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Nature of Suit Code: 370
Nature of Suit: Other Fraud
Cause of Action: 28:1441 Petition for Removal

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Case No. 3:16-cv-01421-WHO

SMRH:480937991.1 STIPULATED REQUEST TO CONTINUE CASE MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE

ROSE LAW GROUP

KATHRYN HONECKER (pro hac vice)

AUDRA PETROLLE (pro hac vice)

LAUREN NAGEOTTE (pro hac vice)

7144 E Stetson Drive, Suite 300

Scottsdale, Arizona 85251

Telephone: 480.505.3936

Email: khonecker@roselawgroup.com

apetrolle@roselawgroup.com

lnageotte@roselawgroup.com

Attorneys for Plaintiff and the Proposed Class [Additional Counsel on Signature Page]

SHEPPARD MULLIN RICHTER & HAMPTON LLP

P. CRAIG CARDON, Cal. Bar No. 168646

BENJAMIN O. AIGBOBOH, Cal. Bar No. 268531

ERIC J. DIIULIO, Cal. Bar No. 301439

Four Embarcadero Center, 17th Floor

San Francisco, California 94111-4109

Telephone: 415.434.9100

Email: ccardon@sheppardmullin.com

baigboboh@sheppardmullin.com

ediiulio@sheppardmullin.com

Attorneys for Defendants

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION

WILLIAM RUSHING, Individually and on 

Behalf of all Others Similarly Situated,

Plaintiff,

v.

WILLIAMS-SONOMA, INC., et al.,

Defendants.

Case No. 3:16-cv-01421-WHO

Assigned to the Hon. William H. Orrick

CLASS ACTION

STIPULATED REQUEST TO CONTINUE 

FEBRUARY 28, 2017 CASE 

MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE; 

ORDER THEREON.

Complaint Filed: January 29, 2016

Action Removed: March 23, 2016

5

th Am. Complaint Filed: October 24, 2016

Trial Date: None Set

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-1- Case No. 3:16-cv-01421-WHO

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TO THE COURT, ALL PARTIES, AND THEIR ATTORNEYS OF RECORD:

Pursuant to Northern District of California Local Rules 6-1, 6-2, and 7-12, Plaintiff 

William Rushing (“Plaintiff”) and Defendants Williams-Sonoma, Inc., Williams-Sonoma DTC, 

Inc., and Williams-Sonoma Advertising, Inc. (collectively “Defendants”), by and through their 

respective counsel, hereby respectfully stipulate and jointly request that the Court continue the 

case management conference from February 28, 2017 to March 28, 2017 at 2:00 p.m.

RECITALS

WHEREAS, on January 20, 2017, the Court granted the parties’ stipulated request to 

continue the hearing on Defendants’ motion to dismiss from February 8, 2017 until February 22, 

2017. (Dkt. 57.)

WHEREAS, the current case calendar would require the parties to conduct the Rule 26(f) 

conference and submit the joint case management statement before Court hears and rules on 

Defendants’ motion to dismiss.

WHEREAS, the parties have met and conferred and agree that continuing the February 28, 

2017 case management conference, and all related dates, will serve the interests of judicial 

economy by allowing the parties and the Court to focus on the issues that will proceed in this 

litigation.

WHEREAS, all previous time modifications in the case are as follows:

 on March 29, 2016, the parties stipulated to extend Defendants’ deadline to respond 

to the First Amended Complaint from March 30, 2016 to April 20, 2016;

 on May 5, 2016, pursuant to stipulation of the parties, the Court continued the June 

21, 2016 Case Management Conference to September 6, 2016;

 on June 23, 2016, the parties stipulated to extend Defendants’ deadline to respond 

to the Third Amended Class Action Complaint from June 23, 2016 to June 27, 

2016;

 on August 4, 2016, pursuant to stipulation of the parties, the Court continued the 

September 6, 2016 Case Management Conference to September 13, 2016; 

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 on August 23, 2016, pursuant to stipulation of the parties, the Court continued the 

September 13, 2016 Case Management Conference, and on September 26, 2016 the 

Court scheduled the Case Management Conference for November 8, 2016;

 on October 5, 2016, pursuant to stipulation of the parties, the Court continued 

Defendants’ deadline to respond to Plaintiff’s Fourth Amended Class Action 

Complaint, set the briefing schedule for Defendants’ response to Plaintiff’s Fifth 

Amended Class Action Complaint, set the hearing on Defendants motion to dismiss 

for January 11, 2017, and continued the Case Management Conference to February 

7, 2016; 

 on December 6, 2016, pursuant to stipulation of the parties, the Court extended the 

opposition and reply briefing deadlines, continued the hearing on Defendants’ 

motion to dismiss to February 8, 2017, and continued the Case Management 

Conference to February 28, 2017; and

 on January 20, 2017, the Court granted the parties’ stipulated request to continue 

the hearing on Defendants’ motion to dismiss from February 8, 2017 until February 

22, 2017.

WHEREAS, the continuance requested by the parties will not otherwise affect the schedule 

for the case.

WHEREAS, Eric DiIulio attests that Kathryn Honecker concurs in filing this stipulation. 

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STIPULATION

NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED by and between the parties, by and 

through their respective counsel, that case management conference should be continued from 

February 28, 2017 at 2:00 p.m. to March 28, 2017 at 2:00 p.m.

IT IS SO STIPULATED. 

Dated: February 7, 2017 ROSE LAW GROUP, PC

By /s/ Kathryn Honecker

Kathryn Honecker (pro hac vice)

Audra Petrolle (pro hac vice)

Lauren Nageotte (pro hac vice)

-andGeorge Richard Baker, Cal. Bar No. 224003

BAKER LAW, PC

436 N. Stanley Avenue

Los Angeles, California 90036

Telephone: 323.452.9685

Email: richard@bakerlawpc.com

Attorneys for Plaintiffs and the Proposed Class

Dated: February 7, 2017 SHEPPARD MULLIN RICHTER & HAMPTON LLP

By

P. Craig Cardon

Benjamin O. Aigboboh

Eric J. DiIulio

Attorneys for Defendants

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ORDER

PURSUANT TO STIPULATION, IT IS SO ORDERED as modified below: the Case 

Management Conference will occur on March 14, 2017 at 2:00 p.m.

DATED: February 8, 2017

The Honorable William H. Orrick

United States District Judge

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