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Nature of Suit Code: 890
Nature of Suit: Other Statutory Actions
Cause of Action: 28:1331 Fed. Question

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JOINT STIPULATION AND REQUEST FOR ORDER CHANGING TIME Case No. C 07-03001-RMW

Michael H. Steinberg (CSB 134179) 

Laura E. Kabler (CSB 241281) 

SULLIVAN & CROMWELL LLP 

1888 Century Park East 

Los Angeles, California 90067 

Telephone: (310) 712-6600 

Facsimile: (310) 712-8800 

Attorneys for Petitioners Joel Benoliel, et al. 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

SAN JOSE DIVISION 

JOEL BENOLIEL, GREGG R. DAUGHERTY, 

BRUCE E. HOSFORD, and DONALD S. 

JEFFERSON, 

 Plaintiffs/Petitioners, 

 v. 

BLACKHAWK PARENT LLC, a Delaware limited 

liability company, and EOP OPERATING 

LIMITED PARTNERSHIP, a Delaware limited 

partnership, 

 

 Defendants/Respondents. 

Case No. C 07-03001-RMW 

JOINT STIPULATION AND 

[] ORDER 

CONTINUING THE HEARING 

ON THE FIRST AMENDED 

PETITION TO COMPEL 

ARBITRATION AND THE CASE 

MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE 

Prior Hearing Date: January 11, 

2008 

New Hearing Date: March 14, 2008 

*E-FILED - 1/9/08*

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JOINT STIPULATION AND REQUEST FOR ORDER CHANGING TIME Case No. C 07-03001-RMW 

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Pursuant to Civil Local Rules 6-1(b), 6-2, 7-7(b) and 7-12 of the Federal District 

for the Northern District of California, Plaintiffs/Petitioners Joel Benoliel, Gregg R. Daugherty, 

Bruce E. Hosford, and Donald S. Jefferson (collectively, “Petitioners”), by and through their 

respective counsel, submit this Joint Stipulation and Proposed Order Changing Time concerning 

Petitioners’ pending First Amended Petition to Compel Arbitration (the “Amended Petition”) 

scheduled to be heard January 11, 2008 (the “Hearing”). 

WHEREAS, Petitioners filed the Amended Petition on July 27, 2007; 

 WHEREAS, Respondents filed a Memorandum of Points and Authorities in 

Opposition to the Amended Petition (the “Opposition”) on August 10, 2007; 

WHEREAS, Petitioners filed a Reply in Support of the Amended Petition on 

August 17, 2007; 

WHEREAS, a hearing on the Amended Petition was originally scheduled for 

August 31, 2007 at 9:00 a.m.; 

WHEREAS, on August 27, 2007, the parties submitted a joint stipulation and 

proposed order, continuing the August 31, 2007 hearing to September 28, 2007; 

WHEREAS, on August 28, 2007, the Court entered the proposed order continuing 

the August 31, 2007 hearing to September 28, 2007; 

WHEREAS, a Case Management Conference was also scheduled to occur on 

September 28, 2007; 

WHEREAS, on September 18, 2007, the Court sua sponte ordered that the hearing 

on the Amended Petition and the Case Management Conference be continued to October 19, 2007; 

WHEREAS, upon a joint stipulation submitted by the parties, on October 11, 2007, 

the Court ordered that the hearing on the Amended Petition and the Case Management Conference 

be continued to November 9, 2007; 

WHEREAS, upon a joint stipulation submitted by the parties, on October 31, 2007, 

the Court ordered that the hearing on the Amended Petition and the Case Management Conference 

be continued to December 7, 2007; 

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JOINT STIPULATION AND REQUEST FOR ORDER CHANGING TIME Case No. C 07-03001-RMW 

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WHEREAS, upon a joint stipulation submitted by the parties, on November 30, 

2007, the Court ordered that the hearing on the Amended Petition and the Case Management 

Conference be continued to January 11, 2008; 

WHEREAS, on December 19, 2007 the parties held their joint ADR Phone 

Conference with the G. Daniel Bowling, ADR Program Staff Attorney for the Northern District of 

California to discuss their continued progress towards a negotiated resolution of the issues raised 

by the Amended Petition; 

WHEREAS, the parties are in continued discussions directed toward reaching a 

negotiated resolution of the issues raised by the Amended Petition; 

WHEREAS, the parties agree to continue the Hearing and the Case Management 

Conference until February 29, 2008; and 

WHEREAS, the parties agree that this Stipulation does not waive any of the rights 

or defenses available to either party, and that each party reserves its rights to assert any and all 

rights and defenses in the future and to provide further papers updating the Court and providing 

any further developments; 

WHEREAS, the parties submit that the extension will not affect the ultimate 

schedule of the case; 

NOW THEREFORE THE PARTIES JOINTLY REQUEST THE FOLLOWING: 

Subject to the Court's approval, pursuant to Civil Local Rules 6-1, 6-2, 7-7(b) and 

7-12 of the Federal District Court for the Northern District of California, that the Hearing and the 

Case Management Conference be continued to 9 a.m. on Friday, March 14, 2008. 

Dated: December 27, 2007 SULLIVAN & CROMWELL LLP 

/s/ 

Michael H. Steinberg 

Attorneys for Plaintiffs/Petitioners 

JOEL BENOLIEL, et al. 

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JOINT STIPULATION AND REQUEST FOR ORDER CHANGING TIME Case No. C 07-03001-RMW 

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Dated: December 27, 2007 SIMPSON THACHER & BARTLETT LLP 

/s/ (with express permission) 

Harrison J. Frahn 

Attorneys for Defendants/Respondents 

BLACKHAWK PARENT LLC and EOP 

OPERATING LIMITED PARTNERSHIP 

PURSUANT TO STIPULATION, IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Dated: _______________, 200_ By 

The Honorable Ronald M. Whyte 

United States District Judge 

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