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Nature of Suit Code: 190
Nature of Suit: Other Contract Actions
Cause of Action: 28:1332 Diversity-Fraud

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STIPULATION AND PROPOSED ORDER CASE NO. 4:16-cv-02013-JSW

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Todd Logan (SBN 305912)

tlogan@edelson.com

EDELSON PC

123 Townsend Street, Suite 100

San Francisco, California 94107

Tel: 415.212.9300

Fax: 415.373.9435

Attorney for Plaintiff and the Putative Class

Robert D. Phillips, Jr. (SBN 82639) 

rphillips@reedsmith.com

Thomas A. Evans (SBN 202841) 

tevans@reedsmith.com

Ashley L. Shively (SBN 264912) 

ashively@reedsmith.com 

REED SMITH LLP

101 Second Street, Suite 1800 

San Francisco, CA 94105-3659 

Tel: 415.543.8700

Fax: 415.391.8269

Attorneys for Defendant Aspiro AB

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

OAKLAND DIVISION

JUSTIN BAKER-RHETT, individually and on 

behalf of all others similarly situated,

Plaintiff,

 v.

ASPIRO AB, a Swedish limited liability 

company, and KANYE WEST, an individual, 

together d/b/a TIDAL,

Defendants.

Case No. 4:16-cv-02013-JSW

STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] 

ORDER EXTENDING BRIEFING 

SCHEDULE ON DEFENDANT ASPIRO 

AB’S MOTION TO TRANSFER VENUE, 

OR IN THE ALTERNATIVE MOTION TO 

DISMISS.

Date: Friday, August 19, 2016

Time: 9:00 a.m.

Dept.: Courtroom 5, 2nd Floor

[Local Rule 6-2]

Pursuant to Paragraph 4 of the Judge White’s Standing Civil Orders and Northern District 

Local Rule 6-2, Justin Baker-Rhett (“Plaintiff”) and Defendant Aspiro AB (“Aspiro”) by and 

through their undersigned counsel, hereby respectfully stipulate and agree, subject to Court 

approval, to (1) extend Plaintiff’s deadline to respond to Defendant’s Motion to Transfer Venue, or 

in the Alternative Motion to Dismiss, from July 5, 2016 to July 19, 2016, and (2) extend 

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Defendant’s deadline to reply to Plaintiff’s response from July 12, 2016 to July 26, 2016. In 

support of this Stipulation, the Plaintiff and Defendant Aspiro AB state as follows:

WHEREAS, Defendant filed its Motion to Transfer Venue or, in the Alternative, Motion to 

Dismiss on June 20, 2016; 

WHEREAS, Plaintiff believes it would be an inefficient use of the Court’s and the Parties’ 

resources to fully brief and argue Defendant’s motion, believes that the United States District 

Court for the Southern District of New York is an acceptable venue for his claims, and would 

prefer to focus on the merits of his case as quickly as possible;

WHEREAS, counsel for Plaintiff conferred with counsel for Defendant Aspiro AB on June 

30, 2016 and July 5, 2016, to discuss the possibility of a stipulated transfer of venue;

WHEREAS, Plaintiff and Defendant Aspiro AB believe that a two-week extension of the 

briefing schedule on Defendant Aspiro AB’s pending Motion will allow all Parties to come to a 

stipulated agreement regarding the appropriate venue (or venues) for this lawsuit;

WHEREAS, just two other time modifications have been made in this case: first, 

Defendants’ time to answer or otherwise respond to Plaintiff’s Corrected First Amended Class 

Action Complaint (“Complaint”) was extended from May 29, 2016 to June 20, 2016 (dkt. 10), and, 

second, Defendant Kanye West’s deadline to respond to Plaintiff’s Complaint was again extended

from June 20, 2016 to July 6, 2016, (dkt. 17);

WHEREAS, this proposed change will not alter the date of any other event or any deadline 

already fixed by Court order;

NOW THEREFORE, Plaintiff and Defendant Aspiro AB hereby STIPULATE and AGREE 

as follows, subject to Court approval:

STIPULATION

1. Plaintiff’s deadline to respond to Defendant Aspiro AB’s Motion to Transfer Venue, or 

in the Alternative Motion to Dismiss is extended from July 5, 2016 to July 19, 2016. 

2. Defendant Aspiro AB’s deadline to reply to Plaintiff’s response is extended from July 

12, 2016 to July 26, 2016.

3. The hearing on Defendant Aspiro AB’s motion shall remain set for August 19, 2016.

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Dated: July 5, 2016 Todd Logan (SBN 305912)

EDELSON PC

By: /s/ Todd Logan

Todd Logan

Attorney for Plaintiff

JUSTIN BAKER-RHETT

Dated: July 5, 2016 Ashley Shively (SBN 264912)

REED SMITH LLP

By: /s/ Ashley L. Shively

Ashley L. Shively

Attorney for Defendant

Aspiro AB

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[PROPOSED] ORDER

PURSUANT TO STIPULATION, IT IS SO ORDERED:

1. Plaintiff’s deadline to respond to Defendant Aspiro AB’s Motion to Transfer Venue, or 

in the Alternative Motion to Dismiss is extended from July 5, 2016 to July 19, 2016. 

2. Defendant Aspiro AB’s deadline to reply to Plaintiff’s response is extended from July 

12, 2016 to July 26, 2016.

3. The hearing on Defendant Aspiro AB’s motion remains set for August 19, 2016.

Dated: 

HONORABLE JEFFREY S. WHITE

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

July 6, 2016

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