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Nature of Suit Code: 370
Nature of Suit: Other Fraud
Cause of Action: 28:1332 Diversity-Fraud

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STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER RE PAGE LIMITATIONS CASE NO. 13 CIV. 3570-RS 

EDWARD S. ZUSMAN (SBN 154366) 

ezusman@mzclaw.com 

KEVIN K. ENG (SBN 209036) 

keng@mzclaw.com 

MARKUN ZUSMAN FRENIERE & COMPTON LLP 

465 California Street, 5th Floor 

San Francisco, California 94104 

Telephone: (415) 438-4515 

Facsimile: (415) 434-4505 

Attorneys for Plaintiffs 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION 

STEVEN SIEGAL, JAMES RYBICKI, DAVID 

GROBLEBE, individually and as General Partner 

of GROBCO II, and CHRISTIAN WIPF, ON 

BEHALF OF THEMSELVES AND ALL 

INDIVIDUALS SIMILARLY SITUATED,

 

Plaintiffs, 

vs. 

G. THOMAS GAMBLE, LOREN J. MILLER, 

HENRY LOWENSTEIN, PAUL W. BATEMAN, 

EDWARD M. GABRIEL, JAMES S. MAYER, 

BEHROOZ SARAFRAZ, LYNN BLYSTONE, 

ALFRED LOPEZ, MASTON CUNNINGHAM, 

JOHN DURBIN, GREG BILLINGER, K&L 

GATES LLP, CHARLES A. DALE III, JOSHUA 

LANE, AND DOES 1 THROUGH 100, 

INCLUSIVE,

Defendants. 

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Case No. 13 Civ. 3570-RS 

STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] 

ORDER RE EXCEEDING PAGE 

LIMITATIONS

 

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STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER RE PAGE LIMITATIONS CASE NO. 13 CIV. 3570-RS\ 

 WHEREAS, Plaintiffs and certain Defendants (together, the “Settling Parties”) have 

entered into a Settlement Agreement; 

 WHEREAS, pursuant to the Settlement Agreement, Plaintiffs will, on January 28, 2015, 

file a Motion For Preliminary Approval of the Settlement; 

 WHEREAS, the Settlement Agreement involves multiple parties, and implicates jointly 

administered proceedings currently in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of 

Delaware (Case No. 12-12291 (MFW)) (the “Bankruptcy Proceedings”); 

 WHEREAS, Plaintiffs have been preparing their Motion and supporting documents in 

anticipation of the filing on January 28, 2015; 

 WHEREAS, the Court’s Civil Local Rules provide for a 25-page limitation for motions 

(see Civil L.R. 7-2(b)); 

 WHEREAS, Plaintiffs anticipate that they will require additional pages beyond the 25-

page limit, due to the complexities of the case, including large number of parties, the related 

Bankruptcy Proceedings, and the multiple legal issues implicated in the Motion For Preliminary 

Approval of the Settlement; 

 WHEREAS, Plaintiffs believe the additional discussion will benefit the parties and the 

Court in that it will more clearly lay out the factual circumstances, procedural history, and 

discussion of the legal analysis relevant to the upcoming Motion; 

 WHEREAS, Plaintiffs request an additional 5 pages for their Motion; 

 NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED AND AGREED by and between 

and among all parties, subject to the approval of the Court, as follows (the “Stipulation”):

1. Plaintiffs’ Administrative Motion to exceed page limitations shall be granted; 

2. Plaintiffs’ Memorandum In Support of Motion For Preliminary Approval shall be 

not more than 30 pages. 

Dated: January 22, 2015_____ SIMPSON THACHER & BARTLETT LLP 

By /s/ 

 George S. Wang 

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STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER RE PAGE LIMITATIONS CASE NO. 13 CIV. 3570-RS\ 

Attorneys for Defendants Paul W. Bateman, Greg 

Billinger, Maston Cunningham, John Durbin, 

Edward M. Gabriel, Henry Lowenstein, James S. 

Mayer, and Loren J. Miller 

Dated: January 22, 2015______ AKERMAN LLP 

By /s/ 

 Karen Palladino Ciccone 

Attorneys for Defendant Lynn Blystone 

Dated: January 23, 2015______ By /s/_____________________________ 

 Behrooz Sarafraz 

Defendant Pro Se 

Dated: January 21, 2015______ COOKE KOBRICK & WU LLP 

By /s/ 

 Christopher C. Cooke 

Attorneys for Defendant Alfred Lopez 

Dated: January 26, 2015______ REED SMITH LLP 

By /s/ 

 James Neudecker 

Attorneys for Defendant G. Thomas Gamble 

Dated: January 26, 2015______ K&L GATES LLP 

By /s/ 

 Charles Tea 

Attorneys for Defendants K&L Gates LLP, Charles 

A. Dale III, and Joshua Lane 

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STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER RE PAGE LIMITATIONS CASE NO. 13 CIV. 3570-RS\ 

Dated: January 21, 2015 MARKUN ZUSMAN FRENIERE & COMPTON 

LLP 

By /s/ 

 Kevin K. Eng 

Attorneys for Plaintiffs 

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STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER RE PAGE LIMITATIONS CASE NO. 13 CIV. 3570-RS\ 

[PROPOSED] ORDER

Pursuant to the parties’ stipulation and pursuant to Rule 7-11 of the Civil Local Rules, the 

Court hereby adopts and approves the terms of the parties’ stipulation set forth above. Plaintiffs’ 

Administrative Motion to exceed page limitations is granted. Plaintiffs’ Memorandum In Support 

Of Motion For Preliminary Approval shall be not more than 30 pages in length. 

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Dated: ____________________ __________________________________ 

 The Honorable Richard Seeborg 

 United States District Judge 

1/26/15

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STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER RE PAGE LIMITATIONS CASE NO. 13 CIV. 3570-RS\ 

FILER’S ATTESTATION

I, Kevin K. Eng, am the ECF user whose identification and password are being used to file this 

Stipulation and [Proposed] Order. In compliance with Civil Local Rule 5-1, I hereby attest that 

George S. Wang, Karen Ciccone, Behrooz Sarafraz, Christopher C. Cooke, James Neudecker, 

Charles Tea, and Kevin K. Eng concur in this filing. 

/s/ 

Kevin K. Eng 

Attorneys for Plaintiffs 

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