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

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STIP. AND [PROPOSED] ORDER TO CONTINUE TO SEPTEMBER 7, 2017 

THE CMC AND THE HEARING ON MOTION TO COMPEL ARBITRATION 

3:17-CV-02335-WHA

JAMES T. HANNINK (131747) 

jhannink@sdlaw.com 

ZACH P. DOSTART (255071) 

zdostart@sdlaw.com 

DOSTART HANNINK & COVENEY LLP 

4180 La Jolla Village Drive, Suite 530 

La Jolla, California 92037-1474 

Tel: 858-623-4200 

Fax: 858-623-4299 

Attorneys for Plaintiffs 

VICKIE E. TURNER (106431) 

ROBERT K. DIXON (262252) 

KIRSTEN F. GALLACHER (286137) 

WILSON TURNER KOSMO LLP 

550 West C Street, Suite 1050 

San Diego, California 92101 

Tel: 619-236-9600 

Fax: 619-236-9669 

Attorneys for Defendants 

RENT-A-CENTER, INC. and 

RENT-A-CENTER WEST, INC. 

[Additional Counsel for the Parties Listed on Next Page] 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION 

PAULA L. BLAIR, ANDREA ROBINSON, 

AND FALECHIA A. HARRIS, individually 

and on behalf of all others similarly situated, 

Plaintiffs, 

vs. 

RENT-A-CENTER, INC., a Delaware 

corporation; RENT-A-CENTER WEST, INC., 

a Delaware corporation; and DOES 1-50, 

inclusive, 

Defendants. 

 CASE NO. 3:17-CV-02335-WHA 

STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] 

ORDER TO CONTINUE TO 

SEPTEMBER 7, 2017 THE CASE 

MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE AND 

THE HEARING ON DEFENDANTS’ 

MOTION TO PARTIALLY COMPEL 

ARBITRATION 

Judge: Hon. William H. Alsup 

 

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STIP. AND [PROPOSED] ORDER TO CONTINUE TO SEPTEMBER 7, 2017 

THE CMC AND THE HEARING ON MOTION TO COMPEL ARBITRATION 

3:17-CV-02335-WHA

MICHAEL RUBIN (80618) 

mrubin@altber.com 

ERIC P. BROWN (284245) 

ebrown@altber.com 

ALTSHULER BERZON LLP 

177 Post Street, Suite 300 

San Francisco, CA 94108 

Tel: (415) 421-7151 

Fax: (415) 362-8064 

Attorneys for Plaintiffs 

GREGORY G. ISKANDER, (200215) 

LITTLER MENDELSON, P.C. 

Treat Towers 

1255 Treat Boulevard, Suite 600 

Walnut Creek, California 94597 

Tel: 925-932-2468 

Fax: 925-946-9809 

ROBERT F. FRIEDMAN, Texas Bar No. 24007207 

(Admitted Pro Hac Vice) 

LITTLER MENDELSON, P.C. 

2001 Ross Avenue 

Suite 1500, Lock Box 116 

Dallas, Texas 75201.2931 

Telephone: 214.880.8100 

Facsimile: 214.880.0181 

Attorneys for Defendants 

RENT-A-CENTER, INC. and 

RENT-A-CENTER WEST, INC. 

 

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STIP. AND [PROPOSED] ORDER TO CONTINUE TO SEPTEMBER 7, 2017 

THE CMC AND THE HEARING ON MOTION TO COMPEL ARBITRATION 

3:17-CV-02335-WHA

STIPULATION 

WHEREAS, the hearing on Defendants’ Motion to Partially Compel Arbitration, Strike 

Class Action Claims, and Stay Proceedings (Dkt. No. 22) (“Motion”) is presently on calendar for 

August 17, 2017, at 8:00 a.m.; 

WHEREAS, the Court recently scheduled a Case Management Conference for August 17, 

2017, at 11:00 a.m. (Dkt. No. 42); 

WHEREAS, the attorney who will argue the Motion on behalf of Plaintiffs (Michael 

Rubin) will be out of state on a long-planned family vacation on August 17, 2017. For that reason, 

Plaintiffs’ counsel has requested that Defendants’ counsel agree to continue the hearing date for 

the Motion; and 

WHEREAS, in consideration of the schedule of the attorney who will argue the Motion on 

behalf of Defendants, and in view of the Court’s calendar, the parties have agreed that a threeweek continuance of the hearing date for the Motion and for the Case Management Conference 

would be appropriate, such that both events would be scheduled for September 7, 2017; 

NOW, THEREFORE, through their respective counsel, subject to Court approval, 

Plaintiffs and Defendants hereby stipulate and agree that the hearing on the Motion should be 

continued to September 7, 2017, at 8:00 a.m., and that the Case Management Conference should 

be continued to September 7, 2017 at 11:00 a.m. 

IT IS SO STIPULATED. 

Dated: July 18, 2017 DOSTART HANNINK & COVENEY LLP 

 /s/ James T. Hannink 

 JAMES T. HANNINK 

Attorneys for Plaintiff 

Dated: July 18, 2017 WILSON TURNER KOSMO LLP 

/s/ Vickie E. Turner 

VICKIE E. TURNER 

Attorneys for Defendants 

8:00 

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ORDER 

Having reviewed and considered the foregoing Stipulation, and finding good cause, 

IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the hearing on Defendants’ Motion to Partially Compel 

Arbitration, Strike Class Action Claims, and Stay Proceedings (Dkt. No. 22) is continued to 

September 7, 2017, at 8:00 a.m., and the Case Management Conference is continued to September 

7, 2017, at 11:00 a.m. 

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Dated:___________________, 2017 

 

 WILLIAM ALSUP 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE 

 

8:00 July 19, .

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