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Nature of Suit Code: 890
Nature of Suit: Other Statutory Actions
Cause of Action: 31:3729 False Claims Act

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STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER TO STAY ACTION, EXTEND TIME TO RESPOND TO COMPLAINT, AND 

ESTABLISH BRIEFING SCHEDULE AND OTHER PROCEDURES, Case No. CIV. S-03-0457 GEB DAD 

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TIMOTHY J. HATCH, SBN 165369 

thatch@gibsondunn.com

GIBSON, DUNN & CRUTCHER LLP 

333 South Grand Avenue 

Los Angeles, California 90071-3197 

Telephone: (213) 229-7000 

Facsimile: (213) 229-7520 

CHARLES J. STEVENS, SBN 106981 

cjs@stevensandoconnell.com

BRADLEY A. BENBROOK, SBN 177786 

bab@stevensandoconnell.com

STEVENS & O’CONNELL LLP 

400 Capital Mall, Suite 1400 

Sacramento, CA 95814-4412 

Telephone: (916) 329-9111 

Facsimile: (916) 329-9110 

Attorneys for Defendant, 

UNIVERSITY OF PHOENIX 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

SACRAMENTO DIVISION 

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, ex rel. 

MARY HENDOW and JULIE ALBERTSON, 

Relators, 

v. 

UNIVERSITY OF PHOENIX and DOES 1-500, 

Inclusive, 

Defendants. 

CASE NO. CIV. S-03-0457 GEB DAD 

JOINT STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] 

ORDER TO TEMPORARILY STAY 

ACTION, EXTEND TIME FOR 

DEFENDANT TO RESPOND TO 

COMPLAINT, AND ESTABLISH 

BRIEFING SCHEDULE AND OTHER 

PROCEDURES 

[E.D. Cal. Local Rules 83-143, 6-144] 

Place: Courtroom 10 

Judge: The Honorable Garland E. Burrell 

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STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER TO STAY ACTION, EXTEND TIME TO RESPOND TO COMPLAINT, AND 

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Through this Joint Stipulation and [Proposed] Order, Relators Mary Hendow and Julie 

Albertson (“Relators”) and Defendant University of Phoenix (“Defendant”) agree to: (1) temporarily 

stay all proceedings in this case before this Court until December 20, 2006; (2) continue the deadline 

by which Defendant must initially respond to Relators’ Second Amended Complaint (“SAC”), by 

answer, motion, or otherwise, until December 20, 2006; (3) continue the deadline by which Relators 

must file an opposition, should Defendant file a motion as its initial response to the SAC, to no earlier 

than January 31, 2007, and schedule a hearing date consistent with that deadline; and (4) serve any 

filings immediately affected by this stipulation, including Defendant’s initial response to the SAC, 

Relators’ opposition to Defendant’s initial response, if necessary, and any replies thereto, if 

necessary, on the attorney of record for the opposing party via e-mail, which shall be deemed 

equivalent to personal service, to the extent permitted by the size of the filings. The parties hereby 

request that the Court approve this stipulation pursuant to Local Rules 83-143 and 6-144. 

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JOINT STIPULATION

WHEREAS Relators filed the SAC on March 4, 2004. 

WHEREAS this Court dismissed Relators’ SAC with prejudice on May 20, 2004 and entered 

judgment in Defendant’s favor. 

WHEREAS the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit reversed the judgment of 

this Court and issued its mandate on November 16, 2006. 

WHEREAS Defendant intends to initially respond to the SAC by answer, motion, or 

otherwise. 

WHEREAS the parties agree that all proceedings in this case before this Court should be 

temporarily stayed until December 20, 2006 to allow the parties adequate time to attempt to resolve 

the matter prior to Defendant initially responding to the SAC. 

WHEREAS the parties agree that the deadline for Defendant to initially respond to the SAC, 

by answer, motion, or otherwise, should be extended to December 20, 2006 to allow the parties 

adequate time to attempt to resolve this matter and to allow Defendant additional time to prepare its 

initial response which is necessary in light of the complexity of the issues and the recent 

Thanksgiving holiday. 

WHEREAS the parties agree that the deadline for Relators to file an opposition, should 

Defendant file a motion as its initial response to the SAC, should be no earlier than January 31, 2007, 

in light of the complexity of the issues and to accommodate the winter holidays. 

WHEREAS the parties agree that service by e-mail, if possible, of Defendant’s initial 

response to the SAC, any opposition filed by Relators, if necessary, and all related reply filings, if 

necessary, will assist the parties and may be deemed equivalent to personal service. 

WHEREAS this Court has not granted any previous extensions of time to Defendant to 

respond to the SAC following issuance of the mandate by the United State Court of Appeals for the 

Ninth Circuit, nor for any other particular matters for which an extension is sought via this stipulation 

and proposed order. 

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ACCORDINGLY, pursuant to Local Rules 83-143 and 6-144, the parties, by and through 

their counsel of record, hereby stipulate to, and request the Court’s approval of the following: 

1. A temporary stay of all proceedings in this action before this Court until December 

20, 2006. 

2. A continuation of the date by which Defendant must initially respond to Relators’ 

SAC, by answer, motion, or otherwise, to December 20, 2006. 

3. A continuation of the date by which Relators must file an opposition, should 

Defendant file a motion as its initial response to the SAC, to no earlier than January 31, 2007, and the 

scheduling of a hearing date consistent with this deadline. 

4. Relators’ and Defendant’s counsel of record are to serve each other with any filings 

immediately affected by this stipulation, including Defendant’s initial response to the SAC, Relators’ 

opposition, if necessary, to Defendant’s initial response, and any replies related thereto, if necessary, 

by e-mail, to the extent permitted by the filings’ size, and such service shall be deemed equivalent to 

personal service. 

