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Nature of Suit Code: 360
Nature of Suit: Other Personal Injury
Cause of Action: 28:1331 Fed Question: Fed Communications Act of 1934

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CHRISTOPHER W. WOOD (SBN 193955) 

KELSEY J. FISCHER (SBN 292262) 

DREYER BABICH BUCCOLA WOOD 

CAMPORA, LLP 

20 Bicentennial Circle 

Sacramento, CA 95826 

Telephone: (916) 379-3500 

Facsimile: (916) 379-3599 

cwood@dbbwlaw.com 

kfischer@dbbwlaw.com 

JOHN P. KRISTENSEN (SBN 224132) 

DAVID L. WEISBERG (SBN 211675) 

KRISTENSEN WEISBERG, LLP 

12304 Santa Monica Boulevard, Suite 100 

Los Angeles, CA 90025 

Telephone: (310) 507-7924 

Facsimile: (310) 507-7906 

john@kristensenlaw.com 

david@kristensenlaw.com 

Attorneys for Plaintiff and all similarly 

situated 

JEFFREY A. BACKMAN (Pro Hac Vice) 

Fla. Bar No. 662501 

RICHARD W. EPSTEIN (Pro Hac Vice) 

Fla. Bar No. 229091 

GREENSPOON MARDER, P.A. 

200 East Broward Blvd. 

Suite 1800 

Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301 

Telephone: (954) 491-1120 

Facsimile: (954) 213-0140 

jeffrey.backman@gmlaw.com 

richard.epstein@gmlaw.com 

ROBERT S. BOULTER (SBN 153549) 

1101 5th Avenue, 

Suite 235 

San Rafael, CA 94901 

Telephone: (415) 233-7100 

rsb@boulter-law.com 

Attorneys for Defendant Caribbean Cruise

Line, Inc. 

Kenneth C. Mennemeier (SBN 113973) 

MENNEMEIER GLASSMAN LLP

980 9th Street, Suite 2190 

Sacramento, CA 95814 

Telephone: (916) 553-4000 

kcm@mgslaw.com 

Attorneys for Defendants Sun Bridge 

Systems, LLC and The Marketing Source 

THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA – SACRAMENTO DIVISION 

HOLLY LIVELY, on behalf of herself and all 

others similarly situated, 

 Plaintiff, 

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CARIBBEAN CRUISE LINES, INC., a 

Florida Corporation; SUNBRIDGE 

SYSTEMS, LLC, a Florida Limited Liability 

Company; THE MARKETING SOURCE, 

INC., a Florida Corporation; and DOES 3 

through 20, inclusive, and each of them, 

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Case No.: 14-cv-00953-JAM-CKD 

CLASS ACTION 

STIPULATION AND [Proposed] 

ORDER TO TRANSFER VENUE TO THE 

UNITED STATED DISTRICT COURT 

FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF 

FLORIDA 

[28 U.S.C. § 1404(a)] 

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STIPULATION 

Plaintiff Holly Lively (“Plaintiff”)1 and Defendants Caribbean Cruise Line, Inc. 

(“CCL”), Sun Bridge Systems, LLC ( “Sun Bridge”), and The Marketing Source, Inc. 

(“Marketing Source”) (collectively “Defendants”), by and through their respective 

undersigned counsel, hereby stipulate and agree as follows: 

On April 17, 2014, Plaintiff filed the Complaint asserting class action allegations for 

damages and injunctive relief pursuant to the Telephone Consumer Protection Act, 47 

U.S.C. § 227, et seq. in the United States District Court, Eastern District of California, 

naming as a Defendant CCL (the “Lively Action”) (Dkt. No. 1.). 

On January 6, 2015, Plaintiff filed a First Amended Complaint, which included Sun 

Bridge and Marketing Source as Defendants (Dkt. No. 29.). 

On March 18, 2015, Sun Bridge filed a Motion to Dismiss for Lack of Personal 

Jurisdiction (Dkt. No. 44.). 

On April 22, 2015, Plaintiff filed a Motion to Transfer this Matter to the Southern 

District of Florida pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1404(a), (Dkt. No. 47), where a related action 

(the Kilpatrick Action), against different Defendants, presenting similar factual and legal 

issues, is presently pending. While there are certain different named Defendants, the 

alleged core conduct here, i.e., the alleged receipt of telephone calls from “Jennifer at 

Caribbean Cruise Line”, makes transfer (and eventual relation and consolidation) in the 

Southern District of Florida appropriate. Indeed, both actions seek relief on behalf of a 

nationwide class of individuals alleged to have received the “Jennifer calls” in violation of 

 

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 Plaintiff Kilpatrick, the named Plaintiff in the case pending in the Southern District of Florida, 

Kilpatrick v. Caribbean Cruise Line, Inc., et al., Case No.: 14-cv-61572-BB (S.D. Fla. 2014) (the 

“Kilpatrick Action”), also consents to the relief sought in this Motion and intends to join the 

parties in seeking consolidation for all purposes before the Honorable Beth Bloom, the presiding 

judge in the Kilpatrick Action. Counsel for Kilpatrick and Lively have also agreed that once 

consolidation is effectuated, a Consolidated Class Action Complaint will be filed so that there is 

only one action moving forward. 

