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Nature of Suit Code: 480
Nature of Suit: Consumer Credit
Cause of Action: 15:1692 Fair Debt Collection Act

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JOINT STIPULATION TO CONTINUE FURTHER CASE MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE 

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ERIC D. HOUSER (SBN 130079) 

SARA L. MARKERT (SBN 251277) 

HOUSER & ALLISON 

A Professional Corporation 

9970 Research Drive 

Irvine, CA 92618 

Telephone: (949) 679-1111 

Facsimile: (949) 679-1112 

Email: smarkert@houser-law.com 

Attorneys for Defendant, 

NATIONWIDE CREDIT, INC. 

NICHOLAS J. BONTRAGER 

KROHN & MOSS, LTD 

10474 Santa Monica Blvd. 

Suite 401 

Los Angeles, CA 90025 

(323) 988-2400 x229 

(888) 755-0945 (fax) 

Email: nbontrager@consumerlawcenter.com 

Attorneys for Plaintiff, 

MICHAEL SIRBU 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA – SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION 

MICHAEL SIRBU, 

 Plaintiff, 

 vs. 

NATIONWIDE CREDIT, INC., 

 Defendant. 

Case No.: CV-09-03633 MHP-EDL 

Hon. Marilyn H. Patel 

JOINT STIPULATION TO CONTINUE 

FURTHER CASE MANAGEMENT 

CONFERENCE TO JUNE 7, 2010; 

DECLARATIONS OF SARA L. 

MARKERT AND NICHOLAS 

BONTRAGER IN SUPPORT HEREOF; 

[PROPOSED] ORDER 

Complaint Filed: August 7, 2009 

Trial date: None scheduled 

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WHEREAS, a further case management conference is scheduled to be held in this matter 

on May 17, 2010 at 3:00 p.m. in the above-captioned Court; and 

WHEREAS, counsel for both Plaintiff and Defendant have another matter on calendar in 

the Central District of California at 1:30 p.m. on May 17, 2010; and 

 WHEREAS, counsel for Plaintiff has a trial scheduled to begin on May 24, 2010; and 

 WHEREAS, the parties desire to continue the further case management conference to a 

date when both counsel are available to attend; 

IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED, as follows: 

 The further case management conference will be continued to Monday, June 7, 2010, at 

3:00 p.m. in courtroom 15, 18th Floor, of the above-captioned courthouse. 

IT IS HEREBY AGREED: 

Dated: April 21, 2010 HOUSER & ALLISON, APC 

By: /s/Sara L. Markert 

Sara L. Markert 

Attorney for Defendant, 

Nationwide Credit, Inc. 

Dated: April 21, 2010 KROHN & MOSS, LTD 

By: /s/ Nichols Bontrager 

Nicholas Bontrager 

Attorney for Plaintiff, 

Michael Sirbu

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DECLARATION OF SARA L. MARKERT

I, Sara L. Markert, declare as follows: 

1. I am an attorney at law duly licensed to practice before the above entitled Court 

and am an attorney with the law firm of Houser & Allison, A Professional Corporation, counsel 

of record for Defendant, NATIONWIDE CREDIT, INC. (“NCI”). I have personal knowledge of 

the facts set forth herein and if called as a witness could and would competently testify as to 

those facts. 

2. I submit this declaration in support of the Joint Stipulation to Continue the Further 

Case Management Conference to June 7, 2010. 

3. I am counsel of record in the matter Vassil Krapf v. Nationwide Credit, Inc., Case 

No. 8:09-cv-00711-JVS-MLG, currently pending in the Central District of California. 

4. I filed a motion for summary judgment on behalf of NCI in the Krapf matter 

which is scheduled to be heard on Monday, May 17, 2010, at 1:30 p.m. at the United States 

District Court located at 411 W. Fourth Street, in Santa Ana, California. 

5. I am unable to attend both the motion hearing in Krapf and the case management 

conference in this action on May 17, 2010, due to the location and timing of the hearings. 

6. I am available to attend a further case management conference in this matter on 

Monday, June 7, 2010. 

