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Nature of Suit Code: 190
Nature of Suit: Other Contract Actions
Cause of Action: 28:1332 Diversity-Other Contract

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STIPULATION TO CONSOLIDATE CASES

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Shana E. Scarlett (SBN 217895)

HAGENS BERMAN SOBOL SHAPIRO LLP 

715 Hearst Avenue, Suite 202 Berkeley, CA 94710 Telephone: (510) 725-3000 Facsimile: (510) 725-3001 Email: shanas@hbsslaw.com

Steve W. Berman (pro hac vice) 

HAGENS BERMAN SOBOL SHAPIRO LLP 

1301 Second Avenue, Suite 2000 

Seattle, WA 98101 

Telephone: (206) 623-7292 

Facsimile: (206) 623-0594 

steve@hbsslaw.com 

sean@hbsslaw.com 

Attorneys for Moonan Plaintiffs 

[Additional Counsel Listed on the Signature Page]

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION

CHRISTOPHER MOONAN, et al., on behalf 

of themselves and all others similarly 

situated, 

Plaintiffs, 

v. 

GENERAL MOTORS LLC, 

Defendant. 

Case No. 3:18-cv-07054-JST

Class Action

Hon. Jon S. Tigar

CALVIN SMITH, et al., on behalf of 

themselves and all others similarly situated, 

Plaintiffs, 

v. 

GENERAL MOTORS COMPANY,

Defendant. 

Case No. 3:19-cv-00021-JST

Class Action

Hon. Jon S. Tigar

STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] 

ORDER CONSOLIDATING CASES FOR 

ALL PURPOSES AND PERMITTING 

FILING OF CONSOLIDATED 

COMPLAINT

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Plaintiffs in Moonan, et al. v. General Motors LLC, No. 3:18-cv-07054-JST, and Smith, et al. v. 

General Motors Company, No. 3:19-cv-00021-JST, and General Motors LLC (“GM”),

1 the parties in 

the two related cases pending before this Court, hereby stipulate as follows:

WHEREAS, the Moonan action was filed in this District on November 20, 2018, and the Smith 

action was filed in this District on January 2, 2019;

WHEREAS, on January 22, 2019, the Court issued an Order relating the two cases pursuant to 

Northern District of California Civil Local Rule 3-12;

WHEREAS, counsel for all parties in the two cases have conferred and concluded that the Smith 

action should be consolidated with the Moonan action for all purposes pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil 

Procedure 42(a) because the cases involve the same or substantially similar questions of law and fact 

arising from allegations (which GM denies) that GM manufactured and sold vehicles with defective 

Bosch CP4 diesel fuel pumps;

WHEREAS, the prerequisites for consolidation under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 42(a) are 

satisfied here in that (i) both cases arise out of the same or similar issues and call for determination of 

the same or substantially similar questions of law; (ii) the plaintiffs in each case seek certification of the 

same state-wide class of current and former owners and/or lessees in California of GM vehicles fitted 

with a Bosch CP4 fuel pump; and (iii) the plaintiffs in each case seek substantially the same relief;

WHEREAS, consolidation of the two cases would enable more efficient motion practice and 

discovery and would spare the Court’s resources by eliminating the need to oversee multiple cases that 

will ultimately present largely identical factual and legal determinations; 

WHEREAS, counsel for Plaintiffs have met and conferred and have agreed to work 

cooperatively on behalf of Plaintiffs and the proposed Class;

WHEREAS, the parties have further met and conferred and have reached agreement on a 

proposed schedule for the filing of a consolidated complaint and response thereto, which would require 

Plaintiffs to file their consolidated complaint within seven days from the entry of an order granting this 

 

1 Plainitffs in Smith name General Motors Company as the defendant in that action. General Motors 

Company is a publicly traded entity that wholly owns General Motors Holdings LLC, which in turn 

wholly owns General Motors LLC. General Motors LLC manufactured the vehicles at issue in these 

actions.

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Stipulation and would require GM2 to file its response to Plaintiffs’ consolidated complaint within fortyfive days of the filing of the consolidated complaint;

WHEREAS, The Parties have agreed that, in the event the Court denies the instant Stipulation 

and Proposed Order, the Parties’ proposed schedule would require GM to respond to the current 

complaints in the Moonan and Smith cases within 30 days of any such order; and

WHEREAS, the parties have agreed that the consolidated complaint will not include plaintiffs 

with claims pending in the Smith action who are residents of Texas, and that counsel for such Plaintiffs 

intends to refile file their claims in the Southern District of Texas or to include such claims in an 

amended complaint in the related action pending in that court, Click, et. al., v. General Motors LLC, No. 

18-cv-00455-NRG (S.D. Tex.); and

WHEREAS, in order to allow the parties time to prepare and respond to the consolidated 

complaint, the parties agree that the Initial Case Management Conference currently set for March 6, 

2019 should be deferred by 60 days.

IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED AND AGREED by Plaintiffs and GM, that:

1. Pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 42(a), the above-captioned actions are 

hereby consolidated for all purposes into one action.

