeking leave to file an amended complaint 

(“Motion to Amend”). Dkt. No. 68. The Motion to Amend also remains pending.

7. In these circumstances, the Parties agree that an additional continuance of the 

scheduling conference and the joint status report is warranted. The Motions to Dismiss and the 

Motion to Amend have not yet been decided. The Court’s decision on the Motions to Dismiss 

may result in dismissal of Plaintiff’s claims in the First Amended Complaint. Alternatively, even 

if the Motions to Dismiss are granted in part, the Court’s decision may limit the remaining claims 

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in the case, and inform the parties as to the key issues to be examined in discovery. 

8. Likewise, the Court’s decision on the Motion to Amend will determine whether 

Plaintiff may file a Second Amended Complaint. If allowed, a Second Amended Complaint 

could add new issues to the litigation.

9. The Parties therefore believe that a continuance of the status conference and joint 

status report, until the Court rules on the Motions to Dismiss and the Motion to Amend, would 

conserve valuable judicial resources and prevent unnecessary labor and expense for the Parties in 

this action.

10. The Parties therefore respectfully jointly request that the Court (1) continue the 

status conference currently set for January 18, 2011 at 9:00 a.m.; and (2) continue the deadlines 

for the parties to confer and develop a proposed discovery plan pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil 

Procedure 26(f) and file the joint status report, until after the Court rules on the pending Motions 

to Dismiss and Motion to Amend. 

Dated: January 3, 2011 Respectfully submitted,

By: /s/ Treva J. Hearne

Robert R. Hager 

Treva Jean Hearne

Hager & Hearne 

245 E. Liberty Street 

Suite 110 

Reno, NV 89521 

(775) 329-5800 

Fax: (775) 329-5811 

Email: rhager@hagerhearnelaw.com 

Email: thearne@hagerhearnelaw.com

Mark Mausert

Law Offices of Mark Mausert 

930 Evans Ave. 

Reno, NV 89512 

702-786-5477

Attorneys for Plaintiff

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By: /s/ Robert A. Padway 

Robert A. Padway (Cal. Bar No. 48439)

Deborah A. Goldfarb (Cal. Bar No. 241942)

BRYAN CAVE LLP

Two Embarcadero Center, Suite 1410

San Francisco, CA 94111

Telephone: (415) 675-3400

Facsimile: (415) 675-3434

robert.padway@bryancave.com

deborah.goldfarb@bryancave.com

Thomas M. Hefferon

Joseph F. Yenouskas

GOODWIN PROCTER LLP

901 New York Avenue, NW

Washington, DC 20001

Telephone: (202) 346-4000

Facsimile: (202) 346-4444

thefferon@goodwinprocter.com

jyenouskas@goodwinprocter.com

Attorneys for Defendants Bank of America, 

N.A. and “Countrywide Home Loans, Inc. nka 

Bank of America, N.A.”

By: /s/ Robert M. Brochin

Robert M. Brochin (admitted pro hac vice)

Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP

5300 Wachovia Financial Center

200 South Biscayne Boulevard

Miami, FL 33131-2339

Tel: 305-415-3456

Fax: 305-415-3001

E-mail: rbrochin@morganlewis.com

John H. Hemann, State Bar No. 165823

Amy M. Spicer, State Bar No. 188399

Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP

One Market, Spear Street Tower

San Francisco, CA 94105-1126

Tel: 415.442.1000

Fax: 415.442.1001

E-mail: jhemann@morganlewis.com

aspicer@morganlewis.com

Attorneys for Defendant Mortgage Electronic 

Registration Systems, Inc. 

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By: /s/ Karl Y. Olsen

Karl Y. Olsen, CA Bar No. 218948

Parsons Behle & Latimer

50 West Liberty Street, Suite 750

Reno NV 89501

Ph:775.323.1601

Fx: 775.348.7250

Em: karlolsen@oarsonsbehle.com

Danielle Szukala, pro hac vice admission

Burke, Warren, MacKay & Serritella, P.C.

330 N. Wabash, 22nd Floor

Chicago, IL 60611

Ph: 312.840.7070

Fx: 312.840.7900

Em: dszukala@burkelaw.com

Attorneys for Defendant JPMorgan Chase 

Bank, N.A.

By: /s/ Elizabeth D. Mann

Elizabeth D. Mann, CA Bar No. 106524

Mayer Brown LLP

25th Floor

350 South Grand Avenue

Los Angeles CA 90071- 1503

Ph: 213.229.9500

Fx: 213.625.0248

Em : emann@mayerbrown.com

Lucia Nale

Thomas V. Panoff

7l South Wacker Drive

Chicago IL 60606

Ph:312.701.8821

Fx:312.706.8297

Em: lnale@maverbrown.com

Em: tpanoff@maverbrown.com

(Admitted Pro Hac Vice)

Attorneys for Defendant CitiMortgage, Inc.

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By: /s/ Jan. T. Chilton

Jan T. Chilton 

Mary Kate Sullivan 

Severson & Werson 

One Embarcadero Center, Suite 2600 

San Francisco, CA 94111 

415-398-3344-603 

Fax: 415-956-0439 

Email: jtc@severson.com 

Email: mks@severson.com

Attorneys for GMAC, LLC

By: /s/ Robert A. Bailey

Robert A. Bailey 

Yaw-Jiun Gene Wu

Anglin Flewelling Rasmussen Campbell and 

Trytten, LLP 

199 South Los Robles Avenue 

Suite 600 

Pasadena, CA 91101 

626-535-1900 

Fax: 626-577-7764 

Email: rbailey@afrct.com

Email: gwu@afrct.com

Attorneys for Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.

The pretrial scheduling conference, currently set for January 18, 2011, is rescheduled for April 

11, 2011, at 9:00 a.m. A joint status report shall be filed fourteen days prior to the hearing.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

1/3/11

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