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

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1 SEDGWICK LLP 

JA:YIES P. DIWIK (State Bar No. 164016) 

' .Ji<l'ik (isedr,;;wicklaw.com 

ARIA GIARDINA (State Bar No. 1 04455) 

3 maria.giardina (isedt,n,vicklaw. com 

ALEXANDER A. GUNEY (State Bar No. 308192) 

4 alexander.gunev~sedgwicklaw.com 

333 Bush Street, 10th Floor 

5 San Francisco, CA 94104-2834 

Telephone: 415.781.7900 

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7 Attorneys for Defendant and Counter-Claimant 

JOHNSON CONTROLS, INC. 

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SACKS, RICKETS & CASE LLP 

9 STEPHEN A. CHIARI (State Bar No. 22141 0) 

schiari(cl srclmv. com 

10 ADRIANNA A. RUBINO (State Bar No. 300951) 

arzrhim/a srclmv. com 

11 177 PostStrcet, Suite 650 

San Francisco, CA 941 08 

12 Telephone: 415.549.0580 

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14 ALER'(ENTERPRISE, INC. 

15 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

16 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

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Case No. 3: 16-cv-02900 EMC 

STIPULATION AND PROPOSED 

ORDER CONTINUING CASE 

MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE 

AND OTHER PENDING 

DEADLINES 

Hon. Edward M. Chen 

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Plaintiff AlertEnterprise, Inc. ("Plaintiff') and defendant Johnson Controls, 

2 • Inc. ("'Defendant") (collectively, ""the Parties"), petition this Court for an order by 

3 stipulation pursuant to Civil Local Rule 16-2(d) and the Rule 4 of the "Civil 

4 Standing Order- General U.S. District Judge Edward M. Chen," dated March 12, 

5 2015, to continue the Case Management Conference scheduled on August 25, 2016 

to a date after the hearing on Defendant's Motion to Transfer Venue. 

7 I. Recitals 

8 On April 26, 2016, Plaintiff filed a complaint in the above-entitled action in 

9 the Superior Court for the State of California, County of Alameda ("Complaint"); 

10 On May 31, 2016, Defendant removed the above-entitled action to the United 

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12 I On July 5. 2016, this Court entered a Notice resetting the Case Management 

13 : Conference for August 25, 2016 at 1 :30 PM (Dkt. # 23 ); 

14 On July 20,2016, Defendant tiled a Motion to Transfer Venue in the aboveIS entitled action, seeking a transfer of venue to the United States District Court for the 

16 Northern District of Georgia (Dkt. # 26). Defendant's Motion to Transfer Venue is 

17 · scheduled to be heard before this Court on August 25, 20 16; 

I 8 There ha\ e been no prior continuances of the Case Management Conference 

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20 II. Grounds for Stipulation 

21 ; The Parties have met and conferred and agree that continuance of the 

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22 currently scheduled Case Management Conference to a date after the August 25, 

23 , 2016 hearing on Defendant's Motion to Transfer Venue will permit more efficient 

24: case management, will serve the interests ofjudicial economy, and will conserve 

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26 Specifically, in the event Motion to Transfer Venue is granted, it will require 

27 trial counsel in the transferee venue to comply with the requirements of Rule 16 of 

· r 28 i the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure ("Rule 16'') and any related local rules of the 

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transferee court governing the Rule 26( t) conference and report and the Case 

1 Management Conference. Thus, continuance ofthe Case Management Conference 

3 . \vill avoid an unnecessary duplication of effort by present counsel and will avoid 

4 : waste of this Court's judicial resources. 

' 5 ~ In the event the Motion to Transfer Venue is denied, the parties agree that the 

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6! proposed continuance will allow current counsel adequate time to conduct a Rule ' 

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7 : 26( f) conference and prepare and submit a joint report as required under Rule 16 and 

8 this Court's local rules prior to the date of the continued Case Management 

9 · Conference. 

1 0 · The parties further agree that it is in the interests of efficient case 

11 management to continue pending deadlines under Civil Local Rule 16.8 and ADR 

12 Local Rule 3-5 to conform to the date of the continued Case Management 

13 Conference. 

14 , II I. Stipulation 

15 · Based on the foregoing. the Parties. by and through their respective counsel of 

16 ! record, hereby stipulate and agree that: 

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1. The August 25, 2016 Case Management Conference shall be continued 

to a date no earlier than September 22, 2016, or another date that is 

convenient for this Court. 

1 The deadline for the parties to tile a Joint Case Management Statement 

shall be governed by the date of the continued Case Management 

Conference. 

3. Compliance with the procedures under Civil Local Rule 16-8 and ADR 

Local Rule 3-5 shall be governed by the date of the continued Case 

Management Conference. 

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2 1 DATED: August 8, 2016 SACKS RICKETTS & CASE LLP 

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By: Is/ Steve Chiari 

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Attorneys for Plaintiff 

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By: /s/!vfaria J. Giardina 

Maria J. Giardina 

Attorneys for Defendant 

JOHNSON CONTROLS, INC. 

PURSUANT TO STIPULATION, IT IS SO ORDERED. 

IT IS FURTHERED ORDERED that the Case Management Conference be 

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THE HONORABLE EDWARD M. CHEN 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE 

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S lll'l 'lA liON A\ID PROPOSED ORD!R CON 11\IUINCj CASE MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE AND 

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September 22, 2016 at 9:30 a.m. A joint CMC statement 

shall be filed by September 15, 2016. 

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NITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

IT IS SO ORDERED

AS MODIFIED

Judge Edward M. Chen

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ATTESTATION PURSUANT TO CIVIL LOCAL RULE 5-l 

I, Maria J. Giardina, attest that concurrence in the filing of this Stipulation to 

3 Continue the Case Management Conference and Other Pleading Deadlines (L.R. 6-

4 2(a)) has been obtained from the other signatory. I declare under penalty of perjury 

5 under the laws of the United States of America that the foregoing is true and correct. 

6 Executed this 8111 day of August, 2016, in San Francisco, California. 

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JOHNSON CONTROLS, INC. 

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