I declare under penalty of perjury under the laws of the United States of America that the 

foregoing is true and correct, and that this declaration was executed this 21st day of April, 2010, 

at Long Beach, California. 

 /s/ Sara L. Markert 

 Sara L. Markert 

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DECLARATION OF NICHOLAS BONTRAGER

I, Nicholas Bontrager, declare as follows: 

1. I am an attorney at law duly licensed to practice before the above entitled Court 

and am an attorney with the law firm of Krohn & Moss, Ltd., counsel of record for Plaintiff, 

MICHAEL SIRBU. I have personal knowledge of the facts set forth herein and if called as a 

witness could and would competently testify as to those facts. 

2. I submit this declaration in support of the Joint Stipulation to Continue the Further 

Case Management Conference to June 7, 2010. 

3. I am counsel of record in the matter Vassil Krapf v. Nationwide Credit, Inc., Case 

No. 8:09-cv-00711-JVS-MLG, currently pending in the Central District of California. 

4. NCI filed a motion for summary judgment in the Krapf matter which is scheduled 

to be heard on Monday, May 17, 2010, at 1:30 p.m. at the United States District Court located at 

411 W. Fourth Street, in Santa Ana, California. 

5. I am unable to attend both the motion hearing in Krapf and the case management 

conference in this action on May 17, 2010, due to the location and timing of the hearings. 

6. I am also counsel of record in the matter Christopher Gomez v. Valentine & 

Kebartas, Case No. 108cv130867, currently pending in the Superior Court of California for 

Santa Clara County. 

7. The Gomez matter is scheduled to go to trial on Monday May 24, 2010. I am 

therefore unable to attend a further case management conference in this matter on Monday, May 

24, 2010. 

8. I am available to attend a further case management conference in this matter on 

Monday, June 7, 2010. 

I declare under penalty of perjury under the laws of the United States of America that the 

foregoing is true and correct, and that this declaration was executed this 21st day of April, 2010, 

at Los Angeles, California. 

 /s/ Nicholas Bontrager 

 Nicholas Bontrager

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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

STATE OF CALIFORNIA ) 

 ) ss 

COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES ) 

I am employed in the County of Los Angeles, State of California. I am over the age of 18 

and not a party to the within action. My business address is 3760 Kilroy Airport Way, Long 

Beach, California 90806. 

 On April 22, 2010, I served the following document(s) described as follows: JOINT 

STIPULATION TO CONTINUE FURTHER CASE MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE 

TO JUNE 7, 2010; DECLARATIONS OF SARA L. MARKERT AND NICHOLAS 

BONTRAGER IN SUPPORT HEREOF; [PROPOSED] ORDER 

On the following interested parties in this action: 

Nicholas J Bontrager 

Krohn & Moss Ltd 

10474 Santa Monica Boulevard, Suite 401 

Los Angeles, CA 90025 

nbontrager@consumerlawcenter.com 

Attorney for Plaintiff 

BY ELECTRONIC MAIL—I hereby certify that I electronically transmitted the 

attached document(s) to the Clerk’s Office using the CM/ECF System for filing and 

transmittal of a Notice of Electronic Filing to the above listed CM/ECF registrants. 

I declare under penalty of perjury, under the laws of the United States that the foregoing 

is true and correct. 

Executed on April 22, 2010, at Irvine, California. 

 /s/ Sara L. Markert 

 Sara L. Markert 

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA – SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION 

MICHAEL SIRBU, 

 Plaintiff, 

 vs. 

NATIONWIDE CREDIT, INC., 

 Defendant. 

Case No.: CV-09-03633 MHP-EDL 

Hon. Marilyn H. Patel 

[PROPOSED] ORDER CONTINUING 

FURTHER CASE MANAGEMENT 

CONFERENCE TO JUNE 7, 2010 

Complaint Filed: August 7, 2009 

Trial date: None scheduled 

Pursuant to the parties’ JOINT STIPULATION TO CONTINUE FURTHER CASE 

MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE TO JUNE 7, 2010, good cause so appearing, 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: ______________ __________________________________________ 

MARILYN H. PATEL 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

4/23/2010

U

NITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

IT IS SO ORDERED

Judge Marilyn H. Patel

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