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Nature of Suit Code: 370
Nature of Suit: Other Fraud
Cause of Action: 28:1332 Diversity-Petition for Removal

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 83595606v2 CASE NO. 3:16-cv-04316-MEJ 

JOINT STIPULATION AND ORDER TO TRANSFER VENUE 

SEDGWICK LLP 

STEPHANIE A. SHERIDAN, State Bar No. 135910 

stephanie.sheridan@sedgwicklaw.com 

ANTHONY J. ANSCOMBE, State Bar No. 135883 

anthony.anscombe@sedgwicklaw.com 

MEEGAN B. BROOKS, State Bar No. 298570 

meegan.brooks@sedgwicklaw.com

333 Bush Street, 30th Floor 

San Francisco, CA 94104-2834 

Telephone: 415.781.7900 

Facsimile: 415.781.2635 

Attorneys for Defendant 

AM Retail Group, Inc. 

Gene J. Stonebarger, State Bar No. 209461 

Richard D. Lambert, State Bar No. 251148 

STONEBARGER LAW 

A Professional Corporation 

75 Iron Point Circle, Ste. 145 

Folsom, CA 95630 

Telephone (916) 235-7140 

Facsimile (916) 235-7141 

Thomas A. Kearney, State Bar No. 90045 

Prescott W. Littlefield, State Bar No. 259049 

KEARNEY LITTLEFIELD LLP 

3436 N. Verdugo Rd, Suite 230 

Glendale, AA 91208 

Telephone (213) 473-1900 

Facsimile (2l3) 473-1919 

Attorneys for Plaintiff 

Maria Ramos 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

MARIA RAMOS, on behalf of herself and all 

others similarly situated, 

Plaintiff, 

v. 

AM Retail Group, Inc., a Delaware 

Corporation; and DOES 1-100, inclusive, 

Defendant. 

 CASE NO. 3:16-cv-04316-MEJ 

STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] 

ORDER TO TRANSFER VENUE OF 

ACTION TO EASTERN DISTRICT OF 

CALIFORNIA 

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 83595606v2 -1- CASE NO. 3:16-cv-04316-MEJ 

JOINT STIPULATION AND ORDER TO TRANSFER VENUE 

THE PARTIES, by and through their respective counsel of record, herein stipulate as 

follows: 

WHEREAS, on June 1, 2016, Plaintiff Maria Ramos (“Plaintiff”) filed her Complaint for 

alleged violations of California’s Unfair Competition Law (Bus. & Prof. Code § 17200 et seq.), 

False Advertising Law (Bus. & Prof. Code § 17500 et seq.), and Consumer Legal Remedies Act 

(Civ. Code § 1750 et seq.) with the Superior Court for the State of California County of San 

Francisco against Defendant AM Retail Group, Inc. (“Defendant”); 

WHEREAS, there is no connection between the allegations giving rise to Plaintiff’s causes 

of action and the Northern District of California; 

WHEREAS, Defendant currently is, and at the time this action was commenced, was a 

Delaware corporation with its principal place of business in Minnesota; 

WHEREAS, Plaintiff currently is, and at the time this action was commenced, was a 

resident of El Dorado County, within the Eastern District of California; 

WHEREAS, the alleged conduct forming the basis of Plaintiff’s action and her alleged 

injuries all occurred solely in Folsom, California, County of Sacramento, within the Eastern 

District of California; 

WHEREAS, all of the potential witnesses in this action live in the Eastern District of 

California; 

 WHEREAS, the parties to this action, by and through their attorneys, hereby stipulate and 

that the Eastern District of California is the appropriate venue for this action; 

WHEREAS, the parties attempted to effectuate a transfer through the state court system by 

filing a stipulation to transfer this case from the San Francisco Superior Court to the Sacramento 

Superior Court. Although the San Francisco Superior Court issued an order on July 25, 2016 

transferring this case (see Attachment A), the Sacramento Superior Court had not processed the 

transfer or given this matter a case number prior to AMRG’s July 29, 2016 removal deadline. 

Accordingly, the Parties agreed that Defendant’s counsel removed the case to this Court so as not 

to waive its right to remove, and that the Parties would thereafter file this instant Stipulation to 

move this matter to the appropriate venue in the Eastern District of California; 

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83595606v2 -2- CASE NO. 3:16-cv-04316-MEJ 

JOINT STIPULATION AND ORDER TO TRANSFER VENUE 

THEREFORE, the Parties agree and stipulate to transfer this action from the United States 

District Court for the Northern District of California to the United States District Court for the 

Eastern District of California, pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1406(a); 

FURTHER, given that Plaintiff plans to file an amended complaint, the Parties further 

stipulate that Defendant shall have 35 days after the date the action is docketed and assigned to a 

judge in the Eastern District of California to file a responsive pleading to Plaintiff’s complaint. 

IT IS SO STIPULATED. 

DATED: August 2, 2016 SEDGWICK LLP 

By: _/s/ Stephanie A. Sheridan________________

Stephanie A. Sheridan 

Attorneys for Defendant 

AM RETAIL GROUP, INC. 

DATED: August 2, 2016 STONEBARGER LAW 

By: _/s/_Richard D. Lambert__________________ 

Richard D. Lambert 

Attorneys for Plaintiff 

MARIA RAMOS 

Local Rule 5-1 Attestation 

I attest that that Plaintiff’s counsel Richard Lambert concurs in this filing’s content and has 

authorized the filing. 

DATED: August 2, 2016 SEDGWICK LLP 

By: _/s/ Stephanie A. Sheridan________________

Stephanie A. Sheridan 

Attorneys for Defendant 

AM RETAIL GROUP, INC. 

 

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JOINT STIPULATION AND ORDER TO TRANSFER VENUE 

[PROPOSED] ORDER 

PURSUANT TO STIPULATION, IT IS SO ORDERED: This action is hereby 

transferred to the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California. 

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED THAT Defendant shall have 35 days after the date the 

action is docketed and assigned to a judge in the Eastern District of California to file a responsive 

pleading to Plaintiff’s complaint. 

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Dated: 

 HONORABLE MARIA-ELENA JAMES 

 United States Magistrate Judge 

 

August 3, 2016

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EXHIBIT A 

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Jul 25 2016 

04:46PM

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