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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- 

Stipulation To Continue Hearing Date On Motion To Compel Arbitration 

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SONNENSCHEIN 

NATH & ROSENTHAL LLP

525 MARKET STREET, 26TH FLOOR

SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA 94105-2708 

(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: March 19, 2010 

Time: 10:00 a.m. 

Courtroom No. 8 

Proposed New Hearing Date: April 16, 2010 

Time: 10:00 a.m. 

Courtroom No. 8 

Honorable Charles R. Breyer 

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SONNENSCHEIN 

NATH & ROSENTHAL LLP

525 MARKET STREET, 26TH FLOOR

SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA 94105-2708 

(415) 882-5000 

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 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”). The Motion to Compel Arbitration was 

originally set for hearing on February 19, 2010. Pursuant to the Order entered by the Court on 

February 5, 2010, DCI’s Motion To Compel Arbitration is presently set to be heard on March 

19, 2010. See D.E. No. 54. 

The parties are currently engaged in settlement discussions. On March 17, 2010, 

plaintiff Lee Roberts and DCI reached agreement on all material terms of settlement. Plaintiff 

Roberts is awaiting receipt of the pertinent settlement papers from DCI. The parties agree that 

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

facilitate settlement discussions, the hearing on DCI’s Motion To Compel Arbitration should be 

continued to April 16, 2010 at 10:00 a.m. 

This is the second 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: March 17, 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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SONNENSCHEIN 

NATH & ROSENTHAL LLP

525 MARKET STREET, 26TH FLOOR

SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA 94105-2708 

(415) 882-5000 

Dated: March 17, 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 

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”). 

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SONNENSCHEIN 

NATH & ROSENTHAL LLP

525 MARKET STREET, 26TH FLOOR

SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA 94105-2708 

(415) 882-5000 

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

2010.

 4. The parties are currently engaged in settlement discussions. On March 17, 2010, 

plaintiff Lee Roberts and DCI reached agreement on all material terms of settlement. Plaintiff 

Roberts is awaiting receipt of the pertinent settlement papers from DCI. 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 April 

16, 2010. 

 5. This is the second 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, previously extended the hearing date on DCI’s Motion To Compel Arbitration, and 

previously extended the ADR and case management deadlines in this case, including the date of 

the initial case management conference. 

 6. The requested extension on the hearing date on the Motion to Compel Arbitration 

will not affect the schedule for the case. 

 I declare under penalty of perjury that the foregoing is true and correct. Executed this 17th 

day of March, 2010 in San Francisco, California. 

By:______________/S/ Karen C. Marchiano_________________

 Karen C. Marchiano 

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SONNENSCHEIN 

NATH & ROSENTHAL LLP

525 MARKET STREET, 26TH FLOOR

SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA 94105-2708 

(415) 882-5000 

[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 April 16, 2010 at 10:00 a.m. in Courtroom 8. 

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Dated: March 18, 2010________ _______________________________________________

HONORABLE CHARLES R. BREYER 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT JUDGE 

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORN

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IT IS SO ORDERED

Judge Charles R. Breyer

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