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Nature of Suit Code: 370
Nature of Suit: Other Fraud
Cause of Action: 28:1441 Petition for Removal- Fraud

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Goodwin Procter LLP 

10250 Constellation Blvd. 

Los Angeles, California 90067 

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STIPULATION EXTENDING DEADLINE Case No. C 09-03288 JL 

BROOKS R. BROWN (SBN 250724) 

bbrown@goodwinprocter.com

GOODWIN PROCTER LLP

10250 Constellation Blvd. 

Los Angeles, California 90067 

Tel.: 310.788.5100 

Fax: 310.286.0992 

ROBERT B. BADER (SBN 233165) 

rbader@goodwinprocter.com

GOODWIN PROCTER LLP

Three Embarcadero Center, 24th Floor 

San Francisco, California 94111 

Tel.: 415.733.6000 

Fax: 415.677.9041 

Attorneys for Defendants: Countrywide Home 

Loans, Inc. f/k/a Americas Wholesale Lender, 

Countrywide Home Loans, Inc., and

Countrywide Bank, FSB

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION 

DOROTHY PERALTA, STEVEN S. 

BIGVERDI, and JAMES MOSCOSO, on 

behalf of themselves and others similarly 

situated, 

Plaintiffs,

v.

COUNTRYWIDE HOME LOANS, INC. 

f/k/a AMERICAS WHOLESALE LENDER, 

COUNTRYWIDE HOME LOANS, INC., 

and COUNTRYWIDE BANK, FSB; and 

DOES 1 through 200, inclusive, 

Defendants.

Case No. C 09-03288 PJH 

STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER 

EXTENDING DEADLINE FOR 

DEFENDANTS COUNTRYWIDE HOME 

LOANS, INC. F/K/A AMERICAS 

WHOLESALE LENDER, COUNTRYWIDE 

HOME LOANS, INC. AND COUNTRYWIDE 

BANK, FSB TO RESPOND TO FIRST 

AMENDED COMPLAINT 

Removed from Alameda County Superior Court, 

Case No. RG 09455493 

Judge: Hon. Phyllis J. Hamilton 

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STIPULATION EXTENDING DEADLINE Case No. 3:09-CV-03288-PJH 

Pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 6(b) and Local Rule 6-1, plaintiffs Dorothy Peralta, Steven S. 

Bigverdi and James Moscoso (collectively, “Plaintiffs”) and defendants named as Countrywide 

Home Loans, Inc., Countrywide Home Loans, Inc. f/k/a America’s Wholesale Lender, and 

Countrywide Bank, FSB (collectively, the “Countrywide Defendants”) (the Countrywide 

Defendants, together, with Plaintiffs, the “Parties”), through their undersigned counsel, hereby 

stipulate as follows: 

WHEREAS, on June 2, 2009, Plaintiffs filed their Class Action Complaint for: Fraudulent 

Omissions, Violation of Bus. & Prof. Code § 17200, et seq., Breach of Contract, and Tortious 

Breach of the Covenant of Good Faith and Fair Dealing (“Complaint”) in the Superior Court of 

California, Alameda County (the “State Court Action”);

WHEREAS, on June 18, 2009, Plaintiffs filed their First Amended Class Action Complaint 

for: Fraudulent Omissions, Violation of Bus. & Prof. Code § 17200, et seq., Breach of Contract, 

and Tortious Breach of the Covenant of Good Faith and Fair Dealing (“FAC”) in the State Court 

Action;

WHEREAS, service of the Complaint was not effected upon the Countrywide Defendants; 

WHEREAS, on or about July 16, 2009, Plaintiffs effected service of the FAC upon 

Countrywide Home Loans, Inc.; 

WHEREAS, before service of the FAC was effected upon the remaining Countrywide 

Defendants, they timely removed the State Court Action to this Court pursuant to 28 U.S.C. §§ 

1331 and 1332, as amended in relevant part by the Class Action Fairness Act of 2005 and 

authorized by 28 U.S.C. §§ 1367, 1441 and 1453 on July 17, 2009; 

WHEREAS, under Fed. R. Civ. P. 81(c)(2), Countrywide Home Loans, Inc.’s time to 

answer or otherwise plead in response following the removal was at least twenty (20) days after 

service of the FAC. Fed. R. Civ. P. 81(c)(2); 

