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Nature of Suit Code: 190
Nature of Suit: Other Contract Actions
Cause of Action: 28:1331 Fed. Question

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STIPULATION TO EXTEND TIME FOR DEFENDANTS TO 

RESPOND TO COMPLAINT

CASE NO. 4:11-cv-02063-SBA

THAD A. DAVIS (SBN 220503)

thad.davis@ropesgray.com 

ROCKY C. TSAI (SBN 221452) 

rocky.tsai@ropesgray.com 

ROPES & GRAY LLP 

Three Embarcadero Center, Ste 300 

San Francisco, California 94111-4006 

Tel: (415) 315- 6300 

Fax: (415) 315-6350 

HARVEY J. WOLKOFF (Pro hac vice application filed) 

harvey.wolkoff@ropesgray.com 

MARK P. SZPAK 

mark.szpak@ropesgray.com 

LARA A. ORAVEC 

lara.oravec@ropesgray.com 

ROPES & GRAY LLP 

Prudential Tower, 800 Boylston Street 

Boston, MA 02199-3600 

Tel: (617) 951-7606 

Fax: (617) 235-0215 

Attorneys for Defendants 

SONY COMPUTER ENTERTAINMENT AMERICA LLC and 

SONY NETWORK ENTERTAINMENT INTERNATIONAL 

LLC 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

OAKLAND DIVISION 

KRISTOPHER JOHNS, on Behalf of Himself and 

for the Benefit of All with the Common or 

General Interest, Any Persons Injured, and All 

Others Similarly Situated, 

Plaintiff, 

v. 

SONY COMPUTER ENTERTAINMENT 

AMERICA LLC, a Delaware Limited Liability 

Company; SONY NETWORK 

ENTERTAINMENT INTERNATIONAL LLC, a 

Delaware Limited Liability Company,, 

Defendants. 

Case No. 4:11-cv-02063-SBA

STIPULATION TO EXTEND 

TIME FOR DEFENDANTS TO 

MOVE, ANSWER, OR 

OTHERWISE RESPOND TO 

COMPLAINT 

Judge: Hon. Saundra B. Armstrong 

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STIPULATION TO EXTEND TIME FOR DEFENDANTS TO 

RESPOND TO COMPLAINT

CASE NO. 4:11-cv-02063-SBA

WHEREAS, defendants Sony Computer Entertainment America LLC (“SCEA”) and 

Sony Network Entertainment International LLC (“SNEI”), as well as certain related entities 

(collectively, the “Sony Defendants”), have been named as defendants in at least nineteen (19) 

putative class action lawsuits within this District, to date (collectively, the “N.D. Cal. Sony 

Litigations”); 

WHEREAS, certain of the Sony Defendants have also been named as defendants in at 

least fourteen (14) putative class action lawsuits pending outside this District, to date, including at 

least five (5) suits in the Central District of California, one (1) suit in the Southern District of 

California, one (1) suit in the Southern District of New York, one (1) suit in the Eastern District 

of New York, one (1) suit in the District of Massachusetts, one (1) suit in the Eastern District of 

Michigan, two (2) suits in the Southern District of Texas, one (1) suit in the District of 

Connecticut, and one (1) suit in the Southern District of Florida (collectively, with the N.D. Cal. 

Sony Litigations, the “U.S. Sony Litigations”); 

WHEREAS, a motion is currently pending before the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict 

Litigation (the “JPML”) to centralize this and other matters, to which one response has been filed 

to date, and as to which other responses, including Sony Defendants’ response, are due by June 2, 

2011. 

WHEREAS, the current deadlines for the defendants in the above-captioned action to 

respond to the Complaint are May 19 and May 20, 2011, respectively; 

WHEREAS, the parties have agreed to the extension of time herein for the defendants in 

the above-captioned action to move, answer, or respond to the Complaint, in order to facilitate the 

scheduling of this matter in coordination with the schedule for the motion before the JPML; 

NOW, THEREFORE, pursuant to Civil Local Rules 6-1(a), 7-1(a), and 7-12, all parties, 

by and through their respective counsel, hereby stipulate as follows: 

The deadline for the defendants to respond to the Complaint in the above-captioned action 

is extended until and including 30 days after a consolidated complaint is filed in a multidistrict 

litigation centralizing the above-captioned action with other matters, or if centralization is denied 

by the JPML, then 30 days from the date of such order denying centralization. 

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CASE NO. 4:11-cv-02063-SBA

Either party may seek ex parte relief from this stipulated Order for good cause shown, 

including, but not limited to, Defendants’ filing of a responsive pleading in a related case. 

Dated: May 17, 2011 IRA P. ROTHKEN

JARED R. SMITH 

ROTHKEN LAW FIRM 

By: /s/ Ira P. Rothken /s/ [as authorized] 

Ira P. Rothken 

Attorneys for Plaintiff 

KRISTOPHER JOHNS 

Dated: May 17, 2011 HARVEY WOLKOFF 

THAD A. DAVIS 

ROCKY C. TSAI 

ROPES & GRAY LLP 

By: /s/ Rocky C. Tsai /s/ 

Rocky C. Tsai 

Attorneys for Defendants 

 SONY COMPUTER 

 ENTERTAINMENT AMERICA LLC 

 and 

SONY NETWORK ENTERTAINMENT 

INTERNATIONAL LLC 

ORDER 

PURSUANT TO STIPULATION, IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Dated: 5/24/11 __________________________ 

 United States District Court Judge 

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