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Nature of Suit Code: 850
Nature of Suit: Securities, Commodities, Exchange
Cause of Action: 15:78m(a) Securities Exchange Act

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STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] SCHEDULING ORDER

Case No. 3:15-cv-01461-SC

PAUL T. FRIEDMAN (CA SBN 98381)

PFriedman@mofo.com

CRAIG D. MARTIN (CA SBN 168195)

CMartin@mofo.com

PHILIP T. BESIROF (CA SBN 185053)

PBesirof@mofo.com

MORRISON & FOERSTER LLP

425 Market Street

San Francisco, California 94105-2482

Telephone: 415.268.7000 

Facsimile: 415.268.7522 

Attorneys for Defendant

ANDREW M. MILLER

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE

COMMISSION,

Plaintiff,

v.

ANDREW M. MILLER,

Defendant.

Case No. 3:15-cv-01461-SC

STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED]

SCHEDULING ORDER

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Pursuant to Civil Local Rules 6-1, 6-2, and 7-12, plaintiff Securities and Exchange

Commission (the “Commission”) and defendant Andrew Miller (collectively, the “Parties”)

respectfully request that the Court adopt the Parties’ stipulation below as the order of the Court,

which (i) sets forth a schedule for the Parties to request a settlement conference before a

magistrate judge; (ii) extends the time for Mr. Miller to respond to the Commission’s complaint

(ECF No. 1) (the “Complaint”), and (iii) continues the Initial Case Management Conference

currently set for June 26, 2015. 

FACTUAL BACKGROUND TO THE PARTIES’ STIPULATION

In support of this stipulation, the undersigned Parties provide the following facts, which

are verified in the supporting Declaration of Philip T. Besirof:

1. On March 31, 2015, the Commission filed the Complaint in this action. 

2. On April 2, 2015, the Commission sent a waiver of service form to counsel for

Mr. Miller. (ECF No. 7.)

3. On April 17, 2015, this action was reassigned to the Honorable Samuel Conti.

(ECF No. 5.)

4. On April 17, 2015, the Court set an Initial Case Management Conference for

June 26, 2015. (ECF No. 6.)

5. On May 4, 2015, Mr. Miller’s counsel executed the waiver of service form.

(ECF No. 7.) 

6. Under Rule 4(d) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, Mr. Miller has 60 days

from the date the request was sent to respond to the Complaint, which is June 1, 2015. 

7. The Parties have met and conferred and believe that an early settlement conference

before a magistrate judge would provide substantial assistance to the Parties’ understanding of the

case and could substantially narrow the issues in dispute, which could lead to resolution.

8. The Parties believe that the interests of judicial economy and efficiency will be

well served by extending Mr. Miller’s response deadline to the Complaint and continuing the

Initial Case Management Conference until after a settlement conference is held with a magistrate

judge. 

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STIPULATION

In light of these facts, the undersigned parties jointly request the Court to enter the

following stipulation as an Order of the Court:

A. Pursuant to ADR Local Rules 2-3, 3-5(d), and 7-3 (and in lieu ofaNotice of Need

for ADR Phone Conference under ADR Local Rule 3-5(c)), the Parties request an early

settlement conference before a magistrate judge to occur within the next 90 days, or as soon

thereafter as the Court’s schedule may permit. The Parties will file a joint request expressing the

Parties’ preferences for one or more magistrate judges within the next seven (7) days. 

B. The deadline for Mr. Miller to respond to the Complaint is extended until 20 days

after the settlement conference. 

C. The Initial Case Management Conference currently set for June 26, 2015, at

10:00 a.m., is hereby vacated, and the Initial Case Management Conference shall be set to such

date and time as the Court may order.

D. In the event that the case has not settled within 90 days of the Court’s order

approving this stipulation, the Parties shall file a case management statement updating the Court

on the status of this matter and/or requesting an Initial Case Management Conference.

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IT IS SO STIPULATED.

Dated: May 29, 2015 MORRISON & FOERSTER LLP

By: /s/ Craig D. Martin

Craig D. Martin

Paul T. Friedman

Craig D. Martin

Philip T. Besirof

425 Market Street

San Francisco, California 94105-2482

Telephone: 415.268.7000 

Facsimile: 415.268.7522 

Email: PFriedman@mofo.com

Email: CMartin@mofo.com

Email: PBesirof@mofo.com

Attorneys for Defendant Andrew Miller

Dated: May 29, 2015 SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

By: /s/ Susan F. La Marca

Susan F. La Marca

Susan F. La Marca

David S. Johnson

David A. Berman

44 Montgomery Street, Suite 2800 

San Francisco, CA 94104 

Telephone: 415.705.2500 

Facsimile: 415.705.2501 

lamarcas@sec.gov 

johnsonds@sec.gov 

bermand@sec.gov 

Attorneys for Plaintiff Securities and 

Exchange Commission

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ECF ATTESTATION

I, Philip Besirof, am the ECF User whose ID and Password are being used to file

this motion. In compliance with Civil Local Rule 5-1(i)(3), I hereby attest that Paul Friedman has

concurred in this filing. 

Dated: May 29, 2015 MORRISON & FOERSTER LLP

By: /s/ Philip T. Besirof

Philip T. Besirof

Paul T. Friedman

Craig D. Martin

Philip T. Besirof

425 Market Street

San Francisco, California 94105-2482

Telephone: 415.268.7000 

Facsimile: 415.268.7522 

Email: PFriedman@mofo.com

Email: CMartin@mofo.com

Email: PBesirof@mofo.com

Attorneys for Defendant Andrew Miller

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DECLARATION OF PHILIP T. BESIROF

I, PHILIP T. BESIROF, hereby declare as follows:

1. I am an attorney licensed to practice law in the State of California and am admitted

to practice before this Court. I am a member of the law firm of Morrison & Foerster LLP, and

counsel of record for defendant Andrew Miller. I submit this Declaration in support of the

parties’ Stipulation and [Proposed] Scheduling Order (hereafter, the “Stipulation”). If called as a

witness, I would testify to the facts listed below.

2. Pursuant to Civil Local Rule 6-2, I attest that the facts set forth in the Stipulation,

paragraphs 1 through 8 inclusive, are all true and accurate. 

3. This is the parties’ first request for a modification of time. Other than the case

management conference currently set for June 26, 2015, the proposed schedule will not impact

any other deadlines or dates set by the Court.

I declare under penalty of perjury under the laws of the United States of America that the

foregoing is true and correct and that this Declaration was executed in San Francisco, California,

on this 29th day of May, 2015. 

MORRISON & FOERSTER LLP

By: /s/ Philip T. Besirof

Philip T. Besirof

[PROPOSED] ORDER

PURSUANT TO STIPULATION, IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: __________________________ 

THE HONORABLE SAMUEL CONTI

United States District Judge

June 4, 2015

Case Management Conference is set for September 25, 2015 at

10:00 am. A joint case management statement shall be filed by

September 18, 2015.

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