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Nature of Suit Code: 470
Nature of Suit: Civil (Rico)
Cause of Action: 18:1962 Racketeering (RICO) Act

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Case No. C 10-1993 CW

JOINT STIPULATION PURSUANT TO LOCAL CIVIL RULE 6-2 TO EXTEND TIME TO RESPOND TO 

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ROD O. DIVELBISS (SBN 102345) 

RDIVELBISS@COLLETTE.COM

COLLETTE ERICKSON FARMER & O’NEILL LLP

235 PINE STREET, SUITE 1300

SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94104

TELEPHONE: (415) 788-4646

FACSIMILE: (415) 788-6929

SCOTT E. SILBERFEIN (Pro Hac Vice)

JENNIFER NIGRO (Pro Hac Vice)

MOSES & SINGER LLP

The Chrysler Building 

405 Lexington Avenue 

New York, New York 10174-1299 

Telephone: (212) 554-7800 

Facsimile: (212) 554-7700

Attorneys for Defendants Northern Leasing Systems, Inc., MBF 

Leasing, LLC, Northern Funding, LLC, SKS Associates, LLC, Jay

Cohen, Sara Krieger, Leonard Mezei and Sam Buono

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

OAKLAND DIVISION

JUST FILM, INC.; ET AL.,

Plaintiffs,

v.

MERCHANT SERVICES, INC.; ET AL.,

Defendants.

CASE NO. CV 10-01993 CW

JOINT STIPULATION PURSUANT TO

LOCAL CIVIL RULE 6-2(b) TO 

EXTEND TIME TO RESPOND TO 

PLAINTIFFS’ MOTION TO COMPEL AND 

PLAINTIFFS’ MOTION TO SANCTION 

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WHEREAS, on December 11, 2012, Plaintiffs filed a motion to compel Leasing 

Defendants (Northern Leasing Systems, Inc., MBF Leasing, LLC, Northern Funding, LLC, SKS 

Associates, LLC, Jay Cohen, Sara Krieger, Leonard Mezei and Sam Buono) to produce documents 

from other lawsuits, and a motion to sanction Leasing Defendants for failure to comply with 

discovery (dkt. #s 428 and 429, respectively) (“Plaintiffs’ Motions”); 

WHEREAS, under the Local Rules, Leasing Defendants’ response(s) to Plaintiffs Motions 

would have been due during the week of the Christmas holiday when the parties and counsel were 

unavailable; 

WHEREAS, counsel for Plaintiffs and Leasing Defendants agreed, via joint stipulation 

pursuant to Local Civil Rule 6-2(b), to extend Leasing Defendants time to respond to Plaintiffs’ 

Motions from December 26, 2012 to January 3, 2013, and to extend Plaintiffs’ time to reply to 

January 8, 2013, with a hearing on Plaintiffs’ Motions set for January 15, 2013;

WHEREAS, on or about December 20, 2012, the parties’ joint stipulation and proposed 

order was filed with the Court (dkt. # 436); 

WHEREAS, an MS Word version of the parties’ joint stipulation and proposed order was 

submitted to the email address of Magistrate Elizabeth D. Laporte, pursuant to Local Rule 5-1; 

WHEREAS, by ECF notice dated December 27, 2012, the Court so-ordered the parties’ 

joint stipulation but modified the proposed order submitted therewith to reflect a new hearing date 

of January 29, 2013 at 4:00 p.m.(dkt. # 437); 

WHEREAS, counsel for Plaintiffs and Leasing Defendants agreed, via joint stipulation 

pursuant to Local Civil Rule 6-2(b), to further extend Leasing Defendants time to respond to 

Plaintiffs’ Motions from January 3, 2013 to January 8, 2013, and to extend Plaintiffs’ time to reply

to January 15, 2013, with a hearing on Plaintiffs’ Motions set for January 29, 2013;

WHEREAS, on or about January 2, 2013, the parties’ joint stipulation and proposed order 

was filed with the Court (dkt. # 438); 

WHEREAS, an MS Word version of the parties’ joint stipulation and proposed order was 

submitted to the email address of Magistrate Elizabeth D. Laporte, pursuant to Local Rule 5-1; 

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WHEREAS, by ECF notice dated January 3, 2013 the Court so-ordered the parties’ joint 

stipulation extending Leasing Defendants’ time to respond to Plaintiffs’ Motions from January 3, 

2013 to January 8, 2013, and extending Plaintiffs’ time to reply to January 15, 2012, with a 

hearing on Plaintiffs’ Motions set for January 29, 2013 (dkt. #439); 

WHEREAS, the parties, through counsel, continue to meet and confer in good faith to 

resolve the issues set forth in Plaintiffs’ Motions, and have agreed to further extend Leasing 

Defendants’ time to respond to Plaintiffs’ Motions from the current deadline of January 8, 2013 to 

January 11, 2013, with Plaintiffs’ reply due January 15, 2013, with a hearing on Plaintiffs’

Motions set for January 29, 2013; 

WHEREAS, the foregoing extension will not change the January 29, 2013 hearing date 

ordered by the Court (dkt. #437); 

WHEREAS, two prior extensions with respect to Plaintiffs’ Motions have been requested 

as set forth above; 

NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS STIPULATED, by and between the undersigned parties 

through their respective counsel of record, pursuant to Local Civil Rules 6-1(b) and 2(a), that the 

Court extend Leasing Defendants’ time to respond to Plaintiffs’ Motions from January 8, 2013 to 

January 11, 2013; Leasing Defendants shall have an extension to January 11, 2013 to file and 

serve their responses to Plaintiffs’ Motions; Plaintiffs shall file and serve their reply by January

15, 2013; and the hearing on Plaintiffs’ Motions shall be January 29, 2013 at 4:00 p.m. before 

Hon. Magistrate Judge Elizabeth Laporte.

DATED: January 4, 2013

Respectfully submitted, 

MOSES & SINGER LLP 

By /s/ Jennifer Nigro

Jennifer Nigro 

Attorneys for Defendants Northern Leasing 

Systems, Inc., MBF Leasing, LLC, Northern 

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Funding, LLC, SKS Associates, LLC, 

Jay Cohen, Sara Krieger, Leonard Mezei and 

Sam Buono

Scott E. Silberfein (pro hac vice)

Jennifer Nigro (pro hac vice)

Moses & Singer LLP 

Rod O. Divelbiss 

Collette Erickson Farmer & O’Neill LLP

GUTRIDE SAFIER LLP

By: /s/ Kristen Simplicio

Kristen Simplicio, Esq.

Attorneys for Plaintiffs

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Pursuant to Local Civil Rule 6-2(a), and GOOD CAUSE APPEARING THEREFOR,

IT IS SO ORDERED.

DATED:

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THE HONORABLE ELIZABETH D. LAPORTE 

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

January 7, 2013

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