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Nature of Suit Code: 890
Nature of Suit: Other Statutory Actions
Cause of Action: 28:1331 Fed. Question

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STIPULATION TO EXTEND TIME FOR DEFENDANTS TO 

RESPOND TO COMPLAINT

CASE NO. 3:11-cv-02115-JCS 26709346_1.DOC 

THAD A. DAVIS (SBN 220503)

thad.davis@ropesgray.com 

ROCKY C. TSAI (SBN 221452) 

rocky.tsai@ropesgray.com 

ROPES & GRAY LLP 

Three Embarcadero Center, Ste 300 

San Francisco, California 94111-4006 

Tel: (415) 315- 6300 

Fax: (415) 315-6350 

HARVEY J. WOLKOFF 

harvey.wolkoff@ropesgray.com 

MARK P. SZPAK 

mark.szpak@ropesgray.com 

LARA A. ORAVEC 

lara.oravec@ropesgray.com 

ROPES & GRAY LLP 

Prudential Tower, 800 Boylston Street 

Boston, MA 02199-3600 

Tel: (617) 951-7606 

Fax: (617) 235-0215 

Attorneys for Defendants 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION 

JAMES EFIRD, individually and on behalf of all 

others similarly situated, 

Plaintiff, 

v. 

SONY COMPUTER ENTERTAINMENT 

AMERICA, LLC, a Delaware limited liability 

company; SONY COMPUTER 

ENTERTAINMENT AMERICA, INC., a 

Delaware corporation; SONY CORPORATION 

OF AMERICA, a New York corporation; and 

DOES 1 through 10, inclusive, 

Defendants. 

Case No. 3:11-cv-02115-JCS

STIPULATION TO EXTEND 

TIME FOR DEFENDANTS TO 

MOVE, ANSWER, OR 

OTHERWISE RESPOND TO 

COMPLAINT 

Judge: Magistrate Judge Joseph C. Spero 

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-2- STIPULATION TO EXTEND TIME FOR DEFENDANTS TO 

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CASE NO. 3:11-cv-02115-JCS

WHEREAS, defendants Sony Computer Entertainment America LLC (“SCEA”) (f/k/a 

Sony Computer Entertainment America, Inc.) and Sony Corporation of America (“SCA”), as well 

as certain related entities (collectively, the “Sony Defendants”), have been named as defendants 

in at least twenty-one (21) putative class action lawsuits within this District, to date; 

WHEREAS, certain of the Sony Defendants have also been named as defendants in at 

least eighteen (18) putative class action lawsuits pending outside this District, to date; 

WHEREAS, a motion is currently pending before the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict 

Litigation (the “JPML”) to centralize this and other matters, to which one response has been filed 

to date, and as to which other responses, including Sony Defendants’ response, are due by June 2, 

2011. 

WHEREAS, the current deadline for SCEA and SCA to respond to the Complaint is 

June 1, 2011; 

WHEREAS, the parties have agreed to the extension of time herein for the defendants in 

the above-captioned action to move, answer, or otherwise respond to the Complaint, in order to 

facilitate the scheduling of this matter in coordination with the schedule for the motion before the 

JPML; 

NOW, THEREFORE, pursuant to Civil Local Rules 6-1(a), 7-1(a), and 7-12, all parties, 

by and through their respective counsel, hereby stipulate as follows: 

The deadline for the defendants to respond to the Complaint in the above-captioned action 

is extended until and including 30 days after a consolidated complaint is filed in a multidistrict 

litigation centralizing the above-captioned action with other matters, or if centralization is denied 

by the JPML, then 30 days from the date of such order denying centralization. 

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CASE NO. 3:11-cv-02115-JCS

Either party may seek ex parte relief from this stipulated Order for good cause shown, 

including, but not limited to, Defendants’ filing of a responsive pleading in a related case.

Dated: May 19, 2011 SEAN REIS

JAY EDELSON 

MICHAEL J. ASCHENBRENER 

BRADLEY M. BAGLIEN 

CHRISTOPHER L. DORE 

EDELSON MCGUIRE, LLP 

 By: /s/ Jay Edelson /s/ [as authorized]

 Jay Edelson

Attorneys for Plaintiff 

JAMES EFIRD 

Dated: May 19, 2011 HARVEY WOLKOFF 

THAD A. DAVIS 

ROCKY C. TSAI 

ROPES & GRAY LLP 

By: /s/ Rocky C. Tsai /s/ 

Rocky C. Tsai 

Attorneys for Defendants 

SONY NETWORK ENTERTAINMENT 

AMERICA, INC.; SONY COMPUTER 

ENTERTAINMENT AMERICA LLC; 

SONY NETWORK ENTERTAINMENT 

INTERNATIONAL LLC 

[PROPOSED] ORDER 

PURSUANT TO STIPULATION, IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Dated: By:_____________________________ 

 U. S. District Court Magistrate Judge 

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5/20/11

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORN

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Judge Joseph C. Spero

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