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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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KEMNITZER, ANDERSON, BARRON & OGILVIE, LLP 

Mark F. Anderson (SBN 44787) 

Kan Tung Donohoe (SBN 197785) 

445 Bush Street, Sixth Floor 

San Francisco, CA 94108 

Telephone: (415) 861-2265 

Fax: (415) 861-3151 

Attorneys for Plaintiff Mark R Ciabattari and all 

others similarly situated 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

Mark R Ciabattari, and all other persons 

similarly situated, 

 Plaintiffs, 

 vs. 

Toyota Motor Sales, U.S.A., Inc., a California 

corporation, et al, 

 Defendants. 

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Case No. C-05-04289 SC 

Third Stipulation Continuing Plaintiff’s Motion 

to Remand this Action to the Superior Court, 

Defendant Toyota Motor Sales, U.S.A., Inc.’s 

Motion to Dismiss, and Defendant Goodyear 

Dunlop Tires North America, Ltd’s Motion to 

Dismiss or, Alternatively, to Strike Portions of 

the Plaintiff’s Complaint and (proposed) Order 

 Whereas, plaintiff has pending a motion to remand this action to the Superior Court; 

 Whereas, defendant Toyota Motor Sales, U.S.A., Inc. has pending a motion to dismiss 

this action; 

 Whereas, defendant Goodyear Dunlop Tires North America, Ltd. has pending a motion to 

dismiss or, alternatively, to strike portions of the plaintiff’s complaint; 

 Whereas, memoranda in opposition to each of these motions has been filed; 

 Whereas, there have been two previous stipulations to continue the hearing date for these 

motions; 

 Whereas, each of these motions is currently set to be heard on April 7, 2006; 

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 Whereas, currently the last day to meet and confer re initial disclosures, early settlement, 

ADR process selection and discovery plan and to file Joint ADR Certification with Stipulation to 

ADR process or Notice of Need for ADR Phone Conference is April 14, 2006; 

 Whereas, the last day to serve initial disclosures or state any objection to Rule 26(f) 

Reports, to file the Case Management Statement, and to file Rule 26(f) Reports is April 28, 2006; 

 Whereas, the Case Management Conference is currently set for May 12, 2006; 

 Whereas, on February 8, 2006, plaintiff joined with plaintiffs in similar class actions 

pending in federal district courts in Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Illinois and Florida 

filed a motion to have all the cases transferred to a single district court and coordinated and 

consolidated for pretrial purposes under 28 U.S.C. § 1407, to which motion defendants have 

acquiesced; 

 Whereas, on March 15, 2006, counsel for the plaintiffs in this and in the Connecticut, 

New York, New Jersey, Illinois and Florida actions met with counsel for each of the defendants 

in San Francisco to discuss a nationwide settlement; 

 Whereas, the parties need more time to either reach a memorandum of understanding on 

settlement of these actions or to determine if settlement is not possible at this stage of the 

proceedings; 

IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED, by and between counsel, that the pending motions may 

be continued to Friday, June 16, 2006, at 10:00 AM, and that the parties’ respective reply 

memoranda shall filed and served 14 days before the hearing date. 

IT IS FURTHER STIPULATED that the last day to meet and confer re initial 

disclosures, early settlement, ADR process selection, and discovery plan shall be June 23, 2006; 

the last day to file Joint ADR Certification with Stipulation to ADR process or Notice of Need 

for ADR Phone Conference shall be June 23, 2006; 

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IT IS FURTHER STIPULATED that the last day to serve initial disclosures or state any 

objection to the Rule 26(f) Report, to file the Case Management Statement, and to file the Rule 

26(f) Report shall be June 30, 2006; and 

IT IS FURTHER STIPULATED that the Case Management Conference shall be held on 

either Friday, July 7, 2006, at 10:00 AM or such date thereafter as may be convenient to the 

Court. 

Dated: March 17, 2006. KEMNITZER, ANDERSON, BARRON & OGILVIE LLP 

 By /s/ Mark F Anderson

 Mark F Anderson 

 Attorney for Plaintiff & the Class 

Dated: March 20, 2006. 

 WILSON, ELSER, MOSKOWITZ, EDELMAN, 

 & DICKER LLP 

 

 By /s/ Christine Starkie 

 Christine Starkie 

 Attorney for Defendant Goodyear Dunlop 

 Tires North America, Ltd. 

Dated: March 17, 2006. 

 O’MELVENY & MYERS LLP 

 

 By /s/ Thomas M Riordan

 Thomas M Riordan 

 

Order Continuing Motions & Resetting Case Schedule 

Based upon the parties’ stipulation and for good cause shown, the hearing on the motions 

referenced above shall be continued to Friday, June 16, 2006, at 10:00 AM; the last date to meet 

and confer re initial disclosures, early settlement, ADR process selection, and discovery plan 

shall be June 23, 2006; the last day to file Joint ADR Certification with Stipulation to ADR 

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process or Notice of Need for ADR Phone Conference shall be June 23, 2006; the last day to 

serve initial disclosures or state objection to Rule 26(f) Report, to file the Case Management 

Statement, and to file the Rule 26(f) Report shall be June 30, 2006; and the Case Management 

Conference shall be held on July 7, 2006. 

Dated: March ___, 2006. 

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 United States District Court 

 

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORN

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IT IS SO ORDERED

Judge Samuel Conti

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