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the TCPA.2 The Motion to Transfer is set for oral argument on June 17, 2015. 

Since the filing of the Motion to Transfer, the parties in this action and in the 

Kilpatrick Action have conferred and have agreed that a transfer of the Lively Action to the 

Southern District of Florida, so that it can be consolidated for all purposes into the 

Kilpatrick Action and a Consolidated Class Action Complaint can be filed, is appropriate to 

avoid duplicative litigation, to further the convenience of the parties and witnesses, and to 

best serve the interests of justice.3

 Thus, given the alleged similarities between the two 

cases, the fact that the same underlying conduct is being challenged, and that some of the 

Defendants in both cases are alleged to be involved in some fashion, the Parties request 

that the Court transfer this case to the Southern District of Florida, pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 

1404(a), so it may ultimately be consolidated with the Kilpatrick Action. 

Dated: June 4, 2015 Respectfully submitted, 

By: /s/ John P. Kristensen 

 

Christopher W. Wood (SBN 193955) 

cwood@dbbwlaw.com 

Kelsey J. Fischer (SBN 292262) 

kfischer@dbbwlaw.com 

 

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 Compare the current Complaints in each action, copies of which are attached as Composite 

Exhibit “A” for the Court’s convenience. 

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 By joining in Plaintiff’s Motion to Transfer, Defendants do not admit or acknowledge the truth 

or veracity of any of Plaintiff’s allegations in either the Amended Complaint or the Motion to 

Transfer. In fact, Defendants expressly deny those allegations and have set forth their 

respective defenses in their respective Motions to Dismiss and/or Answers and Affirmative 

Defenses. Nor do Defendants intend to concede that any of the requisite elements set forth in 

Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 23 are satisfied and nothing contained in this Stipulation or in 

the Motion to Transfer can be used against Defendants to support any argument for class 

certification. The purpose of this Stipulation is to have this case transferred to the Southern 

District of Florida so that it can be consolidated with a similar case and so that the related 

proceedings can be coordinated. The idea is to avoid having Defendants be subject to similar 

competing putative class actions (to the extent a class is deemed appropriate) throughout the 

country and to avoid duplicative discovery and other pre-trial proceedings. Defendants have 

consented to the Motion to Transfer solely out of convenience and to avoid the time, expense 

and inconsistencies that could sometimes result from multiple class actions pending in different 

venues. Finally, Defendants and Plaintiffs agree that they will seek consolidation before the 

Kilpatrick court, Plaintiffs will file a Consolidated Class Action Complaint and the parties will 

jointly request the implementation of a reasonable schedule moving forward in a coordinated 

manner before Judge Bloom in the Southern District of Florida. 

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Dreyer Babich Buccola 

Wood Campora, LLP 

John P. Kristensen (SBN 224132) 

john@kristensenlaw.com 

David L. Weisberg (SBN 211675) 

david@kristensenlaw.com 

Kristensen Weisberg, LLP 

Attorneys for Plaintiff 

 

Jeffrey A. Backman (Pro Hac Vice) 

Fla. Bar No. 662501 

Jeffrey.backman@gmlaw.com 

Richard W. Epstein (Pro Hac Vice) 

FL Bar No. 229091 

richard.epstein@gmlaw.com 

GREENSPOON MARDER, P.A. 

ROBERT S. BOULTER (SBN 153549) 

rsb@boulter-law.com 

Attorneys for Defendant Caribbean Cruise 

Line, Inc. 

 Kenneth C. Mennemeier (SBN 113973) 

980 9th Street, Suite 2190 

Sacramento, CA 95814 

Telephone: (916) 553-4000 

kcm@mgslaw.com 

MENNEMEIER GLASSMAN LLP

Attorneys for Defendants Sun Bridge 

Systems, LLC and The Marketing Source 

ORDER 

Based on the foregoing, and finding that it is in the interests of justice, IT IS 

HEBERY ORDERED that this case be transferred to the United States District Court for the 

Southern District of Florida, Fort Lauderdale Division, pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1404(A). 

Dated: June 4, 2015 

 /s/ JOHN A. MENDEZ 

 HON. JOHN A. MENDEZ 

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