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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 AND [PROPOSED] ORDER RE TIME FOR DEFENDANTS TO RESPOND TO DISCOVERY 

AND DEADLINE FOR PARTIES TO SEEK LEAVE TO AMEND PLEADINGS; 

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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, L.P., a Cayman Islands 

limited partnership; 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.

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Case No. 15-02294-MEJ

STIUPLATION REGARDING EXTENSION 

OF DEADLINES FOR (1) DEFENDANTS TO 

RESPOND TO DISCOVERY PROPOUNDED 

BY PLAINTIFF AND (2) PARTIES TO 

SEEK LEAVE TO AMEND THEIR 

PLEADINGS; DECLARATION OF 

MICHAEL J. WEINBERGER; 

[PROPOSED] ORDER

Action filed: May 21, 2015

Trial Date: August 15, 2016

This stipulation (“Stipulation”) is made by and between plaintiff Chassin Holdings Corporation 

(“Plaintiff”) and defendants Formula VC Fund I GP, L.P. (“Formula GP”), Formula VC Ltd., and 

Richard C. Greenberg (#37951)

Michael J. Weinberger (#223164)

Joel L. Benavides (#261178)

Greenberg, Whitcombe, Takeuchi,

Gibson & Grayver, LLP

21515 Hawthorne Boulevard, Suite 450

Torrance, California 90503-6531

Tel: (310) 540-2000

Fax: (310) 540-6609

mweinberger@gwtllp.com

Attorneys for Defendants Formula VC Ltd.,

Formula VC Fund I GP, L.P., Renata Akhunova

Roberto J. Kampfner (#179026)

White & Case LLP

555 South Flower Street, Suite 2700

Los Angeles, California 90071

Tel: (213) 620-7700

Fax: (213) 452-2329

rkampfner@whitecase.com

Attorneys for Plaintiff Chassin Holdings Corporation

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Renata Akhunova (“Defendants,” and collectively with Plaintiff, the “Parties”), and is based on the 

following facts: 

RECITALS 

A. On August 14, 2015, the Court entered its Case Management Order in the record of the 

above-captioned action and vacated the initial Case Management Conference that had been scheduled 

for August 20, 2015. 

B. As part of the Case Management Order, the Court established November 2, 2015 as the 

deadline for the Parties to seek leave to amend their pleadings (the “Leave Deadline”). The Court also 

referred the Parties to mediation. 

C. Plaintiff filed its Complaint on May 21, 2015. Defendants filed their Answer on August 

18, 2015. Defendants filed their First Amended Answer and Counterclaim by Formula GP on 

September 8, 2015. 

D. On August 25, 2015, Plaintiff served by mail its First Set of Interrogatories and its First 

Set of Requests for Production of Documents on all Defendants (“Plaintiff’s Discovery”). The deadline 

for Defendants to respond to Plaintiff’s Discovery is September 28, 2015 (thirty days plus three days for 

service by mail). 

E. Defendants intend to propound discovery to Plaintiff. 

F. On September 16, 2015, Defendants requested of Plaintiff a stipulated extension of two 

weeks, until October 12, 2015, for Defendants to respond to Plaintiff’s Discovery, without prejudice to 

their right to request a further extension.

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G. On September 17, 2015, the Parties had a telephone conference with the Court-appointed 

mediator and set a mediation date of November 5, 2015. This mediation date is within 90-days of the 

August 14, 2015 Case Management Order, as required ADR L.R.’s 3-6 and 6-4(b). 

H. On September 17, 2015, counsel for Plaintiff agreed to stipulate to the extension, without 

prejudice to its right to oppose any future requests for extension, but Plaintiff requested an additional 

stipulation that the deadline to seek leave to amend the pleadings be extended until December 2, 2015. 

I. The Parties submit that good cause exists for the extension of the Leave Deadline so that 

they (i) have adequate time to review discovery responses and conduct depositions so as to inform any 

decision to seek leave to amend the pleadings and (ii) can mediate the dispute in good faith. The Parties 

do not believe that this extension will impact any of the other deadlines set forth in the Case 

Management Order, including the discovery cutoff date of January 26, 2016 or the trial date of August 

15, 2016. 

ACCORDINGLY, SUBJECT TO THE COURT’S APPROVAL OF THIS STIPULATION, 

THE PARTIES HEREBY STIPULATE AS FOLLOWS: 

1. Each of the Recitals set forth herein is true and correct. 

2. The deadline for Defendants to Respond to Plaintiff’s Discovery shall be extended until 

October 12, 2015. The Parties stipulate to this extension without prejudice to their rights to seek or 

oppose further extension of the response deadline. 

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3. The deadline for the Parties to file any motions seeking leave to amend the pleadings 

shall be extended until December 2, 2015. 

