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Nature of Suit Code: 890
Nature of Suit: Other Statutory Actions
Cause of Action: 31:3729 False Claims Act

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ROBERT J. NELSON, CA State Bar No. 132797

LIEFF, CABRASER, HEIMANN & BERNSTEIN, LLP 

Embarcadero Center West 

275 Battery Street, 30th floor 

San Francisco, CA 94111 

Tel 415 956 1000 • Fax 415 956 1008 • rnelson@lchb.com 

MICHAEL RUBIN, CA State Bar No. 80618

JAMES FINBERG, CA State Bar No. 114850

PAUL LECKMAN, CA State Bar No. 235721

ALTSHULER BERZON LLP

177 Post Street, Suite 300

San Francisco, CA 94108

Tel 415 421 7151 • Fax 415 362 8064 • mrubin@altshulerberson.com,

jfinberg@altshulerberzon.com, pleckman@altshulerberzon.com

CLIFF PALEFSKY, CA Bar No. 77683

McGUINN, HILLSMAN & PALEFSKY, LLP 

535 Pacific Avenue 

San Francisco, CA 94133-4628

Tel 415 421 9292 • Fax 415 402 0202 • Uroy2@aol.com

NANCY G. KROP, CA Bar No. 133723

274 Redwood Shores Parkway, No. 334

Redwood City, CA 94065

Tel 650 596-8823 • Fax 650 596 8839 • nkrop@kroplaw.com

DANIEL ROBERT BARTLEY, CA Bar No. 79586

Mail: Post Office Box 686, Novato, CA 94948-0686

Street: 7665 Redwood Blvd, Suite 200, Novato, CA 94945-1405

Tel 415 898 4741 • Fax 415 898 4841 • DanielBartleyLaw@aol.com

Attorneys for Mary Hendow and Julie Albertson, Relators

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

UNITED STATES OF

AMERICA, ex rel. MARY

HENDOW and JULIE

ALBERTSON, 

Plaintiffs,

vs.

UNIVERSITY OF PHOENIX and

DOES 1-500, Inclusive,

Defendants.

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Case No. CIV.S-03-0457 GEB

DAD

STIPULATION TO TWO-WEEK

CONTINUANCE OF HEARING

ON DEFENDANT'S MOTION TO

DISMISS RELATORS’ SECOND

AMENDED COMPLAINT

PURSUANT TO FED. R. CIV. P.

12(b)(1); [PROPOSED]

ORDER

Judge: Hon. Garland E.

Burrell

Place: Courtroom 10 

Original Date: June 11, 2007

New Date: June 25, 2007

Time: 9:00 a.m.

WHEREAS, Defendant University of Phoenix on March 22, 2007, filed a Rule 12(b)

(1) motion to dismiss Relators' Second Amended Complaint, which motion was originally

noticed for hearing before this United States District Court on April 30, 2007;

WHEREAS, this Court sua sponte continued the hearing on such motion to June 11,

2007;

WHEREAS, Relators on May 23, 2007, retained new counsel to join the case as cocounsel for Relators, 

WHEREAS, such new counsel for Relators are the firms of Leiff Cabraser, LLP,

Altshuler Berzon, LLP, and McGuinn, Hillsman & Palefsky, LLP, respectively;

WHEREAS, Robert Nelson of Leiff Cabraser today apprised lead defense counsel

Timothy Hatch, of Gibson Dunn & Crutcher, of Relators' new counsel's desire for a two-weeks

continuance of the subject June 11, 2007, hearing, to June 25, 2007, in order that new counsel

may review, and have some input on, Relators' opposition to the pending motion;

WHEREAS, undersigned Relators' counsel Daniel Bartley on May 23, 2007, confirmed

with the Court, via a telephone call to Ms. Shani Furstenau, Courtroom Deputy Clerk, that the

Court is available on June 25 and that such continuance to June 25 poses no problem;

THEREFORE, counsel hereby stipulate to such continuance, with the reciprocal

understanding that Relators shall file and serve their opposition on or before June 6, 2007, and

Defendant's reply shall be filed and served on or before June 18, 2007.

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DATED: May 23, 2007 LIEFF CABRASER LLP

Robert Nelson

ALTSHULER BERZON

Michael Rubin

James Fineburg

Paul Leckman

NANCY G. KROP and

DANIEL ROBERT BARTLEY

ATTORNEYS FOR QUI TAM RELATORS

MARY HENDOW AND JULIE ALBERTSON

 /s/ Daniel Bartley

By: _________________________________

 Daniel R. Bartley (CA Bar No. 79586)

DATED: May 23, 2007 STEVENS & O'CONNELL LLP

Charles A. Stevens

Bradley A. Benbrook

SNELL & WILMER, LLP

Christy Joseph

GIBSON, DUNN & CRUTCHER LLP

Timothy J. Hatch

Wayne W. Smith

James L. Zelenay, Jr.

ATTORNEYS FOR DEFENDANT

UNIVERSITY OF PHOENIX

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/s/ Timothy Hatch

By: __________________________________

Timothy J. Hatch (CA Bar No. 165369)

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ORDER

It is SO ORDERED. 

The hearing on Defendant University of Phoenix's motion to dismiss is continued from

June 11, 2007, to June 25, 2007, 9:00 a.m. 

Relators shall e-file and e-serve their opposition on or before June 6, 2007, and

Defendant shall e-file and e-serve its reply on or before June 18, 2007.

Dated: May 24, 2007

 

GARLAND E. BURRELL, JR.

United States District Judge

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