 IT IS SO STIPULATED. 

DATED: November 29, 2006 BARTLEY LAW OFFICES 

DANIEL ROBERT BARTLEY 

By: /s/ Daniel Robert Bartley (as authorized on November 29, 2006)

Daniel Robert Bartley 

Attorney for Relators, 

MARY HENDOW & JULIE ALBERTSON 

 

 

DATED: November 30, 2006 STEVENS & O’CONNELL LLP 

BRAD BENBROOK 

By: /s/ Bradley A. Benbrook 

Bradley A. Benbrook 

Attorney for Defendant, 

UNIVERSITY OF PHOENIX 

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[PROPOSED] ORDER 

Pursuant to the parties’ stipulation, all proceedings in this action before this Court are 

temporarily stayed until December 20, 2006; Defendant’s initial response to Relators’ Second 

Amended Complaint, whether by answer, motion, or otherwise, is due December 20, 2006; if 

Defendant initially responds to the Second Amended Complaint by motion rather than answer, the 

deadline by which Plaintiff must file an opposition to that motion shall be no earlier than January 31, 

2007 and the parties shall schedule a hearing date consistent with such deadline; and Relators’ and 

Defendant’s counsel of record are to serve each other any filings immediately affected by this order, 

including Defendant’s initial response to the Second Amended Complaint, Relators’ opposition, if 

any, to Defendant’s response, and any replies related thereto, by e-mail, to the extent permitted by the 

filings’ size, and such service shall be deemed equivalent to personal service. 

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

DATED: November 30, 2006 

 

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DECLARATION OF SERVICE 

I, Michelle Vinson, hereby certify as follows: 

I am employed in the County of Sacramento, State of California; I am over the age of 

eighteen years and am not a party to this action; my business address is 400 Capitol Mall, Suite 1400, 

Sacramento, California, 95814-4498, in said County and State; I am employed in the office of 

Bradley A. Benbrook, a member of the bar of this Court, and at his direction, on November 30, 2006, 

I served the following: 

JOINT STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER TO TEMPORARILY STAY 

ACTION, EXTEND TIME FOR DEFENDANT TO RESPOND TO COMPLAINT, AND 

ESTABLISH BRIEFING SCHEDULE AND OTHER PROCEDURES 

by providing a true copy thereof to each of the persons named below at the address and/or facsimile 

number, and by the means, shown: 

SEE ATTACHED SERVICE LIST 

þ BY MAIL: I placed a true copy in a sealed envelope addressed as indicated above, on the 

above-mentioned date. I am familiar with the firm’s practice of collection and processing 

correspondence for mailing. It is deposited with the U.S. Postal Service on that same day 

in the ordinary course of business. I am aware that on motion of party served, service is 

presumed invalid if postal cancellation date or postage meter date is more than one day 

after date of deposit for mailing in affidavit. 

þ BY FACSIMILE: From facsimile machine telephone number (916) 329-9110, on the 

above-mentioned date, I caused to be served a full and complete copy of the abovereferenced document[s] by facsimile transmission to the person[s] at the number[s] 

indicated. 

I certify under penalty of perjury that the foregoing is true and correct, that the foregoing 

document(s), and all copies made from same, were printed on recycled paper, and that this Certificate 

of Service was executed by me on November 30, 2006, at Sacramento, California. 

/s/ Michelle Vinson (original signature retained by attorney Bradley A. Benbrook) 

 Michelle Vinson 

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SERVICE LIST

Nancy G. Krop 

Law Offices of Nancy G. Krop 

274 Redwood Shores Parkway 

Suite 334 

Redwood City, CA 94065 

Tel: (650) 596-8823 

Fax: (650) 596-8839 

Served by U.S. Mail and Facsimile 

Daniel Robert Bartley 

Bartley Law Offices 

Post Office Box 686 

7665 Redwood Boulevard 

Suite 200 

Novato, CA 94948-0686 

Tel: (415) 898-4741 

Fax: (415) 898-4841 

Served by U.S. Mail and Facsimile

Jennifer Woodward, Esq. 

Russell Wolff, Esq. 

Office of General Counsel 

U.S. Department of Education 

400 Maryland Ave., S.W. 

Room MES 4020 

Washington, D.C. 20202-1510 

Tel: (202) 401-6306 

Fax: (202) 401-9533 

Served by U.S. Mail 

Kendell Newman 

Chief, Affirmative Civil Litigation 

Office of the United States Attorney 

United States Courthouse 

501 I Street 

Suite 10-100 

Sacramento, CA 95814 

Tel: (916) 554-2821 

Fax: (916) 554-2900 

Served by U.S. Mail and Facsimile 

Jay D. Majors 

Civil Division – Fraud Section 

Commercial Litigation Branch 

U.S. Department of Justice 

601 D Street, N.W. 

Room 6550 

Washington, D.C. 20004 

Tel: (202) 307-0264 

Fax: (202) 514-0280 

Served by U.S. Mail and Facsimile 

Timothy J. Hatch 

Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP 

333 South Grand Avenue 

Los Angeles, California 90071-3197 

Tel: (213) 229-7000 

Fax: (213) 229-6368 

Served by U.S. Mail and Facsimile 

William S. O’Hare 

Christy Joseph 

Snell & Wilmer LLP 

600 Anton Boulevard, Suite 1400 

Costa Mesa, California 92626-7689 

Telephone: (714) 427-7000 

Facsimile: (714) 427-7799 

Served by U.S. Mail and Facsimile 

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