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Nature of Suit Code: 375
Nature of Suit: False Claims Act
Cause of Action: 31:3729 False Claims Act

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Case No. CV 13-04476 CRB

JOINT STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER 

Colin H. Murray, State Bar No. 159142

 colin.murray@bakermckenzie.com

Brian K. Tomkiel, State Bar No. 267253

 brian.tomkiel@bakermckenzie.com

BAKER & McKENZIE LLP

Two Embarcadero Center, 11th Floor

San Francisco, CA 94111

Telephone: 415.576.3000

Facsimile: 415.576.3099 

Attorneys for Defendants

Sprint Communications Company L.P.,

Sprint Solutions, Inc., and

Sprint Spectrum L.P.

Christopher B. Dolan, State Bar No. 165358

Aimee E. Kirby, State Bar No. 216909

aimee.kirby@cbdlaw.com

Sandra I. Tan, State Bar No. 276333

THE DOLAN LAW FIRM

1438 Market Street

San Francisco, CA 94102

Telephone: 415.421.2800

Facsimile: 415.421.2830

Attorneys for Plaintiff Richard Knudsen

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA - SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION

RICHARD KNUDSEN, an individual, Qui Tam 

Plaintiff, on behalf of himself and United States 

of America and its Federal Agencies, a public 

entity,

Plaintiffs,

v.

SPRINT COMMUNICATION COMPANY LP, 

SPRINT NEXTEL, SPRINT NEXTEL 

CORPORATION, SPRINT SOLUTIONS, 

INC., SPRINT SPECTRUM L.P., SPRINT 

SPECTRUM LIMITED PARTNERSHIP, 

SPRINT SPECTRUM LP, NEXTEL 

COMMUNICATIONS INCORPORATED, 

NEXTEL COMMUNICATIONS OF THE MID 

ATLANTIC INCORPORATED and Does 1- 100,

Defendants.

Case No. CV 13-04476 (CRB)

JOINT STIPULATION TO EXTEND 

TIME AND SET FURTHER 

BRIEFING SCHEDULE FOR SPRINT 

DEFENDANTS’ MOTION TO 

DISMISS PLAINTIFF’S FIRST 

AMENDED COMPLAINT; ORDER

[Civil L.R. 6-2]

Date Action Filed: September 27, 2013

The Honorable Charles R. Breyer

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RECITALS

1. On June 5, 2015, the Court held a hearing on the Motions to Dismiss Plaintiff’s 

Complaint filed by the Sprint Defendants in this case and by the AT&T and Verizon Defendants in 

the related qui tam cases also pending in this Court, see Knudsen v. AT&T Corp., et al., Case No. 13-

cv-04542 (N.D. Cal.), and Knudsen v. Cellco Partnership, d/b/a Verizon Wireless, Inc. et al., Case 

No. 13-cv-04465-EDL (N.D. Cal.). 

2. The Court granted the Motions to Dismiss without prejudice and ordered that Plaintiff 

would be permitted to file amended complaints in this case and the related cases within thirty days, 

as set forth in the minute order entered by the Court on June 8, 2015. See ECF No. 46. On July 6, 

2015, Plaintiff filed Amended Complaints in all three cases. See, e.g. ECF No.53. The Sprint 

Defendants timely filed a motion to dismiss the Amended Complaints on July 23, 2015. See, e.g., 

ECF No. 54. On July 27, Plaintiff filed an ex parte motion seeking to extend until August 27, 2015, 

his time to file an opposition to the dismissal motion. See, e.g., ECF No. 55. 

3. Pursuant to Local Rule of Civil Procedure 6-2, the parties have conferred and jointly 

move the Court for entry of a stipulation and order setting a coordinated further briefing schedule for 

Plaintiff’s Opposition to Defendants’ Motion to Dismiss and Defendants’ Reply Memorandum in 

support of their motions, as follows:

(a) Plaintiff’s Opposition Memoranda shall be filed on or before August 27, 2015; 

(b) Defendants’ Reply Memoranda shall be filed on or before September 24, 

2015; and 

(c) The hearing scheduled for September 18, 2015, will be vacated and reset for 

October 9, 2015. 

STIPULATION

It is hereby stipulated and agreed between the Parties that: 

1. Plaintiff’s Opposition Memorandum shall be filed on or before August 27, 2015; 

2. Defendant’s Reply Memorandum shall be filed on or before September 24, 2015; and

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3. The hearing scheduled for September 18, 2015, will be vacated and reset for 

October 9, 2015. 

 

Dated: July 28, 2015

Respectfully submitted,

BAKER & McKENZIE LLP

COLIN H. MURRAY

BRIAN K. TOMKIEL

By:/s/ Colin H. Murray

Colin H. Murray

Attorneys for Defendant

SPRINT COMMUNICATIONS

COMPANY L.P., SPRINT SOLUTIONS, INC., and

SPRINT SPECTRUM L.P.

Dated: July 28, 2015 THE DOLAN LAW FIRM

CHRISTOPHER B. DOLAN

AIMEE E. KIRBY

By:/s/ Aimee E. Kirby________________

Aimee E. Kirby

Attorneys for Plaintiff

RICHARD KNUDSEN, an individual, Qui Tam 

Plaintiff, on behalf of himself and United States 

of America and its Federal Agencies, a public 

entity.

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Richard Knudsen v. Sprint Communication Company LP., et al.

Case No. CV 13-04476 (CRB)

ATTESTATION OF CONCURRENCE

I, Colin H. Murray, attest that I am one of the attorneys for the Sprint Defendants. As the 

ECF user and filer of this document, I attest that concurrence in the filing of this document has been 

obtained from its signatories.

Dated: July 28, 2015 /s/ Colin H. Murray

Colin H. Murray

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Richard Knudsen v. Sprint Communication Company LP., et al.

Case No. CV 13-04476 (CRB)

ORDER

PURSUANT TO STIPULATION, the following is ORDERED: 

1. Plaintiff’s Opposition Memorandum shall be filed on or before August 27, 2015; and 

2. Defendant’s Reply Memorandum shall be filed on or before September 24, 2015. 

3. The hearing currently scheduled for September 18, 2015, is vacated and reset for 

October 9, 2015. 

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Dated: July 31, 2015 ___________________________________

The Honorable Charles R. Breyer 

U.S. District Judge

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