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Nature of Suit Code: 196
Nature of Suit: Franchise
Cause of Action: 28:1332 Diversity-(Citizenship)

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Case No. CV 09-5336 CRB -1- 

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MARKET STREET, 26TH FLOOR

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(415) 882-5000 

JOEL D. SIEGEL (SBN 171919) 

SONNENSCHEIN NATH & ROSENTHAL LLP 

601 South Figueroa Street, Suite 1500 

Los Angeles, California 90017-5704 

Telephone: (213) 623-9300 

Facsimile: (213) 623-9924 

jsiegel@sonnenschein.com 

KAREN C. MARCHIANO (SBN 233493) 

SONNENSCHEIN NATH & ROSENTHAL LLP 

525 Market Street, 26th Floor 

San Francisco, CA 94105-2708 

Telephone: (415) 882-5000 

Facsimile: (415) 882-0300 

kmarchiano@sonnenschein.com 

Attorneys for Defendant 

DESIGNED COOKIES, INC. 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION 

DEBORAH NORK, LEE ROBERTS and 

BAKER’S BOUQUET, 

 Plaintiffs, 

 vs. 

DESIGNED COOKIES, INC., 

 Defendants. 

No. CV 09-5336 CRB 

STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] 

ORDER CONTINUING THE HEARING 

DATE ON DESIGNED COOKIES INC.’S 

MOTION TO COMPEL ARBITRATION 

IN CALIFORNIA BEFORE THE 

AMERICAN ARBITRATION 

ASSOCIATION 

Current Hearing Date: Feb. 19, 2010 

Time: 10:00 a.m. 

Courtroom No. 8 

Proposed New Hearing Date: March 19, 2010

Time: 10:00 a.m. 

Courtroom No. 8 

Honorable Charles R. Breyer 

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Pursuant to Civil Local Rule 7-7(b) of the United States District Court for the Northern 

District of California, Plaintiffs Deborah Nork, Lee Roberts, and Baker’s Bouquet (“Plaintiffs”) 

and Defendant Designed Cookies, Inc. (“DCI”), by and through their respective counsel, hereby 

stipulate and agree to the following: 

On January 15, 2010, Defendant DCI filed a Motion To Compel Arbitration In California 

Before The American Arbitration Association, And To Dismiss Or Stay The Action Pending 

Arbitration (“Motion To Compel Arbitration”). DCI’s Motion To Compel Arbitration is 

presently set to be heard on February 19, 2010, and DCI’s Reply Brief In Support of DCI’s 

Motion To Compel Arbitration is due to be filed and served on Friday, February 5, 2010. 

The parties are currently engaged in settlement discussions. The parties agree that in the 

interests of judicial economy, to preserve the parties’ resources, and to facilitate settlement 

discussions, the hearing on DCI’s Motion To Compel Arbitration should be continued to March 

19, 2010, and the deadline to file and serve DCI’s Reply Brief In Support of DCI’s Motion To 

Compel Arbitration should be extended to March 5, 2010. 

This is the first stipulation to modify the hearing date on DCI’s Motion To Compel 

Arbitration. The requested extension on the hearing date will not affect the schedule for the 

case. 

Dated: February 3, 2010 SONNENSCHEIN NATH & ROSENTHAL LLP 

KAREN C. MARCHIANO, ESQ. 

By:____________/S/ Karen C. Marchiano _______ 

Karen C. Marchiano 

Attorneys for Defendants 

DESIGNED COOKIES, INC. 

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Dated: February 3, 2010 ZARCO EINHORN SALKOWSKI & BRITO, P.A. 

ROBERT ZARCO, ESQ. 

By:____________/S/ Robert Zarco__________________ 

Attorneys for Plaintiffs 

DEBORAH NORK, LEE ROBERTS AND BAKER’S 

BOUQUET 

ATTESTATION CLAUSE

I attest under penalty of perjury that the concurrence in the filing of this document has been 

obtained from its signatories. 

By:____________/S/ Karen C. Marchiano ___ 

 KAREN C. MARCHIANO 

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DECLARATION OF KAREN C. MARCHIANO

I, Karen C. Marchiano, declare as follows: 

 1. I am an attorney at law duly admitted to practice before this Court and am an 

associate of the law firm of Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP, counsel of record for 

Defendant Designed Cookies, Inc. (“DCI”). I make this declaration in support of the attached 

Stipulation and [Proposed] Order Continuing The Hearing Date On Designed Cookies Inc.’s 

Motion To Compel Arbitration In California before the American Arbitration Association And 

To Dismiss Or Stay The Action Pending Arbitration. I have personal knowledge of the matters 

set forth herein and could competently testify to them if called upon to do so. 

 2. On January 15, 2010, DCI filed a Motion To Compel Arbitration In California 

Before The American Arbitration Association, And To Dismiss Or Stay The Action Pending 

Arbitration (“Motion To Compel Arbitration”). 

 3 DCI’s Motion To Compel Arbitration is presently set to be heard on February 19, 

2010. DCI’s Reply Brief In Support of DCI’s Motion To Compel Arbitration is due to be filed 

and served on Friday, February 5, 2010. 

 4. The parties are currently engaged in settlement discussions. The parties agree that 

in the interests of judicial economy, to preserve the parties’ resources, and to facilitate settlement 

discussions, the hearing on DCI’s Motion To Compel Arbitration should be continued to March 

19, 2010, and the deadline for DCI’s Reply Brief In Support of DCI’s Motion To Compel 

Arbitration should be extended to March 5, 2010. 

 5. This is the first stipulation to modify the hearing date on DCI’s Motion To Compel 

Arbitration. This Court previously extended the deadline for DCI to respond to the complaint. 

 6. The requested extension on the hearing date will not affect the schedule for the 

case. 

 I declare under penalty of perjury that the foregoing is true and correct. Executed this 3rd 

day of February, 2010 in San Francisco, California. 

By:______________/S/ Karen C. Marchiano_________________ 

 Karen C. Marchiano 

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[PROPOSED] ORDER

Pursuant to the parties’ stipulation and Local Rule 7-7(b) and good cause appearing, it is 

hereby ordered that the hearing on Designed Cookies Inc.’s Motion To Compel Arbitration In 

California Before The American Arbitration Association And To Dismiss Or Stay The Action 

Pending Arbitration shall be continued to March 19, 2010 at 10:00 a.m. in Courtroom 8. Any 

reply brief in support of Designed Cookies Inc.’s Motion To Compel Arbitration In California 

Before The American Arbitration Association And To Dismiss Or Stay The Action Pending 

Arbitration shall be filed and served via ECF on or before March 5, 2010. 

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Dated: ______________ _______________________________________________ 

HONORABLE CHARLES R. BREYER 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT JUDGE 

Feb. 4, 2010

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORN

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IT IS SO ORDERED

Judge Charles R. Breyer

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