2. The master docket and master file for the consolidated actions shall be 3:18-cv-07054-

JST and the consolidated action shall bear the caption In re: General Motors LLC CP4 Fuel Pump 

Litigation.

3. The Plaintiffs shall file a consolidated complaint within 7 days of the Court’s entry of its 

order consolidating the Moonan and Smith actions for all purposes.

4. GM shall have 45 days from the date the consolidated complaint is filed in which to file a 

response. 

5. In the event that GM’s response to the consolidated complaint takes the form of a motion 

to dismiss, Plaintiffs shall have 30 days to oppose the motion, and GM shall have 21 days to file a reply.

6. GM shall not be required to respond to the current Moonan and Smith complaints, except, 

in the event that this Stipulation and Proposed Order are denied, GM shall respond to the Moonan and 

 

2 Counsel for Plaintiffs agree that the consolidated complaint will name only General Motors LLC 

as a defendant.

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Smith Complaints within thirty days of any such order. 

7. The parties request that the Initial Case Management Conferences in the Moonan and 

Smith cases, which are currently set for March 6, 2019, be deferred by 60 days to allow time for the 

Court and the parties to address consolidation and prepare and respond to the consolidated complaint.

8. This stipulation is without prejudice to any other rights that any party may have 

including, but not limited to, the right to oppose consolidation of additional actions.

IT IS SO STIPULATED.

Dated: February 18, 2019 HAGENS BERMAN SOBOL SHAPIRO LLP

By: /s/ Robert C. Hilliard

 

Shana E. Scarlett (SBN 217895)

HAGENS BERMAN SOBOL SHAPIRO LLP 

715 Hearst Avenue, Suite 202 Berkeley, CA 94710 Telephone: (510) 725-3000 Facsimile: (510) 725-3001 Email: shanas@hbsslaw.com

Steve W. Berman (pro hac vice)

Sean R. Matt (pro hac vice to be filed)

HAGENS BERMAN SOBOL SHAPIRO LLP

1301 Second Avenue, Suite 2000

Seattle, WA 98101

Telephone: (206) 623-7292

Facsimile: (206) 623-0594

steve@hbsslaw.com

sean@hbsslaw.com

-andRobert C. Hilliard, Esq. (pro hac vice)

Texas State Bar No. 09677700

Federal I.D. No. 5912

HILLIARD, MARTINEZ, GONZALES LLP65

719 S. Shoreline Blvd.

Corpus Christi, Texas 78401

Telephone: (361) 882-1612

Facsimile: (361) 882-3015

bobh@hmglawfirm.com

Rudy Gonzales, Jr. (pro hac vice to be filed)

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Texas State Bar No. 08121700

Federal I.D. No. 1896

John B. Martinez (pro hac vice to be filed)

Texas State Bar No. 24010212

Federal I.D. No. 25316

rudy@hmglawfirm.com

john@hmglawfirm.com

Marion Reilly (pro hac vice)

Texas State Bar No. 24079195

Federal I.D. No. 1357491

Bradford P. Klager (pro hac vice)

State Bar No. 24012969

Federal I.D. No. 24435

719 S. Shoreline Blvd.

Corpus Christi, Texas 78401

Phone: (361) 882-1612

Fax: (361) 882-3015

marion@hmglawfirm.com

brad@hmglawfirm.com

-andT. Michael Morgan, Esq. (pro hac vice to be filed)

FBN: 0062229

MORGAN & MORGAN, P.A.

20 North Orange Ave., Ste. 1600

P.O. Box 4979

Orlando, FL 32801

Tel.: (407) 418-2081

Fax: (407) 245-3392

mmorgan@forthepeople.com

plarue@forthepeople.com

Attorneys for Moonan Plaintiffs

Dated: February 18, 2019 GIBBS LAW GROUP LLP

By: /s/ David Stein

Eric H. Gibbs (SBN 178659)

David Stein (SBN 257465)

Steven Lopez (SBN 300540)

GIBBS LAW GROUP LLP

505 14th Street, Suite 1110

Oakland, California 94612

Telephone: (510) 350-9700

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Facsimile: (510) 350-9701

ehg@classlawgroup.com

ds@classlawgroup.com

sal@classlawgroup.com

Attorneys for Smith Plaintiffs

Dated: February 18, 2019 CROWELL & MORING LLP 

By: /s/ April Ross

Joshua Thomas Foust 

CROWELL & MORING LLP 

3 Embarcadero Center, 26th Floor 

San Francisco, CA 94111 

415-365-7212 

jfoust@crowell.com 

Kathleen Taylor Sooy (pro hac vice)

April N. Ross (pro hac vice)

CROWELL & MORING LLP 

1001 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW 

Washington, DC 20004 

(202) 624-2500 

Fax: 202-628-5116 

ksooy@crowell.com 

aross@crowell.com 

Counsel for General Motors LLC

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[PROPOSED] ORDER

Pursuant to stipulation, and good cause appearing therefore, IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: 

HONORABLE JON S. TIGAR

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT JUDGE

February 20, 2019

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