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Nature of Suit Code: 820
Nature of Suit: Copyright
Cause of Action: 17:501 Copyright Infringement

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STIPULATION TO SET BRIEFING SCHEDULE 17-CV-05499-EMC

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Alex Rice Kerr (SBN 264821)

Harmon Seidman Bruss & Kerr, LLC

PO Box 3097

Jackson, WY 83001

(970) 270-4718

alex@harmonseidman.com

Christopher Seidman (SBN 98884)

Harmon Seidman Bruss & Kerr, LLC

101 South Third Street, Suite 265

Grand Junction, Colorado 81501

(970) 245-9075

chris@harmonseidman.com

Attorneys for Plaintiff Peter Menzel

Jeremy S. Goldman (SBN 306943)

Azita Iskandar (SBN 280749)

FRANKFURT KURNIT KLEIN & SELZ, P.C.

2029 Century Park East, Suite 1060

Los Angeles, CA 90067

Telephone: (310) 579-9600

Facsimile: (310) 579-9650

jgoldman@fkks.com

aiskandar@fkks.com

Edward H. Rosenthal*

Nicole Bergstrom*

FRANKFURT KURNIT KLEIN & SELZ, P.C.

488 Madison Avenue, 10th Floor

New York, New York 10022

Telephone: (212) 980-0120

Facsimile: (212) 593-9175

erosenthal@fkks.com

nbergstrom@fkks.com

*pending pro hac vice admission

Attorneys for Defendant Scholastic Inc.

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

PETER MENZEL, 

Plaintiff,

v.

SCHOLASTIC, INC.

Defendant.

Case No. 17-cv-5499

STIPULATION TO SET BRIEFING 

SCHEDULE AND HEARING DATE 

REGARDING DEFENDANT’S MOTION TO 

DISMISS OR STRIKE

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Plaintiff Peter Menzel (“Menzel”) and Defendant Scholastic Inc. (“Scholastic”), through their 

undersigned counsel and pursuant to Local Rule 6-2, hereby join in the stipulated request to set a briefing 

schedule regarding Scholastic’s motion to dismiss Menzel’s Complaint, or in the alternative, to strike certain 

allegations (Doc. 20, “Motion”). The parties also request that a hearing date regarding the Motion be set for 

March 8, 2018.

The parties stipulate to the following briefing schedule:

• Menzel’s response to the Motion shall be due January 11, 2018;

• Scholastic’s reply shall be due January 25, 2018;

• The hearing date for the Motion shall be March 8, 2018.

In support of the stipulated request, the parties state the following:

• Menzel filed the Complaint on September 22, 2017. Menzel and Scholastic stipulated to an 

extension of time for Scholastic to file a responsive pleading by December 6, 2017 (Doc. 

14).

• Under Local Rule 7-3, the current deadline for Menzel to respond to the Motion is 

December 20, 2017. The deadline for Scholastic to submit a reply is December 27, 2018.

• A case management conference has not yet been set, and the stipulated briefing schedule will 

not impact the schedule for this case or any existing deadlines.

• The stipulated briefing schedule will accommodate the upcoming holiday calendar and allow 

the parties to fully address the merits of the Motion.

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Respectfully submitted,

DATED: December 14, 2017 By: Alex Rice Kerr

Alex Rice Kerr

HARMON SEIDMAN BRUSS & KERR, LLC

Attorney for Plaintiff Peter Menzel

DATED: December 14, 2017 By: Azita Iskandar

Azita Iskandar

FRANKFURT KURNIT KLEIN & SELZ, P.C.

Attorney for Defendant Scholastic, Inc.

PURSUANT TO STIPULATION, IT IS SO ORDERED.

BY THE COURT:

 

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Hon. Edward Chen

United States District 

U

Judge

NITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

IT IS SO ORDERED

Judge Edward M. Chen

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