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Nature of Suit Code: 190
Nature of Suit: Other Contract Actions
Cause of Action: 28:1441 Petition for Removal

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ELIZABETH A. SPERLING (State Bar No. 231474)

JESSICA L. SHARRON (State Bar No. 251702)

ALSTON & BIRD LLP

333 South Hope Street, Sixteenth Floor

Los Angeles, California 90071

Telephone: (213) 576-1000

Facsimile: (213) 576-1100

elizabeth.sperling@alston.com

jessica.sharron@alston.com

Attorneys for Defendants

SENTOSA PROPERTIES LLC, a Washington

limited liability company, and ARNOLD HUANG

DAVID M. GILMORE (State Bar No. 105429)

STEPHEN D. BLEA (State Bar No. 294339)

GILMORE MAGNESS LEIFER

P.O. Box 28907

Fresno, CA 93729-8907

Telephone: (559) 448-9800

Facsimile: (559) 448-9899

dgilmore@gmlegal.net

sblea@gmlegal.net

Attorneys for Plaintiffs

WILLIAM BARKETT, MONTEREY FINANCIAL

ADVISORS LLC, and WASCO INVESTMENTS LLC

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA - FRESNO DIVISION

WILLIAM BARKETT; MONTEREY 

FINANCIAL ADVISORS LLC; 

WASCO INVESTMENTS LLC, 

Plaintiffs,

v.

SENTOSA PROPERTIES LLC, and 

ARNOLD HUANG,

Defendants.

Case No.: 1:14-CV-1698-LJO-JLT

STIPULATION RE DEFENDANTS’ 

DEADLINE TO ANSWER FIRST 

AMENDED COMPLAINT; ORDER 

DENYING STIPULATION AS MOOT

(Doc. 59)

Plaintiffs William Barkett, Monterey Financial Advisors, LLC, and Wasco 

Investments LLC (collectively “Plaintiffs”) and Defendants Sentosa Properties LLC and 

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Arnold Huang (“Defendants”) (collectively, the “Parties”), by and through their respective 

counsel of record named herein, hereby stipulate as follows:

Whereas, Plaintiffs filed a First Amended Complaint on March 9, 2015 (“the FAC”);

Whereas, Defendants filed a Motion to Dismiss on March 26, 2015 (the “Motion”);

Whereas, hearing on the Motion is set for April 27, 2015; 

Whereas, because the Defendants have a potentially case dispositive Motion currently 

pending before the Court, the Parties believe that Defendants should not file an Answer to 

the FAC until the Motion is heard and decided. 

NOW, THEREFORE, it is hereby requested and stipulated by and between the 

Parties, through their respective counsel of record, that Defendants’ deadline to file an 

Answer to the FAC be set for 14 days after the Court issues its final ruling on the Motion, if 

the case remains pending at that time, or another time to be prescribed by the Court.

IT IS SO STIPULATED.

DATED: April 2, 2015 Respectfully submitted,

ALSTON & BIRD LLP

 /s/ Jessica L. Sharron

Jessica L. Sharron

Attorneys for Defendants SENTOSA PROPERTIES LLC, 

and ARNOLD HUANG

DATED: April 2, 2015 Respectfully submitted,

GILMORE MAGNESS LEIFER

 /s/ David M. Gilmore

David M. Gilmore

Attorneys for Plaintiffs WILLIAM BARKETT, 

MONTEREY FINANCIAL ADVISORS LLC; and 

WASCO INVESTMENTS LLC

ORDER

Before the Court is the stipulation of counsel, set forth above, seeking an extension of 

time for Defendants to file a responsive pleading. (Doc. 56) However, as noted above, 

Defendants have filed a responsive pleading under Fed. R. Civ. P. 12(b). (Doc. 59) 

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Thus, whether an answer will be filed will be determined by the Court when it decides 

the merits of Defendants’ motion to dismiss. Thus, the stipulation seeking additional 

time for Defendants to respond to the First Amended Complaint is DENIED as 

MOOT.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: April 6, 2015 /s/ Jennifer L. Thurston 

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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