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Nature of Suit Code: 190
Nature of Suit: Other Contract Actions
Cause of Action: 28:1332 Diversity-Breach of Contract

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Peter I. Ostroff, SBN 45718

postroff@sidley.com

Rollin A. Ransom, SBN 196126 

rransom@sidley.com

Sean A. Commons, SBN 217603 

scommons@sidley.com

SIDLEY AUSTIN LLP

555 West Fifth Street, Suite 4000 

Los Angeles, California 90013

Telephone: (213) 896-6000 

Facsimile: (213) 896-6600 

Attorneys for Defendant CAPITOL RECORDS, LLC

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

OAKLAND DIVISION

MARTHA DAVIS, as an individual on 

behalf of herself and all others similarly 

situated, 

Plaintiff,

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CAPITOL RECORDS, LLC, et al.,

Defendants.

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Case No. 12-cv-1602-YGR

(Related to Case No. 12-cv-3059-YGR)

ORDER ADMINISTRATIVELY 

CLOSING CASES PENDING 

CONSOLIDATION AND SETTLEMENT

APPROVAL 

RALPH VIERRA TAVARES, et al., 

Plaintiffs,

vs. 

CAPITOL RECORDS, LLC, et al.,

Defendants.

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Case No. 12-cv-3059-YGR

(Related to Case No. 12-cv-1602-YGR)

Assigned to: Hon. Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers 

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Plaintiff Martha Davis (“Davis”), the plaintiff in the action styled as Davis v. Capitol 

Records, LLC, Case No. 12-cv-1602-YGR (the “Davis Action”), and plaintiffs Ralph Vierra 

Tavares, Arthur Tavares, Feliciano Vierra Tavares, Antone Lawrence Tavares, and Perry Lee 

Tavares, individually and jointly p/k/a “Tavares”, the plaintiffs in the action styled as Ralph 

Vierra Tavares, et al. v. Capitol Records, LLC, Case No. 12-cv-3059-YGR (the “Tavares

Action”), and Defendant Capitol Records LLC (“Defendant” or “Capitol”), the sole defendant in 

both the Davis Action and the Tavares Action (collectively, the “Related Actions”), submit the 

following Joint Supplemental Case Management Statement and proposed order to administratively 

close these actions pending final approval of a proposed class settlement. 

 As the parties previously advised this Court at a telephonic conference, the Davis Action 

and Tavares Action are the subject of a proposed class settlement pending before the Honorable 

Susan Illston in Rick James et al. v. UMG Recordings, Inc., CV 11-01613 SI (MEJ) (the “James

Action”). See Exhibit A (Stipulation of Settlement). In connection with and solely for purposes 

of effectuating that proposed class settlement, the parties have stipulated to the filing of a 

consolidated complaint that joins the Davis Action and Tavares Action with the James Action 

before Judge Illston. To conserve private and judicial resources, and in light of the pendency of 

the proposed class settlement, which Judge Illston preliminarily approved on April 28, 2015,1 the 

parties stipulate and request that the Davis Action and Tavares Action be administratively closed, 

without prejudice, pending final approval of the proposed class settlement. 

 

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 Based on prior discussions with this Court, the parties advised Judge Illston that the Court 

supports efforts to resolve the Davis Action and Tavares Action through settlement. Judge Illston 

directed the parties to relay to this Court that, in the event this Court has an objection to the 

proposed resolution of the claims asserted in the Davis Action and Tavares Action through a 

consolidated complaint in the James Action, the parties shall confer with this Court as to an 

alternative method for resolving those actions. The parties respectfully submit that proceeding in 

a consolidated fashion in the James Action (the first filed of the three actions) advances the 

interests of all parties and avoids duplicative proceedings. 

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The parties will advise the Court regarding any ruling relating to final approval of the 

settlement. Assuming final approval is granted, the parties have stipulated that such approval shall 

function as dismissal of the Davis Action and the Tavares Action with prejudice. 

IT IS SO STIPULATED. 

DATED: May 1, 2015 SIDLEY AUSTIN LLP

By: /s/ Sean A. Commons

Peter I. Ostroff (Bar No. 45718)

Rollin A. Ransom (Bar No. 196126) 

Sean A. Commons (Bar No. 217603) 

SIDLEY AUSTIN LLP

555 West Fifth Street, Suite 4000 

Los Angeles, California 90013 

Telephone: (213) 896-6000 

Facsimile: (213) 896-6600 

postroff@sidley.com 

rransom@sidley.com 

scommons@sidley.com 

Attorneys for Defendant Capitol Records, LLC

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DATED: May 1, 2015 KIESEL LAW LLP