Dated: September 17, 2015 GREENBERG, WHITCOMBE, TAKEUCHI, 

 GIBSON & GRAYVER LLP 

 By: /s/ Michael J. Weinberger 

 Michael J. Weinberger 

 Attorneys for Defendants Formula VC Ltd., 

 Formula VC Fund I GP, L.P., Renata Akhunova 

Dated: September 17, 2015 WHITE & CASE LLP 

 By: /s/ Roberto J. Kampfner 

 Roberto J. Kampfner 

 Attorneys for Plaintiff Chassin Holdings Corporation 

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

authorized me to electronically sign his name and file the Stipulation (with attached Declaration of 

Michael J. Weinberger and [Proposed] Order) via email received at 7:00 p.m. on September 17, 2015.

 By: /s/ Michael J. Weinberger 

 Michael J. Weinberger 

 Attorneys for Defendants Formula VC Ltd., 

 Formula VC Fund I GP, L.P., Renata Akhunova 

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DECLARATION OF MICHAEL J. WEINBERGER

 I, MICHAEL J. WEINBERGER, declare as follows: 

1. I am an attorney licensed to practice before all Courts of the State of California and have 

been admitted to practice before the United States District Court for the Northern District of California. 

I am employed by Greenberg, Whitcombe, Takeuchi, Gibson & Grayver, LLP, counsel of record for 

Defendants Formula VC Fund I GP, L.P., Formula VC Ltd., and Renata Akhunova (the “Defendants”). I 

am one of the attorneys representing the Defendants in this action. I have personal knowledge of the 

following facts, and if called to testify, I could and would competently testify thereto. 

2. I submit this declaration pursuant to Civil L.R. 6-2(a) and in support of the Stipulation 

regarding Extension of Deadlines for (1) Defendants to Respond to Discovery Propounded by Plaintiff 

and (2) Parties to Seek Leave to Amend their Pleadings (“Stipulation”). 

3. As part of its Case Management Order, the Court established November 2, 2015 as the 

deadline for the parties to seek leave to amend their pleadings (the “Leave Deadline”). 

4. Defendants, through their counsel, received plaintiff Chassin Holdings Corp.’s 

(“Plaintiff’s”) First Set of Interrogatories and its First Set of Requests for Production of Documents 

(“Plaintiff’s Discovery”), which purport to have been served by mail on August 25, 2015. The deadline 

for Defendants to respond to Plaintiff’s Discovery is September 28, 2015 (thirty days plus three days for 

service by mail). 

5. Defendants have determined that they need additional time to respond. As such, I 

requested from counsel for Plaintiff two additional weeks to respond to Plaintiff’s Discovery, so that it 

would be due by October 12, 2015. Plaintiff agreed to stipulate to the extra time but correspondingly 

requested that Defendants stipulate to an extension of the Leave Deadline from November 2, 2015 until 

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December 2, 2015. 

6. This extension of the Leave Deadline will give the parties an opportunity to review 

discovery responses, the earliest of which will be due by October 12, 2015 pursuant to the foregoing 

Stipulation, conduct depositions, and decide whether and how the pleadings should be amended, if at all. 

This extension will also give the parties an opportunity to mediate the dispute with the Court-appointed 

mediator. The mediation is currently set for November 5, 2015, as set forth in the foregoing Stipulation. 

7. The parties have not previously stipulated or requested, nor has the Court ordered, any 

other modifications to the deadlines set forth in the Case Management Order. 

8. I do not believe that the requested deadline extensions should have any impact on the 

schedule for the case as set forth in the Case Management Order. Specifically, discovery is not set to 

close until January 26, 2016 and trial is set for August 15, 2016. The parties are not hereby seeking any 

change to those dates. 

I declare under penalty of perjury under the laws of the State of California that the foregoing is 

true and correct. Executed this 17th day of September, 2015, in Torrance, California. 

_ /s/ Michael J. Weinberger 

 Michael J. Weinberger 

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[PROPOSED] ORDER 

The Court, having reviewed the foregoing Stipulation and Declaration of Michael J. Weinberger, 

and good cause appearing therefore and pursuant to Civ. L.R. 6-2 and Fed. R. Civ. P. 29, hereby orders 

that: 

1. The Stipulation is approved. 

2. The deadline for Defendants to Respond to Plaintiff’s Discovery1shall be extended until 

October 12, 2015, without prejudice to any Parties to request additional time or oppose such request. 

3. The deadline for the Parties to file any motions seeking leave to amend the pleadings 

shall be extended until December 2, 2015. 

 IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Dated: 

 THE HONORABLE MARIA-ELENA JAMES

 United States Magistrate Judge

 

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The defined terms in this Order shall have the same meanings ascribed to them as set forth in the 

foregoing Stipulation. 

September 21, 2015

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