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Nature of Suit Code: 890
Nature of Suit: Other Statutory Actions
Cause of Action: 28:1441 Petition for Removal

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Stipulation To Stay Cases Against Sprint 

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BRENDAN V. SULLIVAN, JR. 

JOHN G. KESTER 

GILBERT O. GREENMAN 

WILLIAMS & CONNOLLY LLP 

725 Twelfth Street, N.W. 

Washington, D.C. 20005 

Tel.: (202) 434-5000 

Fax: (202) 434-5029 

jkester@wc.com 

ggreenman@wc.com 

Attorneys for Sprint Nextel Corp.,

Sprint Communications Co. L.P., Sprint Spectrum L.P. and 

Nextel West Corp.

IN THE 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

-- San Francisco Division -- 

 

 ) 

In re: ) MDL Dkt. No. 06-1791-VRW 

 ) 

NATIONAL SECURITY AGENCY ) STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER 

TELECOMMUNICATIONS RECORDS ) TO STAY CASES AGAINST SPRINT 

LITIGATION ) 

 ) 

This document relates to: ) [Civil L.R. 6-2, 7-1(a)(5), 7-12] 

 ) 

Nos. C-06-6222-VRW; ) Courtroom: 6, 17th Floor 

 C-06-6224-VRW; ) Judge: Hon. Vaughn R. Walker 

 C-06-6254-VRW; )

 C-06-6295-VRW; ) 

 C-07-0464-VRW ) 

 ) 

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STIPULATION 

 In furtherance of judicial economy and to avoid potentially 

unnecessary expense, the undersigned counsel for and on behalf of the 

entities named below wish to stay all proceedings against the Sprint 

entities pending determination of appellate review in Hepting v. AT&T 

Corp., No. C-06-672-VRW, currently pending on appeal to the United 

States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. 

 Interim class counsel for the Sprint Subscriber Class 

plaintiffs and counsel for the Sprint defendants*/ hereby stipulate as 

follows: 

 1. All proceedings against the Sprint defendants shall be 

stayed until the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit 

issues its ruling on review of the July 20, 2006, order of this Court 

in Hepting v. AT&T Corp., No. C-06-672-VRW. 

 2. This stay shall encompass any proceedings pending 

herein against the Sprint defendants, or transferred by the Judicial 

Panel on Multidistrict Litigation to this Court and consolidated with 

this MDL, No. 06-1791-VRW, subsequent to the entry of this 

Stipulation. The following cases filed against the Sprint defendants 

have been transferred to this Court: 

 C-06-6222-VRW; 

 C-06-6224-VRW; 

 C-06-6254-VRW; 

 C-06-6295-VRW; 

 C-07-0464-VRW. 

 

*/

 The Sprint defendants are Sprint Nextel Corp., Sprint 

 Communications Co. L.P., Sprint Spectrum L.P. and Nextel West 

 Corp. and as used herein include any entities related to them. 

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 3. This stay shall not apply to any MDL proceedings 

against entities other than the Sprint defendants.

 4. This stay shall not otherwise alter the substantive 

and other procedural rights of the Sprint defendants or of the 

subscribers who have filed complaints against the Sprint defendants. 

 5. The Sprint defendants are not required to file any 

response to any complaint against them until sixty (60) days after 

the expiration of this stay. 

 GARY E. MASON 

 NICHOLAS A. MIGLIACCIO 

 THE MASON LAW FIRM, PC 

 1225 19th Street, N.W., Ste. 500 

 Washington, D.C. 20036 

 Tel.: (202) 429-2290 

 Fax: (202) 429-2294 

 By /s/ Gary E. Mason per G.O. 45

 JOHN C. WHITFIELD 

 WHITFIELD & COX, PSC 

 29 East Center Street 

 Madisonville, KY 42431 

 Tel.: (270) 821-0656 

 Fax: (270) 825-1163

 By /s/ John C. Whitfield per G.O. 45

 Interim Class Counsel for Sprint Subscriber Class

 BRENDAN V. SULLIVAN, JR. 

 JOHN G. KESTER 

 GILBERT O. GREENMAN 

 WILLIAMS & CONNOLLY LLP 

 725 Twelfth Street, N.W. 

 Washington, D.C. 20005 

 Tel.: (202) 434-5000 

 Fax: (202) 434-5029 

 

 By /s/ John G. Kester 

 Attorneys for Sprint Nextel Corp., Sprint Communications Co. L.P, Sprint Spectrum L.P. and Nextel

West Corp.

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February 7, 2007 

DECLARATION PURSUANT TO GENERAL ORDER 45 

 I declare that I have received authorization to file this 

document from each of the signatories listed above. 

 I declare under penalty of perjury that the foregoing 

declaration is true and correct. 

 Executed February 7, 2007, at Washington, D.C. 

 /s/ John G. Kester 

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[PROPOSED] ORDER 

 Pursuant to the foregoing stipulation, and good cause 

appearing, IT IS SO ORDERED. 

 ________________________________ 

 Vaughn R. Walker 

 United States District Chief Judge 

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U

NITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

IT IS SO ORDERED

Judge Vaughn R Walker

Date: February 14, 2007

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