By: /s/ Jeffrey A. Koncius

Paul R. Kiesel (Cal. Bar No. 119854)

Jeffrey A. Koncius (Cal. Bar No. 189803) 

KIESEL LAW LLP

8648 Wilshire Boulevard 

Beverly Hills, CA 90211-2910 

Telephone: 310.854.4444 

Facsimile: 310.854.0812 

kiesel@kbla.com 

koncius@kbla.com 

Bruce L. Simon (Bar No. 96241) 

Robert G. Retana (Bar No. 148677) 

Aaron M. Sheanin (Bar No. 214472) 

William J. Newsom (Bar No. 267643) 

PEARSON, SIMON &WARSHAW, LLP

44 Montgomery Street, Suite 2450 

San Francisco, CA 94104 

Telephone: (415) 433-9000 

Facsimile: (415) 433-9008 

bsimon@pswlaw.com 

rretana@pswlaw.com 

asheanin@pswlaw.com 

wnewsom@pswlaw.com

Clifford H. Pearson (Bar No. 108523)

Daniel L. Warshaw (Bar No. 185365)

PEARSON, SIMON & WARSHAW, LLP

15165 Ventura Boulevard, Suite 400 

Sherman Oaks, CA 91403 

Telephone: (818) 788-8300 

Facsimile: (818) 788-8104 

cpearson@pswlaw.com 

dwarshaw@pswlaw.com 

Neville L. Johnson (Bar No. 66329)

Douglas L. Johnson (Bar No. 209216) 

James T. Ryan (Bar No. 210515) 

JOHNSON & JOHNSON LLP

439 N. Canon Drive, Suite 200 

Beverly Hills, CA 90210 

Telephone: (310) 975-1080 

Facsimile: (310) 975-1095 

njohnson@jjllplaw.com 

djohnson@jjllplaw.com 

jryan@jjllplaw.com

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Michael D. Hausfeld (pro hac vice pending)

James J. Pizzirusso (pro hac vice pending) 

HAUSFELD LLP

1700 K Street, NW Suite 650 

Washington, D.C. 20006 

Telephone: (202) 540-7200 

 Facsimile: (202) 540-7201 

mhausfeld@hausfledllp.com 

jpizzirusso@hausfeldllp.com 

Michael P. Lehmann (Bar No. 77152)

Bruce J. Wecker (Bar No. 78530) 

Arthur N. Bailey, Jr. (Bar No. 248460) 

HAUSFELD LLP

44 Montgomery Street, Suite 3400 

San Francisco, CA 94104 

Telephone: (415) 633-1908 

Facsimile: (415) 358-4980 

mlehmann@hausfeldllp.com 

bwecker@hausfeldllp.com 

abailey@hausfeldllp.com 

David M. Given (Cal. Bar No. 142375) 

PHILLIPS, ERLEWINE & GIVEN LLP

50 California Street, 35th Floor 

San Francisco, CA 94111 

Telephone: (415) 398-0900 

Facsimile: (415) 398-0911 

dmg@phillaw.com 

Michael W. Sobol (Cal. Bar No. 194857)

LIEFF CABRASER HEIMANN & 

BERNSTEIN, LLP

275 Battery Street, 29th Floor 

San Francisco, California 94111 

Telephone: (415) 956-1000 

Facsimile: (415) 956-1008 

msobol@lchb.com 

Leonard B. Simon (Cal Bar No. 58310) 

LAW OFFICES LEONARD B. SIMON P.C.

655 West Broadway, Suite 1900 

San Diego, California 92101 

Telephone: (619) 338-4549 

Facsimile: (619) 231-7423 

lens@rgrdlaw.com

Attorneys for Martha Davis and the Class

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DATED: May 1, 2015 INDIK & McNAMARA, P.C.

By: /s/ Thomas S. McNamara

Thomas S. McNamara (Pro Hac Vice)

INDIK & McNAMARA, P.C.

100 South Broad Street, Suite 2230 

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19110 

Telephone: (215) 567-7125 

Facsimile: (215) 563-8330 

mcnamara@snip.net 

Michael F. Ram (Bar No. 104805) 

RAM, OLSON, CEREGHINO & 

KOPCZYNSKI LLP

555 Montgomery Street, Suite 820 

San Francisco, California 94111 

Telephone: (415) 433-4949 

Facsimile: (415) 433-7311 

mram@rocklawcal.com

Attorneys for Tavares and the Class

 ORDER

Good cause appearing, including the joint stipulation of counsel for the parties, the Davis

Action&9 and Tavares Action&9 are hereby administratively closed without 

prejudice pending final approval of a pending proposed class action settlement in the James Action. 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: ________________, 201 __________________________________ 

Hon. Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers 

United States District Judge

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