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Nature of Suit Code: 890
Nature of Suit: Other Statutory Actions
Cause of Action: 28:1332 Diversity-Petition for Removal

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JOINT STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER CONTINUING HEARING DATE 

FOR DEFENDANTS’ MOTION TO DISMISS - C-06-3723 SBA

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LAURENCE J. HUTT (S.B. # 066269) 

JOHN R. LAWLESS (S.B. # 223561) 

ARNOLD & PORTER LLP 

777 South Figueroa Street, 44th Floor 

Los Angeles, California 90017-5844 

Telephone: (213) 243-4000 

Facsimile: (213) 243-4199 

Laurence_Hutt@aporter.com 

John_Lawless@aporter.com 

Attorneys for Defendants 

PATRICK J. COUGHLIN (S.B. # 111070) 

AZRA Z. MEHDI (S.B. # 220406) 

EX KANO S. SAMS II (S.B. # 192936) 

JAMES G. GILYARD (S.B. # 220791) 

LERACH COUGHLIN STOIA GELLER 

RUDMAN & ROBBINS LLP 

100 Pine Street, Suite 2600 

San Francisco, CA 94111 

Telephone: (415) 288-4545 

Facsimile: (415) 288-4534 

pcoughlin@lerachlaw.com 

amehdi@lerachlaw.com 

esams@lerachlaw.com 

jgilyard@lerachlaw.com 

Attorneys for Plaintiff 

[Additional Counsel listed on last page] 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

OAKLAND DIVISION 

DONALD NOBLES, Individually and on Behalf 

of All Others Similarly Situated, 

 Plaintiff, 

 v. 

MBNA CORPORATION, 

MBNA AMERICA BANK, N.A., 

MBNA MARKETING SYSTEMS, INC., BANK 

OF AMERICA CORPORATION, 

 Defendants. 

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Case No. C-06-3723 SBA 

JOINT STIPULATION AND ORDER 

CONTINUING HEARING DATE FOR 

DEFENDANTS’ MOTION TO DISMISS 

FIRST AMENDED COMPLAINT 

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JOINT STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER CONTINUING HEARING DATE 

FOR DEFENDANTS’ MOTION TO DISMISS - C-06-3723 SBA

STIPULATION

Defendants MBNA Corporation, MBNA America Bank, N.A., MBNA Marketing Systems, 

Inc., and Bank of America Corporation (“Defendants”), on the one hand, and Plaintiff Donald 

Nobles (“Plaintiff”), on the other hand, through their respective counsel of record, pursuant to Civil 

L.R. 6-1(b), hereby stipulate and agree as follows: 

 WHEREAS, as a result of Court-ordered changes, the Case Management Conference is 

currently scheduled for November 15, 2006, at 3:00 p.m., via telephone; 

WHEREAS, the Court, on its own motion, recently continued the hearing on Defendants’ 

Motion to Dismiss Plaintiff’s First Amended Complaint to November 14, 2006 at 1:00 p.m. from 

October 24, 2006, a date previously agreed upon among counsel and approved by the Court; 

WHEREAS, all of the briefing on Defendants’ Motion to Dismiss Plaintiff’s First Amended 

Complaint has been completed and all briefs have been filed; 

 WHEREAS, prior to the Court’s continuance of the hearing on Defendants’ Motion to 

Dismiss Plaintiff’s First Amended Complaint to November 14, 2006, counsel for Defendants who 

will be appearing at that hearing had committed to an out-of-state trip for business meetings and 

firm partnership meetings that would preclude his appearance at a hearing on November 14, 2006; 

 IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED, by and between the Parties, through their respective counsel 

of record, subject to the approval of the Court, that the hearing on Defendants’ Motion to Dismiss 

Plaintiff’s First Amended Complaint for the above-captioned case be continued as follows: 

1. The hearing on Defendants’ Motion to Dismiss Plaintiff’s First Amended Complaint, 

currently set for November 14, 2006 at 1:00 p.m., shall be continued to November 28, 2006, at 1:00 

p.m.; 

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2. This Stipulation does not change the date for the Case Management Conference, 

currently scheduled for November 15, 2006. 

DATED: October ____, 2006 ARNOLD & PORTER LLP 

By: /S/ Laurence J. Hutt 

LAURENCE J. HUTT 

Attorneys for Defendants 

DATED: October ____, 2006 LERACH COUGHLIN STOIA GELLER 

RUDMAN & ROBBINS LLP 

By: /S/ Ex Kano S. Sams II 

EX KANO S. SAMS II 

Attorneys for Plaintiff 

ORDER

 Based upon the foregoing Stipulation of the parties and good cause appearing therefor, 

 IT IS SO ORDERED. 

DATED: 10/30/06 __________________________________________ 

THE HONORABLE SAUNDRA B. ARMSTRONG 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE 

413100_1.DOC 

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ADDITIONAL COUNSEL

BONNY E. SWEENEY (S.B. # 176174) 

LERACH COUGHLIN STOIA GELLER 

RUDMAN & ROBBINS LLP 

655 West Broadway, Suite 1900 

San Diego, CA 92101 

Telephone: (619) 231-1058 

Facsimile: (619) 231-7423 

bsweeney@lerachlaw.com 

MICHAEL RUBIN (S.B. # 80618) 

CLAIRE PRESTEL (S.B. # 235649) 

ALTSHULER, BERZON, NUSSBAUM 

177 Post Street, Suite 300 

San Francisco, CA 94108 

Telephone: (415) 421-7151 

Facsimile: (415) 362-8064 

mrubin@altshulerberzon.com 

cprestel@altshulerberzon.com 

Attorneys for Plaintiff

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