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Nature of Suit Code: 190
Nature of Suit: Other Contract Actions
Cause of Action: 28:1441 Petition For Removal--Other Contract

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STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER TO CONTINUE THE CASE MANAGEMENT 

CONFERENCE AND THE HEARING ON DEFENDANTS’ MOTION TO PARTIALLY 

COMPEL ARBITRATION 

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WILSON TURNER KOSMO LLP

VICKIE E. TURNER (106431) 

ROBERT K. DIXON (262252) 

KIRSTEN F. GALLACHER (286137) 

550 West C Street, Suite 1050 

San Diego, California 92101 

Telephone: (619) 236-9600 

Facsimile: (619) 236-9669 

E-mail: vturner@wilsonturnerkosmo.com 

E-mail: rdixon@wilsonturnerkosmo.com 

E-mail: kgallacher@wilsonturnerkosmo.com 

Attorneys for Defendants

RENT-A-CENTER, INC. and RENT-A-CENTER 

WEST, INC.

JAMES T. HANNINK (131747) 

jhannink@sdlaw.com 

ZACH P. DOSTART (255071) 

zdostart@sdlaw.com 

DOSTART HANNINK & COVENEY LLP

4180 La Jolla Village Drive, Suite 530 

La Jolla, California 92037-1474 

Tel: 858-623-4200 

Fax: 858-623-4299 

Attorneys for Plaintiffs

[Additional Counsel for the Parties Listed on Next Page]

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

PAULA L. BLAIR, ANDREA ROBINSON,

and FALECHIA A. HARRIS, individually and 

on behalf of all others similarly situated,

Plaintiffs,

v. 

RENT-A-CENTER, INC., a Delaware 

corporation; RENT-A-CENTER WEST, INC., a 

Delaware corporation; and DOES 1-50, 

inclusive, 

Defendants.

Case No. 3:17-cv-02335-WHA

STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED]

ORDER TO CONTINUE THE CASE

MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE AND

THE HEARING ON DEFENDANTS’

MOTION TO PARTIALLY COMPEL

ARBITRATION 

District Judge: Hon. William H. Alsup

Courtroom.: 8- 19th Floor 

Complaint Filed: March 13, 2017 

Trial Date: June 11, 2018 

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STIPULATION

WHEREAS, the hearing on Defendants’ Motion to Partially Compel Arbitration, Strike Class 

Action Claims, and Stay Proceedings (Dkt. No. 22) (“Motion”) and a Case Management Conference 

is presently on calendar for September 7, 2017, at 8:00 a.m. and 11:00 a.m., respectively; 

WHEREAS, the wife of Robert Friedman—a member of the Texas bar and the attorney who 

will argue the Motion to Compel Arbitration on behalf of Defendants—is hospitalized and had 

unexpected surgery yesterday. For that reason, Defendants’ counsel has requested that Plaintiffs’ 

counsel agree to continue the Motion hearing and Case Management Conference to next week; and 

WHEREAS, in consideration of Mr. Friedman’s personal situation, counsel for the parties’ 

respective calendars, and in view of the Court’s calendar, the parties have agreed to continue the 

Motion hearing as well as the Case Management Conference, as specified herein;

NOW, THEREFORE, through their respective counsel, subject to Court approval, Plaintiffs 

and Defendants hereby stipulate and agree that, while the Court typically hears such matters on 

Thursdays, the Motion Hearing and Case Management Conference should be continued to 

September 19, 20, or 22, 2017, at 8:00 a.m. and 11:00 a.m., respectively. Alternatively, the parties

hereby stipulate and agree that the Motion hearing and Case Management Conference should be 

continued to September 28, 2017, at 8:00 a.m. and 11:00 a.m., respectively. 

IT IS SO STIPULATED.

Dated: September 6, 2017 WILSON TURNER KOSMO LLP

By: /s/ Robert K. Dixon 

VICKIE E. TURNER

ROBERT K. DIXON

KIRSTEN F. GALLACHER

Attorneys for Defendants

RENT-A-CENTER, INC. 

and RENT-A-CENTER WEST, INC.

Dated: September 6, 2017 DOSTART HANNINK & COVENEY LLP

By: /s/ Zach P. Dostart 

JAMES T. HANNINK

ZACH P. DOSTART

Attorneys for Plaintiff

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ORDER

Having reviewed and considered the foregoing Stipulation, and finding good cause, 

IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the hearing on Defendants’ Motion to Partially Compel 

Arbitration, Strike Class Action Claims, and Stay Proceedings (Dkt. No. 22) and the Case 

Management Conference are continued to _____________________________________________.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated:___________________, 2017

WILLIAM ALSUP 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE 

ATTESTATION

Pursuant to Civil L.R. 5-1(i)(3), I hereby attest that concurrence in the filing of this document 

has been obtained from Zach P. Dostart, counsel for Plaintiffs Rent-A-Center, Inc. and Rent-ACenter West, Inc. 

Dated: September 6, 2017 WILSON TURNER KOSMO LLP

/s/ Robert K. Dixon

ROBERT K. DIXON

Attorneys for Defendants RENT-A-CENTER, INC. and 

RENT-A-CENTER WEST, INC.

 

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