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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 Withdraw Motion to Compel Arbitration 

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Barry M. Golden 

Texas State Bar No. 24002149 

Connor G. Sheehan 

Texas Bar No. 24046827 

csheehan@gardere.com

Gardere Wynne Sewell LLP 

1601 Elm Street, Suite 3000 

Dallas, TX 75201-4761 

Telephone: 214-999-3000 

Facsimile: 214-999-4667 

Admitted Pro Hac Vice 

Attorneys for Defendant 

DESIGNED COOKIES, INC. 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION 

DEBORAH NORK and BAKER’S 

BOUQUET, 

 Plaintiffs, 

 vs. 

DESIGNED COOKIES, INC., 

 Defendant. 

No. CV 09-5336 CRB 

STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] 

ORDER WITHDRAWING 

DEFENDANT DESIGNED COOKIES 

INC.’S MOTION TO COMPEL 

ARBITRATION IN CALIFORNIA 

BEFORE THE AMERICAN 

ARBITRATION ASSOCIATION, 

REQUEST TO REMOVE HEARING 

FROM DOCKET, AND REQUEST FOR 

EXTENSION OF TIME TO ANSWER 

OR OTHERWISE RESPOND TO 

PLAINTIFFS’ COMPLAINT 

Current Hearing Date: May 28, 2010 

Time: 8:30 a.m. 

Courtroom No. 8 

Honorable Charles R. Breyer 

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Plaintiffs Deborah Nork 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”), which was originally set for hearing on February 

19, 2010. The hearing on the Motion to Compel Arbitration was subsequently continued on 

several occasions pursuant to the request of the parties. 

To facilitate the continuation of settlement discussions and in order to avoid the expense 

associated with the hearing, the parties request that DCI’s Motion to Compel Arbitration be 

withdrawn with prejudice to the re-filing of same. The parties intend to proceed with this 

litigation before this Court, and DCI has agreed not to seek to compel arbitration of this case in 

the future. Both parties have agreed to bear their own attorneys’ fees and costs incurred in 

connection with briefing the Motion to Compel Arbitration. 

The parties further request that the hearing on the Motion to Compel be removed from 

the Court’s docket and that DCI be granted fourteen (14) days from the date of this Court’s 

Order on this Motion to answer or otherwise respond to Plaintiffs’ Complaint. 

Respectfully submitted, 

Dated: May 26, 2010 GARDERE WYNNE SEWELL LLP 

By:____________/S/ Connor G. Sheehan _______ 

CONNOR G. SHEEHAN 

Attorneys for Defendants 

DESIGNED COOKIES, INC. 

Dated: May 26, 2010 ZARCO EINHORN SALKOWSKI & BRITO, P.A. 

By:____________/S/ Himanshu Patel_______________ 

HIMANSHU PATEL 

Attorneys for Plaintiffs 

DEBORAH NORK AND BAKER’S BOUQUET 

ATTESTATION CLAUSE

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

obtained from its signatories. 

By:____________/S/ Connor G. Sheehan ___ 

 CONNOR G. SHEEHAN 

DECLARATION OF CONNOR G. SHEEHAN

I, Connor G. Sheehan, 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 Gardere Wynne Sewell LLP, counsel of record for Defendant 

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

and [Proposed] Order Withdrawing DCI’s Motion to Compel Arbitration, Request for Removal 

of Hearing on Motion to Compel from the Court’s Docket and Request for Extension of Deadline 

for DCI to Answer or Otherwise Respond to Plaintiffs’ Complaint. 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, 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”), which was originally set for hearing on 

February 19, 2010. The hearing on the Motion to Compel Arbitration was subsequently 

continued on several occasions pursuant to the request of the parties. 

3. To facilitate the continuation of settlement discussions and in order to avoid the 

expense associated with the hearing, the parties request that DCI’s Motion to Compel 

Arbitration be withdrawn with prejudice to the re-filing of same. 

4. The parties further request that the hearing on the Motion to Compel be removed 

from the Court’s docket, and that DCI be granted fourteen (14) days from the date of this 

Court’s Order on this Motion to answer or otherwise respond to Plaintiffs’ Complaint. 

 I declare under penalty of perjury that the foregoing is true and correct. Executed this 26th 

day of May, 2010 in Dallas, Texas. 

By:______________/S/ Connor G. Sheehan_________________ 

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 CONNOR G. SHEEHAN 

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[PROPOSED] ORDER

Pursuant to the parties’ stipulation, it is hereby ordered that 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 withdrawn (the “Motion to Compel 

Arbitration”), that the hearing on the Motion to Compel Arbitration will be removed from the 

Court’s docket, and that Designed Cookies Inc. shall have 14 days from the date of this Order to 

file an answer or otherwise respond to Plaintiffs’ Complaint. 

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Dated: ______________ _______________________________________________ 

HONORABLE CHARLES R. BREYER 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT JUDGE 

May 28, 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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