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Parties Involved:
Okechukwu Mbama
Plaintiff
Target Corporation
Defendant

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LEGAL_US_W # 57957613.2

JOINT STIPULATION AND ORDER TO CONTINUE 

U.S.D.C., N.D. Cal., No. C-07-3014-SI 

JOSE R. MATA (Cal. State Bar No. 83724) 

BAILEY PINNEY, PC 

1498 SE Tech Center Place, Suite 290 

Vancouver, Washington 98683 

Telephone: (360) 567-2551 

Facsimile: (360) 567-3331 

JMata@wagelawyer.com

(Additional counsel for plaintiff on next page) 

Attorneys for Plaintiff Okechukwu Mbama 

JEFFREY D. WOHL (Cal. State Bar No. 96838) 

RISHI N. SHARMA (Cal. State Bar No. 239034) 

GREGGORY W. DALTON (Cal. State Bar No. 252000) 

PAUL, HASTINGS, JANOFSKY & WALKER LLP 

55 Second Street, 24th Floor 

San Francisco, CA 94105-3441 

Telephone: (415) 856-7000 

Facsimile: (415) 856-7100 

jeffwohl@paulhastings.com

rishisharma@paulhastings.com

greggorydalton@paulhastings.com

Attorneys for Defendant Target Corporation 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

OKECHUKWU MBAMA, individually 

and on behalf of all others similarly 

situated, 

Plaintiff, 

vs.

TARGET CORPORATION, a Minnesota 

Corporation, and Does 1-25, inclusive, 

Defendants.

No. C-07-3014-SI

JOINT STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] 

ORDER TO CONTINUE CASE MANAGEMENT 

CONFERENCE AND STAY 

Date: Friday, January 18, 2008 

Time: 2:00 p.m. 

Courtroom: 10, 19th Floor 

Judge: Hon. Susan Illston 

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JOINT STIPULATION AND ORDER TO CONTINUE 

 U.S.D.C., N.D. Cal., No. C-07-3014-SI 

Additional Counsel for Plaintiff Okechukwu Mbama: 

SUSAN SEEMILLER (Cal. State Bar No. 150546) 

BAILEY PINNEY, PC 

770 County Square Drive, Suite 100 

Ventura, California 93003 

Telephone: (805) 658-0977 

Facsimile: (805) 658-2801 

sseemiller@wagelawyer.com

BONNIE MAC FARLANE (Cal. State Bar No. 161526) 

720 Howe Avenue, Suite 113 

Sacramento, California 95825 

Telephone: (800) 230-5528 

Facsimile: (800) 230-5866 

bmacfarlane@wagelawyer.com

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LEGAL_US_W # 57957613.2

JOINT STIPULATION AND ORDER TO CONTINUE 

U.S.D.C., N.D. Cal., No. C-07-3014-SI 

STIPULATION

Plaintiff Okechukwu Mbama and defendant Target Corporation (“Target”), appearing through 

their respective counsel of record, stipulate as follows: 

1. On September 18, 2007, the parties’ filed their first Joint Case Management Statement 

(Docket No. 24); informed the Court of the related litigation in Mora v. Target Corp., U.S.D.C., S.D. 

Cal., No. 07-CV-0719-BEN-WMC (“Mora”), pending before United States District Judge Roger T. 

Benitez in the Southern District of California; and reported Target’s motion to dismiss the complaint in 

Mora was still pending before Judge Benitez. 

2. On September 28, 2007, following the initial case management conference in this action, 

the Court stayed proceedings and set a further case management conference for Friday, November 16, 

2007, to allow Judge Benitez time to rule on Target’s motion to dismiss in Mora.

3. On November 9, 2007, the parties reported in their Joint Case Management Statement 

(Docket No. 28) that Judge Benitez had denied Target’s motion to dismiss the complaint in Mora, but 

had simultaneously issued an order to show cause why Mora should not be dismissed for lack of subject 

matter jurisdiction. Based on its confidence that Judge Benitez would find jurisdiction in Mora proper 

under the Class Action Fairness Act of 2005, 28 U.S.C. § 1332(d), Target asked that the Court continue 

the case management conference and stay until January 2008 in the hope that Judge Benitez would have 

discharged the order to show cause. 

4. Following the case management conference on November 16, 2007, the Court continued 

the stay in this action and set a further case management conference for January 18, 2008. 

5. Even though the parties in Mora filed briefs in support of the Court’s jurisdiction, Judge 

Benitez has not yet discharged his order to show cause in Mora.

6. Accordingly, the parties request that the Court vacate the case management conference 

set for January 18, 2008; set a further case management conference for Friday, February 29, 2008, at 

2:30 p.m.; and continue the stay in this action until February 29, 2008. 

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2 JOINT STIPULATION AND ORDER TO CONTINUE 

 U.S.D.C., N.D. Cal., No. C-07-3014-SI 

Dated: January 15, 2008. JOSE R. MATA 

SUSAN SEEMILLER 

BAILEY PINNEY, PC 

BONNIE MAC FARLANE 

By:

Jose R. Mata 

Attorneys for Plaintiff Okechukwu Mbama

Dated: January 15, 2008. JEFFREY D. WOHL 

RISHI N. SHARMA 

GREGGORY W. DALTON 

PAUL, HASTINGS, JANOFSKY & WALKER LLP 

By:

Rishi N. Sharma 

Attorneys for Defendant Target Corporation 

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/s/ Jose R. Mata

/s/ Rishi N. Sharma

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3 JOINT STIPULATION AND ORDER TO CONTINUE 

 U.S.D.C., N.D. Cal., No. C-07-3014-SI 

CASE MANAGEMENT ORDER

On the stipulation of the parties, and good cause appearing therefore, 

IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the further case management conference set for Friday, 

January 18, 2008, at 2:30 p.m. in this action is vacated. 

IT IS HEREBY ALSO ORDERED that the parties shall appear on Friday, February 29, 2008, at 

2:30 p.m. for a further case management conference in this action, with the parties’ joint case 

management conference statement due five days prior. 

IT IS HEREBY ALSO ORDERED that the stay in this action is continued to February 29, 2008.

Dated: January ___, 2008. __________________________________________ Susan Illston 

United States District Judge 

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