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Nature of Suit Code: 850
Nature of Suit: Securities, Commodities, Exchange
Cause of Action: 28:1331 Fed. Question: Securities Violation

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 STIPULATION AND ORDER TO MODIFY BRIEFING SCHEDULE ON MOTION FOR CLASS CERTIFICATION 

Case No.: 05-cv-4518 (WHA) 

GUTRIDE SAFIER LLP

Michael R. Reese (Cal. State Bar No. 206773) 

230 Park Avenue, Suite 963 

New York, New York 10169 

Telephone: (212) 579-4625 

Facsimile: (212) 253-4272 

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GUTRIDE SAFIER LLP 

Adam J. Gutride (Cal. State Bar No.181466) 

Seth A. Safier (Cal. State Bar No. 197427) 

835 Douglass Street 

San Francisco, California 94114 

Telephone: (415) 271-6469 

Facsimile: (415) 449-6469 

Court Appointed Lead Counsel for Plaintiff 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION 

RONALD SIEMERS, Individually And On Behalf 

Of All Others Similarly Situated, 

 Plaintiff, 

 vs. 

WELLS FARGO & COMPANY, H.D. VEST 

INVESTMENT SERVICES, LLC, WELLS 

FARGO INVESTMENTS, LLC, WELLS FARGO 

FUNDS MANAGEMENT, LLC, WELLS 

CAPITAL MANAGEMENT INC., STEPHENS 

INC., WELLS FARGO FUNDS DISTRIBUTOR, 

LLC, and WELLS FARGO FUNDS TRUST, 

 Defendants. 

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Case No. 05-04518 WHA 

STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] 

ORDER TO MODIFY BRIEFING 

SCHEDULE ON MOTION FOR 

CLASS CERTIFICATION 

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WHEREAS, the Court has ordered that Plaintiff’s motion for class certification be heard no 

later than March 22, 2007; and 

WHEREAS, pursuant to the Court’s preferred 35-day calendar, if the hearing were held on 

March 22, Plaintiff’s opening brief would be due on February 22, 2007; Defendant’s opposition 

brief would be due on March 1, 2007; and Plaintiff’s reply would be due on March 8, 2007; and 

WHEREAS, the Court has referred this case for mediation to Magistrate Judge Spero, who 

has scheduled a settlement conference for February 26, 2007; and 

WHEREAS, the parties and Magistrate Judge Spero are of the opinion that settlement 

discussions will be more fruitful if the parties know each others’ positions and arguments regarding 

class certification, 

THEREFORE, the parties STIPULATE to file their opening briefs earlier than otherwise 

required, to wit, Plaintiff’s opening brief will be due on February 8, 2007 and Defendants’ 

opposition brief will be due on February 23, 2007, without modifying the due date for Plaintiffs’ 

reply. 

Dated: October 25, 2006 GUTRIDE SAFIER LLP 

 ____________/s/____________ 

Michael R. Reese 

230 Park Avenue, Suite 963 

New York, New York 10169 

Court Appointed Lead Counsel for Plaintiff

Dated: October 25, 2006 HOWARD RICE NEMEROVSKI CANADY FALK & 

RABKIN 

 ____________/s/____________ 

Gilbert R. Serota 

Patricia J. Medina 

Jason M. Skaggs 

Three Embarcadero Center, 7th Floor 

San Francisco, California 94111 

Attorneys for Defendants Wells Fargo Funds 

Management, LLC; Wells Capital Management, Inc.; 

Wells Fargo Funds Distributor, LLC; Wells Fargo Funds 

Trust and Stephens Inc. 

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Dated: October 25, 2006 PILLSBURY WINTHROP SHAW PITTMAN LLP 

 __________/s/______________ 

Bruce A. Ericson 

Jacob R. Sorensen 

50 Fremont Street 

Post Office Box 7880 

San Francisco, California 94120 

Attorneys for Defendants Wells Fargo & Co; Wells Fargo 

Investments LLC and H.D. Investment Services LLC. 

PURSUANT TO STIPULATION, IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Dated: October ___, 2006 _______________________ 

 WILLIAM ALSUP 

 UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE 

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NITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

IT IS SO ORDERED

Judge William Alsup

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 DECLARATION PURSUANT TO GENERAL ORDER 45, §X.B 

I, Adam Gutride, hereby declare pursuant to General Order 45, § X.B, that I have obtained 

the concurrence in the filing of this document from Mr. Bruce Ericson and Ms. Patricia Medina, 

the signatories listed below. 

 I declare under penalty of perjury that the foregoing is true and correct. 

 Executed on October 25, 2006 at San Francisco, California. 

 GUTRIDE SAFIER LLP 

 ____________/s/____________ 

Adam Gutride 

835 Douglass St. 

San Francisco, CA 94114 

Dated: October 25, 2006 HOWARD RICE NEMEROVSKI CANADY FALK & 

RABKIN 

 ____________/s/____________ 

Gilbert R. Serota 

Patricia J. Medina 

Jason M. Skaggs 

Three Embarcadero Center, 7th Floor 

San Francisco, California 94111 

Attorneys for Defendants Wells Fargo Funds 

Management, LLC; Wells Capital Management, Inc.; 

Wells Fargo Funds Distributor, LLC; Wells Fargo Funds 

Trust and Stephens Inc. 

Dated: October 25, 2006 PILLSBURY WINTHROP SHAW PITTMAN LLP 

 __________/s/______________ 

Bruce A. Ericson 

Jacob R. Sorensen 

50 Fremont Street 

Post Office Box 7880 

San Francisco, California 94120 

Attorneys for Defendants Wells Fargo & Co; Wells Fargo 

Investments LLC and H.D. Investment Services LLC 

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