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Nature of Suit Code: 370
Nature of Suit: Other Fraud
Cause of Action: 28:1332 Diversity-(Citizenship)

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JOINT STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER CONTINUING CASE MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE 

AND EXTENDING DEADLINE FOR DEFENDANT TO ANSWER OR OTHERWISE RESPOND TO THE 

COMPLAINT

Case No.: 15-cv-05078 EMC

BURSOR & FISHER, P.A.

L. Timothy Fisher (State Bar No. 191626)

Julia A. Luster (State Bar No. 295031)

1990 North California Boulevard, Suite 940

Walnut Creek, CA 94596

Telephone: (925) 300-4455

Facsimile: (925) 407-2700

E-Mail: ltfisher@bursor.com

jluster@bursor.com

BURSOR & FISHER, P.A.

Scott A. Bursor (State Bar No. 276006)

888 Seventh Avenue

New York, NY 10019

Telephone: (212) 989-9113

Facsimile: (212) 989-9163

E-Mail: scott@bursor.com

Attorneys for Plaintiff

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION

EDHER SOTO, individually and on behalf of 

all others similarly situated,

Plaintiff, 

vs. 

SAFEWAY INC.,

Defendant. 

Case No.: 15-cv-05078 EMC

JOINT STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] 

ORDER CONTINUING CASE 

MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE AND 

EXTENDING DEADLINE FOR 

DEFENDANT TO ANSWER OR 

OTHERWISE RESPOND TO THE 

COMPLAINT

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AND EXTENDING DEADLINE FOR DEFENDANT TO ANSWER OR OTHERWISE RESPOND TO THE 

COMPLAINT

Case No.: 15-cv-05078 EMC

Plaintiff Edher Soto (“Plaintiff”) and Defendant Safeway Inc. (“Defendant” or “Safeway”), 

pursuant to Civil Local Rule 6-2, hereby stipulate as follows:

WHEREAS the Summons and Complaint in this action were served on Defendant Safeway 

on November 11, 2015;

WHEREAS the parties previously stipulated to extend Defendant’s time to respond from 

December 3, 2015 to January 4, 2016 (Dkt. #10) and then further stipulated to extend the time to 

respond to January 11, 2016 (Dkt #14).

WHEREAS on November 23, 2015, the Court issued a Case Management Scheduling Order 

(Dkt. #11) setting the Case Management Conference for Thursday, February 11, 2016 at 9:30 AM 

with a Case Management Statement due by Thursday, February 4, 2016. 

WHEREAS the parties have conferred on the desirability of extending the time for 

Defendant to respond from January 11, 2016 to Monday, February 1, 2016 and the Case 

Management Conference to Thursday, February 25, subject to the Court’s availability and order, 

with the Case Management Statement due by Thursday, February 18, 2016. 

WHEREAS, the requests for extensions are made in good faith and not for the purpose of 

delay, and will not prejudice any party. The specific reasons for the request are as follows: In this 

action, Plaintiff alleges that certain Safeway brand canned tuna products did not contain the amount 

of tuna required by regulation. Safeway is considering filing a third-party claim against at least one 

of its suppliers, who may be required to indemnify and defend Safeway. Plaintiff’s counsel is 

collecting the information required to identify the suppliers for the products-at-issue. Safeway 

believes that having this information before the parties meet and confer with respect to case 

management issues and before appearing before the Court would allow Safeway to identify the 

supplier(s), engage in discussions regarding indemnification, and allow any indemnifying parties to 

secure representation. This preliminary exchange would also allow Safeway to determine whether 

any additional parties need to be brought into the case and who may have relevant information with 

respect to the allegations in the Complaint. The parties believe that modestly extending Safeway’s 

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JOINT STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER CONTINUING CASE MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE 

AND EXTENDING DEADLINE FOR DEFENDANT TO ANSWER OR OTHERWISE RESPOND TO THE 

COMPLAINT

Case No.: 15-cv-05078 EMC

time to respond and the Case Management Conference will ultimately help to streamline the case

and help the Court more efficiently manage the matter.

IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED, by and between the parties through their respective counsel 

that Defendant’s time to answer or otherwise respond to the Complaint be extended from January 

11, 2016 to Monday, February 1, 2016 and that the Case Management Conference be reset from 

Thursday, February 4, 2016 to Thursday, February 25, 2016, subject to the Court’s availability, and 

that the Case Management Statement be due by Thursday, February 18, 2016. 

IT IS SO STIPULATED.

Dated: January 8, 2016 BURSOR & FISHER, P.A.

By: /s/ L. Timothy Fisher

L. Timothy Fisher

Attorneys for Plaintiff

EDHER SOTO

Dated: January 8, 2016 ARNOLD & PORTER LLP

By: /s/ Monty Agarwal 

Monty Agarwal

Attorneys for Defendant

SAFEWAY INC.

ATTESTATION

Pursuant to Civil Local Rule 5-1, I, L. Timothy Fisher, attest that all signatories listed, and 

on whose behalf the filing is submitted, concur in the filing’s content and have authorized the filing.

/s/ L. Timothy Fisher

L. Timothy Fisher

March 3 at 9:30 a.m. 25

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COMPLAINT

Case No.: 15-cv-05078 EMC

PURSUANT TO STIPULATION, FOR GOOD CAUSE SHOWN, IT IS SO ORDERED.

Hon. Edward M. Chen

United States District Court Judge

Date

CMC reset from 2/4/16 to 3/3/16 at 9:30 a.m. Joint CMC statement due 2/25/16. 1/11/16

U

NITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

IT IS SO ORDERED

AS MODIFIED

Judge Edward M. Chen

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