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Nature of Suit Code: 890
Nature of Suit: Other Statutory Actions
Cause of Action: 28:1331 Fed. Question

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JOINT STIP. AND PROPOSED 

ORDER TO EXTEND TIME 

NO. CV 13-3072-EMC 

RANDALL W. EDWARDS (S.B. #179053) 

redwards@omm.com 

E. CLAY MARQUEZ (S.B. #268424) 

cmarquez@omm.com 

O’MELVENY & MYERS LLP 

Two Embarcadero Center, 28th Floor 

San Francisco, CA 94111-3823 

Telephone: (415) 984-8700 

Facsimile: (415) 984-8701 

BRIAN C. ANDERSON (S.B. #126539) 

banderson@omm.com 

SCOTT M. HAMMACK (pro hac vice) 

shammack@omm.com 

O’MELVENY & MYERS LLP 

1625 Eye Street, NW 

Washington, D.C. 20006-4001 

Tеlephone: (202) 383-5300 

Facsimile: (202) 383-5414 

Attorneys for Defendant 

FORD MOTOR COMPANY 

WARREN E. PLATT (S.B. #154086) 

wplatt@swlaw.com 

SNELL & WILMER LLP 

Plaza Tower 

600 Anton Boulevard, Suite 1400 

Costa Mesa, CA 92626 

Telephone: (714) 427-7000 

Facsimile: (714) 427-7799 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

In re: 

MYFORD TOUCH CONSUMER LITIGATION 

Case No. CV 13-3072-EMC 

JOINT STIPULATION AND 

[PROPOSED] ORDER TO EXTEND 

TIME FOR PARTIES TO COMPLY 

WITH ORDER GRANTING IN PART 

AND DENYING IN PART PLAINTIFFS’ 

ADMINISTRATIVE MOTION TO FILE 

UNDER SEAL 

Pursuant to Local Rules 6-1(b) and 6-2, Defendant Ford Motor Company and Plaintiffs 

stipulate to extend the time for Plaintiffs to comply with the Court’s March 2, 2018 order granting 

in part and denying in part Plaintiffs’ administrative motion to seal for the reasons explained 

below, and they jointly request that the Court approve this stipulation and re-set the current 

deadline accordingly. In support of this Stipulation, the Parties state as follows: 

WHEREAS, on February 20, 2018, Plaintiffs submitted their Trial Plan (Dkt. No. 385), 

which was accompanied by Plaintiffs’ Administrative Motion to File Under Seal (Dkt. No. 384) 

seeking to file under seal certain information and exhibits attached thereto that had previously 

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been designated as Confidential by Ford pursuant to the protective order entered in this case; 

WHEREAS, on February 26, 2018, Ford filed the Declaration of Christopher Eikey in 

support of Plaintiffs’ Administrative Motion to File Under Seal (Dkt. No. 387), setting forth the 

bases for sealing such materials consistent with Ford’s prior administrative motions to file under 

seal the same materials in connection with class certification briefing; 

WHEREAS, Ford understood and believed at the time it submitted the Eikey Declaration 

that the parties’ trial plan submissions were intended to be procedural in nature, and not 

dispositive, because the subject of the submissions was potential bifurcation and other trial 

structuring issues rather than substantive; Ford therefore had believed that the submissions were 

not so related to the merits so as to require that Ford meet the higher standard of demonstrating a 

compelling reason to file the documents under seal beyond the lesser standard applicable to the 

information that Ford originally presented when the same materials had been previously sealed by 

the Court; 

WHEREAS, on March 2, 2018, the Court entered an order granting in part and denying in 

part Plaintiffs’ Administrative Motion to File Under Seal (the “Order”) (Dkt. No. 400); 

WHEREAS, the Order requires that Plaintiffs shall re-file their pretrial memorandum and 

attached exhibits consistent with the Order by March 15, 2018; 

WHEREAS, on March 12, 2018, the parties met and conferred regarding narrowed 

redactions and the re-filing of certain exhibits in the public record, as required by the Order; 

