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Parties Involved:
Disney Enterprises, Inc.
Defendant
Disney Press
Defendant
Pixar Animation Studios
Defendant
The Walt Disney Company
Defendant
Deborah J. Thomas
Plaintiff
Walt Disney Feature Animation
Defendant
Walt Disney Pictures
Defendant
Walt Disney Studios
Defendant

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STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER REGARDING DEFENDANTS' MOTION TO DISMISS PLAINTIFF'S 

FIRST AMENDED COMPLAINT AND THE PARTIES' DISCOVERY SCHEDULE

QUINN EMANUEL URQUHART OLIVER & HEDGES, LLP

Claude M. Stern (Bar No. 96737)

claudestern@quinnemanuel.com

Evette D. Pennypacker (Bar No. 203515)

evettepennypacker@quinnemanuel.com

Andrea Pallios Roberts (Bar No. 228128)

andreaproberts@quinnemanuel.com

555 Twin Dolphin Drive, Suite 560

Redwood Shores, California 94065-2139

Telephone: (650) 801-5000

Facsimile: (650) 801-5100

Attorneys for Defendants The Walt Disney 

Company, Walt Disney Pictures, Disney Book 

Group, LLC, Pixar, and Disney Enterprises, Inc.

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

OAKLAND DIVISION

Deborah J. Thomas,

Plaintiff,

vs.

The Walt Disney Company, Walt Disney 

Studios, Disney Press, Pixar Animation 

Studios, Walt Disney Feature Animation, Walt 

Disney Pictures, Disney Enterprises, Inc., and 

DOES 1 through 100, Inclusive,

Defendants.

CASE NO. 07-CV-04392 CW

STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] 

ORDER REGARDING DEFENDANTS' 

MOTION TO DISMISS PLAINTIFF'S 

FIRST AMENDED COMPLAINT AND 

DISCOVERY SCHEDULE

WHEREAS, Plaintiff filed a First Amended Complaint on October 31, 2007;

WHEREAS, Defendants filed a Motion to Dismiss Plaintiff's First Amended Complaint on 

November 15, 2007;

WHEREAS, Defendants' Motion to Dismiss Plaintiff's First Amended Complaint is 

currently scheduled to be heard on December 20, 2007 at 2:00 p.m.;

WHEREAS, Plaintiff's counsel is not available on the noticed hearing date, and the parties 

agreed to continue the hearing on Defendants' Motion to Dismiss Plaintiff's First Amended 

Complaint to January 31, 2008 at 2:00 p.m.; 

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STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER REGARDING DEFENDANTS' MOTION TO DISMISS PLAINTIFF'S 

FIRST AMENDED COMPLAINT AND THE PARTIES' DISCOVERY SCHEDULE

WHEREAS, the parties have not previously sought a continuance of the hearing date on 

Defendants’ Motion to Dismiss Plaintiff's First Amended Complaint;

WHEREAS, the parties further agreed not to undertake discovery in this matter until the 

Court issues an order resolving Defendants' Motion to Dismiss Plaintiff's First Amended 

Complaint;

NOW THEREFORE, IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED, by and between the parties through 

their counsel of record, that:

· The hearing on Defendants' Motion to Dismiss Plaintiff's First Amended Complaint

is continued to January 31 , 2008 at 2:00 p.m. in this Court;

· Plaintiff's response to Defendants' Motion to Dismiss Plaintiff's First Amended 

Complaint and Defendants' reply in support thereof shall be filed in accordance 

with this Court's Local Rules; and

· The parties shall not undertake any discovery in this matter until after this Court 

issues an order on Defendants' Motion to Dismiss Plaintiff's First Amended 

Complaint.

DATED: November 21, 2007 ROBINSON & WOOD, INC.

By /s/ Archie S. Robinson

Archie S. Robinson

Attorneys for Plaintiff Deborah J. Thomas

DATED: November 21, 2007 QUINN EMANUEL URQUHART OLIVER &

HEDGES, LLP

By /s/ Evette D. Pennypacker

Evette D. Pennypacker

Attorneys for Defendants The Walt Disney 

Company, Walt Disney Pictures, Disney Book 

Group, LLC, Pixar, and Disney Enterprises, Inc.

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FIRST AMENDED COMPLAINT AND THE PARTIES' DISCOVERY SCHEDULE

Order

Pursuant to the foregoing stipulation between the parties, IT IS SO ORDERED.

DATE:

United States District Judge

11/28/07

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STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER REGARDING DEFENDANTS' MOTION TO DISMISS PLAINTIFF'S 

FIRST AMENDED COMPLAINT AND THE PARTIES' DISCOVERY SCHEDULE

Signature Attestation

I hereby attest that Plaintiff’s counsel, Archie S. Robinson, read and agreed to the above

STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER REGARDING DEFENDANTS' MOTION TO 

DISMISS PLAINTIFF'S FIRST AMENDED COMPLAINT AND THE PARTIES'

DISCOVERY SCHEDULE and gave Quinn Emanuel permission to sign and file the stipulation 

on his behalf. 

DATED: November 21, 2007 QUINN EMANUEL URQUHART OLIVER &

HEDGES, LLP

By /s/ Evette D. Pennypacker

Evette D. Pennypacker

Attorneys for Defendants The Walt Disney 

Company, Walt Disney Pictures, Disney Book 

Group, LLC, Pixar, and Disney Enterprises, Inc.

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