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Nature of Suit Code: 791
Nature of Suit: Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA)
Cause of Action: 29:1132 E.R.I.S.A.: Employee Benefits

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LEGAL_US_W # 55494299.2 

STIPULATION RE: STAY; ORDER 

U.S.D.C., N.D. Cal., No. C-06-7363-SI 

(Counsel listed on next page) 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

KATHLEEN A. STEWART, individually 

and on behalf of all others similarly 

situated, 

Plaintiff, 

vs. 

AT&T INC. (F/K/A SBC 

COMMUNICATIONS INC.), AND AT&T 

PENSION BENEFIT PLANNONBARGAINED PROGRAM (F/K/A 

SBC PENSION BENEFIT PLAN AND 

SBC PENSION BENEFIT PLANNONBARGAINED PROGRAM, 

Defendants. 

No. C-06-7363-SI 

STIPULATION RE: STAY OF 

PROCEEDINGS UNTIL COURT DECIDES 

DEFENDANTS’ MOTION TO TRANSFER; 

ORDER RE: SAME 

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STIPULATION RE: STAY; ORDER 

U.S.D.C., N.D. Cal., No. C-06-7363-SI 

BRADLEY J. SCHRAM (Michigan State Bar No. P26337) 

ROBERT P. GELLER (Michigan State Bar No. P34391) 

EVA T. CANTARELLA (Michigan State Bar No. P51917) 

HERTZ, SCHRAM & SARETSKY, P.C. 

1760 South Telegraph Road, Suite 300 

Bloomfield Hills, Michigan 48302-0183 

Telephone: (248) 335-5000 

Facsimile: (248) 335-3346 

E-mail: ecantarella@hsspc.com

SCOTT KALKIN (California State Bar No. 120791) 

ROBOOSTOFF & KALKIN 

369 Pine Street, Suite 610 

San Francisco, California 94104 

Telephone: (415) 732-0282 

Facsimile: (415) 732-0287 

E-mail: robokalk@earthlink.net

Attorneys for Plaintiff 

Kathleen Stewart 

JEFFREY D. WOHL (California State Bar No. 96838) 

PAUL, HASTINGS, JANOFSKY & WALKER LLP 

55 Second Street, 24th Floor 

San Francisco, California 94105 

Telephone: (415) 856-7000 

Facsimile: (415) 856-7100 

E-mail: jeffwohl@paulhastings.com

STEPHEN H. HARRIS (California State Bar No. 184608) 

CAROLINE LEE ELKIN (California State Bar No. 209156) 

PAUL, HASTINGS, JANOFSKY & WALKER LLP 

515 South Flower Street, 25th Floor 

Los Angeles, California 90071 

Telephone: (213) 683-6000 

Facsimile: (213) 627-0705 

E-mail: stephenharris@paulhastings.com

Attorneys for Defendants 

AT&T Inc. and AT&T Pension Benefit Plan-Nonbargained Program 

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STIPULATION RE: STAY; ORDER 

U.S.D.C., N.D. Cal., No. C-06-7363-SI 

STIPULATION 

Plaintiff Kathleen Stewart, appearing through her counsel of record, and defendants AT&T Inc. 

and AT&T Pension Benefit Plan-Nonbargained Program, appearing specially through their counsel of 

record, stipulate as follows: 

1. This action was commenced in this Court on November 30, 2006. As part of its Initial 

Scheduling Order, this Court assigned the following dates to the action: 

February 16, 2007: Last days for parties to meet and confer about initial disclosures, 

case management conference, ADR; last day for parties to file 

ADR certificates 

March 2, 2007: Last day for parties to complete initial disclosures, file case 

management conference statement and Rule 26(f) report 

March 9, 2007: Case management conference (2:00 p.m.) 

2. The parties have stipulated that defendants have until February 2, 2007, by which to 

object to, answer, or otherwise respond to plaintiff’s complaint. 

3. Defendants have informed plaintiff that they intend to bring a motion to transfer the 

action to the Western District of Texas pursuant to 28 U.S.C. section 1404(a). Defendants intend to file 

their motion on February 2, 2007. In order to accommodate the scheduling concerns of plaintiff’s 

counsel, defendants will notice the motion for hearing on April 6, 2007, with the parties agreed that 

plaintiff’s opposition to the motion will be filed on or before March 9, 2007, and defendants’ reply in 

support of the motion will be filed on or before March 23, 2007. 

4. Because a motion to transfer under 28 U.S.C. section 1404(a) is not a responsive 

pleading, defendants also intend to bring a motion to dismiss all or part of plaintiff’s complaint pursuant 

to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 12(b)(6). 

5. After meeting and conferring about defendants’ planned motions, the parties agree that it 

would be more efficient for the Court first to decide the motion to transfer, and then to entertain the 

motion to dismiss only if the action remains pending before the Court rather than being transferred to the 

Western District of Texas. The parties also agree that it would be more efficient if all case managementrelated activities, including the activities scheduled by the Court in its Initial Scheduling Order, take 

place only after the motion to dismiss is decided. 

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ORDER

On the stipulation of the parties, and good cause appearing therefor, 

IT IS ORDERED that all proceedings in this action, including defendants’ responsive pleading 

and the case management-related activities scheduled by the Court in its Initial Scheduling Order, other 

than briefing and hearing on defendants’ motion to transfer, be and are hereby STAYED until such time 

as they are re-scheduled by this Court if the motion to transfer is denied or by the Western District of 

Texas if the motion to transfer is granted; except that if the motion to transfer is denied, then defendants 

will file their responsive pleading to plaintiff’s complaint by not later than 20 days after notice of the 

Court’s order denying the motion; and if the motion to transfer is granted, then defendants will file their 

responsive pleading to plaintiff’s complaint by not later than 20 days after notice of the Judge of the 

Western District of Texas to whom the case is assigned. 

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that defendants will notice their motion to transfer, which they will 

file on February 2, 2007, for hearing on April 6, 2007, at 9:00 a.m., with plaintiff’s opposition to the 

motion to be filed on or before March 9, 2007, and defendants’ reply in support of the motion to be filed 

on or before March 23, 2007. 

Dated: January ___, 2007. __________________________________________ 

Susan Illston 

United States District Judge 

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