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Nature of Suit Code: 195
Nature of Suit: Contract Product Liability
Cause of Action: 28:1332 Diversity-Product Liability

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Case Mgt. Conf. and Motion to Dismiss 1 Case No. C 06-02280 JW PVT 

James F. Basile (SBN 228965) 

jbasile@kirkland.com 

Mark E. McKane SBN 232045) 

mmckane@kirkland.com 

KIRKLAND & ELLIS LLP 

555 California Street, 27th Floor 

San Francisco, CA 94104-1501 

Telephone: (415) 439-1400 

Facsimile: (415) 439-1500 

David M. Bernick, P.C. (admitted pro hac vice) 

dbernick@kirkland.com 

KIRKLAND & ELLIS LLP 

153 East 53rd Street 

New York, NY 10022 

Telephone: 212 446-4800 

Facsimile: 212 446-4900 

Attorneys for Defendant 

APPLE INC. 

Reed R. Kathrein (SBN 139304) 

reed@hbsslaw.com 

Jeff D. Friedman (SBN 173886) 

jefff@hbsslaw.com 

HAGENS BERMAN SOBOL SHAPIRO LLP 

425 2nd St., Suite 500 

San Francisco, CA 94107 

Telephone: (415) 896-6300 

Facsimile: (415) 896-6301 

Lee M. Gordon (SBN 174168) 

lee@hbsslaw.com 

Elaine T. Byszewski (SBN 222304) 

elaine@hbsslaw.com 

HAGENS BERMAN SOBOL SHAPIRO LLP 

700 South Flower Street, Suite 2940 

Los Angeles, CA 90017-4101 

Telephone: 213-330-7150 

Facsimile: 213-330-7152 

Attorneys for Plaintiff 

JOSEPH BIRDSONG, individually 

and as representative of the putative CLASS 

[Additional Counsel Listed on Signature Page] 

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Case Mgt. Conf. and Motion to Dismiss 2 Case No. C 06-02280 JW PVT 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

SAN JOSE DIVISION 

JOSEPH BIRDSONG, individually and as 

representative of the CLASS, 

Plaintiff, 

 vs. 

APPLE INC., 

Defendant. 

Case No. C 06-02280 JW PVT 

Judge: Hon. James Ware 

STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER 

TO CONTINUE CASE MANAGEMENT 

CONFERENCE AND HEARING ON APPLE 

INC.’S MOTION TO DISMISS 

WHEREAS the Case Management Conference and hearing on the Motion to Dismiss of 

Defendant Apple Inc. (“Apple”) was originally calendared for May 7, 2007; 

WHEREAS the Court on its own motion continued the Case Management Conference and 

hearing on Apple’s Motion to Dismiss to May 21, 2007; 

WHEREAS Counsel for Apple has a preexisting and irreconcilable scheduling conflict 

requiring his appearance in the United States District Court for the District of Delaware on May 

21, 2007; 

WHEREAS Apple and plaintiff Joseph Birdsong, individually and as representative of the 

putative Class, have agreed to continue the Case Management Conference and the Hearing on the 

Motion to Dismiss to June 4, 2007; 

IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED AND REQUESTED by the parties, pursuant to Fed. R. 

Civ. P. 6(b) and N.D. Cal. Civil L.R. 6-1(a), and consistent with their agreements, that the Case 

Management Conference currently set for Monday, May 21, 2007 be continued to Monday, June 

4, 2007. 

WHEREFORE, based on the foregoing and for good cause shown, the parties respectfully 

request that this Court continue the hearing on Apple’s Motion to Dismiss and the Case 

Management Conference to Monday, June 4, 2007, in Courtroom 8, 4th Floor, San Jose at 9:00 

a.m. and 10:00 a.m., respectively. 

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Case Mgt. Conf. and Motion to Dismiss 3 Case No. C 06-02280 JW PVT 

Respectfully submitted, 

Dated: May 7, 2007 

HAGENS BERMAN SOBOL SHAPIRO LLP 

By: /s/ Jeff D. Friedman 

Jeff D. Friedman 

Attorneys for Plaintiff 

JOSEPH BIRDSONG, 

individually and as representative 

of the putative CLASS 

Additional Counsel for Plaintiff: 

Richard Arsenault 

John Randall Whaley 

NEBLETT, BEARD, ARSENAULT 

2220 Bonaventure Court 

Post Office Box 1190 

Alexandria, Louisiana 71309-1190 

Telephone: (318) 487-9874 

Facsimile: (318) 561-2591 

Steve W. Berman 

HAGENS BERMAN SOBOL SHAPIRO LLP 

1301 Fifth Avenue, Suite 2900 

Seattle, Washington 98101 

Telephone: (206) 623-7292 

Facsimile: (206) 623-0594 

Philip Bohrer 

Scott Brady 

BOHRER LAW FIRM, L.L.C. 

8712 Jefferson Highway, Suite B 

Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70809 

Telephone: (225) 925-5297 

Facsimile: (225) 231-7000 

John P. Wolff, III 

Christopher K. Jones 

KEOGH, COX & WILSON, LTD. 

701 Main Street 

Post Office Box 1151 (70821) 

Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70802 

Telephone: (225) 383-3796 

Facsimile: (225) 343-9612 

Respectfully submitted, 

Dated: May 7, 2007 

KIRKLAND & ELLIS LLP 

By: /s/ Mark E. McKane 

Mark E. McKane 

Attorneys for Defendant 

APPLE INC. 

 

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[PROPOSED] ORDER 

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Dated: ____________________________ _________________________________ 

 Hon. James Ware 

 United States District Court Judge 

May 10 2007

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Mgt. Conf. and Motion to Dismiss 5 Case No. C 06-02280 JW PVT 

ATTESTATION PURSUANT TO GENERAL ORDER 45

I, Mark E. McKane, am the ECF user whose ID and password are being used to file this

STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER TO CONTINUE CASE MANAGEMENT 

CONFERENCE AND HEARING ON APPLE INC.’S MOTION TO DISMISS. In compliance 

with General Order 45, X.B., I hereby attest that Jeff D. Friedman, counsel for Plaintiff Joseph 

Birdsong, has concurred in this filing. 

 

 /s/ Mark E. McKane 

Mark E. McKane 

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