WHEREAS, inasmuch as service had not been effected upon the remaining Countrywide 

Defendants at the time of the removal, the Countrywide Defendants’ counsel contacted Plaintiffs’ 

counsel on July 20, 2009 to discuss a mutually agreeable date for the Countrywide Defendants to 

answer or otherwise plead in response to the FAC; 

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STIPULATION EXTENDING DEADLINE Case No. 3:09-CV-03288-PJH 

WHEREAS, as a result of that conference and to ensure a coordinated response date, 

Plaintiffs and the Countrywide Defendants agreed that the Countrywide Defendants should have 

up to and including August 24, 2009 to answer or otherwise plead in response to the FAC; 

WHEREAS, Plaintiffs and the Countrywide Defendants filed a Stipulation setting forth 

their agreement on July 21, 2009. See Stipulation (July 21, 2009) (Docket No. 9); 

WHEREAS, on August 19, 2009, the Countrywide Defendants’ requested, and Plaintiffs’ 

counsel agreed to, a brief extension, up to and including September 1, 2009, of the current, agreedupon deadline for the Countrywide Defendants to answer or otherwise plead in response to the 

FAC in light of a family medical emergency involving the mother one of its counsel, Robert B. 

Bader, that has required him to travel out-of-state for an indefinite period; 

WHEREAS, no party will be prejudiced by the stipulated-to extension of time; and 

WHEREAS, this Stipulation is without prejudice to, or waiver of, any rights or defenses 

otherwise available to the Parties in this action. 

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STIPULATION EXTENDING DEADLINE Case No. 3:09-CV-03288-PJH 

NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED AND AGREED, between Plaintiffs, 

by their undersigned counsel, and the Countrywide Defendants, by their undersigned counsel, that 

the Countrywide Defendants shall have through and including September 1, 2009 to answer or 

otherwise respond to the FAC in this action. 

 Respectfully submitted, 

Dated: August 19, 2009 By: /s/ Brooks R. Brown 

Brooks R. Brown 

bbrown@goodwinprocter.com

GOODWIN PROCTER LLP

10250 Constellation Blvd. 

Los Angeles, California 90067 

Tel.: 310.788.5100 

Robert B. Bader 

rbader@goodwinprocter.com

GOODWIN PROCTER LLP

Three Embarcadero Center, 24th Floor 

San Francisco, CA 94111 

Tel.: 415.733.6000 

Attorneys for Defendants: 

Countrywide Home Loans, Inc. f/k/a Americas 

Wholesale Lender; Countrywide Home Loans, 

Inc.; and Countrywide Bank, FSB

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STIPULATION EXTENDING DEADLINE Case No. 3:09-CV-03288-PJH 

Dated: August 19, 2009 /s/ David M. Arbogast 

David M. Arbogast, Esq. 

darbogast@law111.com

Jeffrey K. Berns, Esq. 

jberns@jeffbernslaw.com 

ARBOGAST & BERNS, LLP 

19510 Ventura Blvd., Suite 200 

Tarzana, CA 91356 

Gerson H. Smoger 

gersonsmoger@gmail.com

Steven M. Bronson 

steven.bronson@gmail.com

Mark T. Baller 

mark.baller@gmail.com

SMOGER & ASSOCIATES 

3175 Monterey Boulevard 

Oakland, CA 94602-3560 

Jonathan Shub, Esq. 

jshub@seegerweiss.com

Miriam L. Schimmel 

mschimmel@seegerweiss.com

SEEGER WEISS LLP 

1515 Market Street, Suite 1380 

Philadelphia, PA 19102 

Attorneys for Plaintiffs: 

Steven S. Bigverdi, Dorothy Peralta and James 

Moscoso

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STIPULATION EXTENDING DEADLINE Case No. 3:09-CV-03288-PJH 

[PROPOSED] ORDER

 Pursuant to the foregoing Stipulation Extending Time, and for good cause having been 

shown, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED THAT the Countrywide Defendants shall have up to and 

including September 1, 2009 to answer or otherwise plead in response to the FAC. 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: ____________________, 2009 

HON. PHYLLIS J. HAMILTON 

United States District Court Judge 

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August 21, 2009

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

IT IS SO ORDERED

Judge Phyllis J. Hamilton

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