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Nature of Suit Code: 790
Nature of Suit: Other Labor Litigation
Cause of Action: 28:1332 Diversity-Petition for Removal

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STIPULATION AND ORDER RE RULE 26 DISCLOSURES, DISCOVERY AND MOTION TO 

AMEND COMPLAINT - CASE NO. CIV S-09-03049 FCD-GGH 

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LISA M. BERTAIN, CASB No. 124646 

lisa.bertain@kyl.com 

JULIE L. TAYLOR, CASB No. 154341 

julie.taylor@kyl.com 

NATHAN R. JASKOWIAK, CASB No. 248007 

nathan.jaskowiak@kyl.com 

KEESAL, YOUNG & LOGAN 

A Professional Corporation 

450 Pacific Avenue 

San Francisco, California 94133 

Telephone: (415) 398-6000 

Facsimile: (415) 981-0136 

Attorneys for Defendants 

MORGAN STANLEY SMITH BARNEY LLC, 

CITIGROUP GLOBAL MARKETS INC. f/k/a SMITH BARNEY 

CITIGROUP GLOBAL MARKETS HOLDINGS, INC. 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

ERIC B. BATES, on behalf of himself, 

all others similarly situated, the 

general public, and as an “aggrieved 

employee” under the California Labor

Code Private Attorneys General Act, 

Plaintiff, 

vs. 

MORGAN STANLEY SMITH BARNEY 

LLC, a limited liability company, 

CITIGROUP GLOBAL MARKETS INC.

a corporation formerly doing business

as SMITH BARNEY, CITIGROUP 

GLOBAL MARKETS HOLDINGS, INC.,

a corporation, and DOES 1 through 

50, inclusive, 

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Case No. CIV. S-09-03049 FCD-GGH 

STIPULATION AND ORDER RE 

RULE 26 DISCLOSURES, 

DISCOVERY AND MOTION TO 

AMEND COMPLAINT 

Action Filed: August 21, 2009

Plaintiff ERIC B. BATES and Defendants MORGAN STANLEY 

SMITH BARNEY LLC, CITIGROUP GLOBAL MARKETS INC. f/k/a SMITH 

BARNEY, and CITIGROUP GLOBAL MARKETS HOLDINGS, INC. (collectively 

referred to herein as “CGMI”), through their respective counsel of record, 

enter into the following Stipulation with reference to the following facts: 

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A. This case has been related to Carl R. Wright v. RBC Capital 

Markets Corporation, No. CIV S-09-3601 FCD GGH. The Plaintiff in the Wright

case is represented by the same counsel as the Plaintiff herein. 

B. The Defendant in the Wright case has filed a Motion to 

Dismiss or Stay Plaintiff’s First Amended Complaint which is scheduled to be 

heard by this Court on April 9, 2010. 

C. The disposition of certain legal issues raised in the Wright

Defendant’s Motion to Dismiss or Stay Plaintiff’s First Amended Complaint 

may have significance with respect to the certain of the legal issues raised in 

the Bates complaint. 

D. Because of the overlaps of certain legal issues, the Parties in 

the present case have agreed to request that the Court enter the following 

Stipulation in the interests of judicial economy and efficiency. 

STIPULATION

1. The parties agree and stipulate that their Rule 26 Initial 

Disclosure shall not be due until two weeks following the Court’s issuance of a 

written order on the pending Motion to Dismiss or Stay Plaintiff’s First 

Amended Complaint in the Wright matter. 

2. Neither party shall initiate any discovery in this matter until 

at least two weeks following the Court’s issuance of a written order on the 

pending Motion to Dismiss or Stay Plaintiff’s First Amended Complaint in the 

Wright matter. 

3. Plaintiff shall not be required to file his Motion to Amend his 

First Amended Complaint until two weeks following the Court’s issuance of a 

written order on the pending Motion to Dismiss or Stay Plaintiff’s First 

Amended Complaint in the 

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Wright matter. By entering into this Stipulation, CGMI does not consent to the 

filing of a Second Amended Complaint or waive any rights it has to oppose 

such Motion to Amend. 

4. If the pending Motion to Dismiss or Stay Plaintiff’s First 

Amended Complaint in the Wright matter is granted, the parties agree that 

they shall promptly meet and confer to determine whether further 

modifications of this schedule are necessary in order to promote judicial 

economy. 

DATED: March 19, 2010 LAW OFFICES OF SCOT D. BERNSTEIN 

LAW OFFICES OF WILLIAM P. 

TORNGREN 

 /s/ William P. Torngren 

WILLIAM P. TORNGREN 

Attorneys for Plaintiff ERIC B. BATES 

DATED: March 19, 2010 /s/ Julie L. Taylor 

LISA M. BERTAIN 

JULIE L. TAYLOR 

NATHAN R. JASKOWIAK 

KEESAL, YOUNG & LOGAN 

Attorneys for Defendants 

MORGAN STANLEY SMITH BARNEY 

LLC, 

CITIGROUP GLOBAL MARKETS INC. 

f/k/a SMITH BARNEY. CITIGROUP 

GLOBAL MARKETS HOLDINGS, INC. 

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ORDER

Good cause appearing, the Court enters the above Stipulation as its 

Order. 

DATED: March 22, 2010 _______________________________________ 

FRANK C. DAMRELL, JR. 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE 

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