WHEREAS, Ford understands the Court has ruled that the parties’ trial plans are more 

than tangentially related to the merits so as to require Ford to demonstrate a compelling reason 

and articulate a more detailed factual basis for sealing such materials, and Ford acknowledges that 

many of the documents Plaintiffs sought to seal do not meet that standard; 

WHEREAS, Ford requests additional time to allow for an adequate opportunity to 

determine whether it can meet the heightened standard for sealing with respect to a handful of 

those documents and whether or not seeking leave of the Court to file a motion for 

reconsideration of the Order, or the filing of an appeal pursuant to 28 U.S. Code § 1292, may be 

necessary and appropriate under the circumstances; 

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WHEREAS, Plaintiffs take no position with respect to whether or not a motion for 

reconsideration or § 1292 appeal is appropriate at this juncture; 

WHEREAS, Plaintiffs have worked diligently to comply with the Court’s Order and to be 

in a position to re-file their submission by March 15, 2018, but have agreed to Ford’s request to 

extend the time to comply with the Order as a courtesy, to allow Ford adequate time to further 

evaluate the materials at issue; 

NOW, THEREFORE, the Parties hereby stipulate and agree, subject to Court approval, 

that the deadline for Plaintiffs to re-file their pre-trial memorandum and attached exhibits 

consistent with the Order shall be continued to March 23, 2018. To the extent Ford intends to 

seek leave of the Court to file a motion for reconsideration or otherwise provide notice of 

interlocutory appeal, Ford will do so by March 22, 2018. 

IT IS SO STIPULATED. 

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Dated: March 14, 2018 

Dated: March 14, 2018 

O’MELVENY & MYERS LLP 

By: /s/ E. Clay Marquez 

 E. Clay Marquez 

Attorneys for Defendant 

FORD MOTOR COMPANY 

By: /s/ Steve W. Berman 

 Steve W. Berman 

Steve W. Berman 

Craig Spiegel 

Tyler Weaver 

Catherine Y.N. Gannon 

HAGENS BERMAN SOBOL SHAPIRO LLP 

1918 8th Avenue, Suite 3300 

Seattle, Washington 98101 

Tel: (206) 623-7292 

Fax: (206) 623-0594 

steve@hbsslaw.com 

craigs@hbsslaw.com 

tyler@hbsslaw.com 

catherineg@hbsslaw.com 

Adam J. Levitt 

John E. Tangren 

DICELLO LEVITT & CASEY LLC 

10 North Dearborn Street, Eleventh Floor 

Chicago, Illinois 60602 

Tel: (312) 214-7900 

alevitt@dlcfirm.com 

jtangren@dlcfirm.com 

Roland Tellis 

Mark Pifko 

BARON & BUDD, P.C. 

15910 Ventura Boulevard, Suite 1600 

Encino, California 91436 

Tel: (818) 839-2320 

Fax: (818) 986-9698 

rtellis@baronbudd.com 

mpifko@baronbudd.com 

Nicholas E. Chimicles 

Benjamin F. Johns 

CHIMICLES & TIKELLIS LLP 

One Haverford Centre 

361 West Lancaster Avenue 

Haverford, Pennsylvania 19041 

Tel: (610) 642-8500 

Fax: (610) 649-3633 

nick@chimicles.com 

benjohns@chimicles.com 

Class Counsel

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ATTESTATION OF FILING 

Pursuant to Local Rule 5.1(i)(3) regarding signatures, I, E. Clay Marquez, hereby attest 

that concurrence in the filing of this Joint Stipulation to Extend Time for Parties to Comply with 

Order Granting in Part and Denying in Part Plaintiffs’ Administrative Motion to File Under seal 

has been obtained from Steve Berman with conformed signatures above. 

Dated: March 14, 2018 By: /s/ E. Clay Marquez 

 E. Clay Marquez 

O’MELVENY & MYERS LLP 

Two Embarcadero Center, 28th Floor 

San Francisco, CA 94111-3823 

Telephone: (415) 984-8700 

Facsimile: (415) 984-8701 

 

O R D E R 

 PURSUANT TO STIPULATION, IT IS SO ORDERED. 

 

DATED: March __, 2018 

 The Honorable Edward M. Chen 

 United States District Judge 

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NITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

IT IS SO ORDERED

Judge Edward M. Chen

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