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Nature of Suit Code: 850
Nature of Suit: Securities, Commodities, Exchange
Cause of Action: 15:78m(a) Securities Exchange Act

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STIPULATION 

CASE NO: 15-02294-MEJ 

Roberto J. Kampfner (SBN 179026)

WHITE & CASE LLP 

633 West Fifth Street, Suite 1900 

Los Angeles, CA 90071 

Telephone: (213) 620-7700 

Facsimile: (213) 452-2329 

rkampfner@whitecase.com 

Attorneys for Plaintiff 

Leonard Grayver (SBN 211678) 

GREENBERG WHITCOMBE TAKEUCHI 

GIBSON GRAYVER, LLP 

21515 Hawthorne Boulevard, Suite 450 

Torrance, CA 90503 

Telephone: (310) 540-2000 

Facsimile: (310) 540-6609 

lgrayver@gwtllp.com 

Attorneys for Defendants 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION 

CHASSIN HOLDINGS CORPORATION, a 

British Virgin Islands business company, 

Plaintiff, 

v. 

FORMULA VC FUND I GP, L.P., a Cayman 

Islands limited partnership; FORMULA VC 

LTD., a Cayman Islands exempted company; 

and RENATA AKHUNOVA, an individual, 

Defendants. 

Case No. 15-02294-MEJ 

STIPULATION REGARDING 

SERVICE OF COMPLAINT AND 

SUMMONS ON ALL DEFENDANTS 

AND COMMON DEADLINE FOR 

FILING A RESPONSIVE 

PLEADING; NOTICE OF 

WITHDRAWAL OF REQUEST FOR 

ENTRY OF DEFAULT AND 

MOTION FOR ALTERNATIVE 

SERVICE 

 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORN

I

A

GRANTED

Judge Maria-Elena James

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STIPULATION 

CASE NO: 15-02294-MEJ 

RECITALS 

WHEREAS Plaintiff Chassin Holdings Corporation (“Chassin”) commenced the above 

captioned action (the “Action”) on May 21, 2015 by filing the Complaint for Violation of SEC 

Rule 10b-5; Breach of Contract; Deceit; Fraud in the Sale of Securities; Breach of Fiduciary 

Duty; Violation of Cal. Bus. Prof. Code § 17200; and Ancillary Relief [D.I. 1] (the 

“Complaint”); and 

WHEREAS, on June 4, 2015, Chassin caused Defendants Formula VC Fund I GP, L.P. 

(“Formula GP”) and Formula VC Ltd. (“Formula Ltd.”) to be served, through their registered 

agent, with the Complaint, summons, and all other documents required to be served pursuant to 

all applicable federal and local rules (together, the “Service Package”); and 

WHEREAS, between May 28 and June 7, 2015, a process server engaged by Chassin 

attempted service on Defendant Renata Akhunova at her last known addresses; and 

WHEREAS on or about June 5, 2015, Chassin further caused the Service Package to be 

sent to Defendant Renata Akhunova at her last known email addresses; and 

WHEREAS, on or about June 8, 2015, Chassin further sent a request for waiver of 

service of process to Defendant Renata Akhunova at her last known email addresses, which 

request for waiver of service of process was not returned; and 

WHEREAS Defendant Renata Akhunova retained the undersigned Leonard Grayver for 

all purposes in the above captioned matter on or prior to June 10, 2015; and 

WHEREAS Leonard Grayver contacted counsel to Chassin on June 10, 2015 and 

informed counsel to Chassin that he was engaged to represent only Defendant Renata Akhunova 

in the Action and was not authorized to accept service on Ms. Akhunova’s behalf; and 

WHEREAS on July 16, 2015 Chassin filed its Request to Enter Default Against 

Defendants Formula VC Fund I GP, L.P. and Formula VC Ltd. [D.I. 13] (the “Default Request”) 

and Plaintiff’s Motion for an Order Allowing Defendant Renata Akhunova to be Served (1) by 

Email, or (2) by Email and Publication [D.I. 15] (the “Service Motion”); and 

WHEREAS on July 16, 2015, Mr. Grayver contacted counsel to Chassin and informed 

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CASE NO: 15-02294-MEJ 

such counsel that Mr. Grayver had been retained by Defendants Formula LP and Formula Ltd. 

and requested that the deadline for such Defendants to file a responsive pleading, which passed 

on June 25, 2015, be fixed at a future date to permit such Defendants to respond; and 

WHEREAS Mr. Grayver has since been authorized by Defendant Renata Akhunova to 

accept service on her behalf and, on July 20, 2015, did accept service of the Service Package on 

Ms. Akhunova via email; and 

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing premises, and intending to be 

legally bound hereby, the parties, through their duly authorized undersigned counsel, hereby 

stipulate and agree as follows: 

STIPULATION

A. Each of the recitals set forth herein is true and correct. 

B. The Defendants acknowledge that Formula GP, Formula Ltd., and Renata 

Akhunova have been properly served with the Service Package and waive any and all challenges 

to the sufficiency of such service; and 

C. The date by which the Defendants must file a responsive pleading to the 

Complaint is hereby fixed as August 14, 2015; and 

D. The Default Request and the Alternative Service Motion are hereby withdrawn by 

Chassin without prejudice. 

 

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STIPULATION 

CASE NO: 15-02294-MEJ 

DATED: July 20, 2015 WHITE & CASE LLP 

By: /s/ Roberto J. Kampfer a

 Roberto J. Kampfner 

 Attorneys for Plaintiff 

GREENBERG WHITCOMBE TAKEUCHI 

GIBSON GRAYVER, LLP 

By: /s/ Leonard Grayver 

 Leonard Grayver 

Attorneys for Defendants 

Pursuant to Civil L.R. 5-1(i)(3), I, Roberto J. Kampfner, attest that Leonard Grayver authorized 

me to electronically sign his name and file the above Stipulation via email received at 6:40 p.m. 

PST on July 20, 2015. 

 By: /s/ Roberto J. Kampfner 

 Roberto J. Kampfner 

 Attorneys for the Plaintiff 

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