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Parties Involved:
Patrick J. McGee
Plaintiff
Ross Stores, Inc.
Defendant

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ANSWER TO COMPLAINT AND SEPARATE DEFENSES (CASE NO. 06 7496 CRB) 1369327.1

HANSON BRIDGETT MARCUS VLAHOS & RUDY, LLP 

LAWRENCE M. CIRELLI - 114710 

GARNER K. WENG – 191462 

M. D. MOYE - 152871 

425 Market Street, 26th Floor 

San Francisco, CA 94105 

Telephone: (415) 777-3200 

Facsimile: (415) 541-9366 

E-mail: gweng@hansonbridgett.com 

 mmoye@hansonbridgett.com 

 lcirelli@hansonbridgett.com 

Attorneys for Defendant 

ROSS STORES, INC. 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

PATRICK J. MCGEE, individually and on 

behalf of all others similarly situated, 

Plaintiff, 

v. 

ROSS STORES, INC., and DOES 1-10, 

Defendants. 

No. C 06 7496 CRB 

STIPULATION TO EXTEND TIME TO 

FILE MOTION FOR CLASS 

CERTIFICATION and [PROPOSED] 

ORDER 

Judge: Honorable Charles R. Breyer 

Action Filed: December 6, 2006 

Trial Date: None 

STIPULATION

 Come now the Plaintiff Patrick J. McGee (“McGee”) and Defendant Ross Stores, Inc. 

(“Ross”), through their undersigned counsel, and stipulate as follows:

 WHEREAS, on August 3, 2007, the Court determined that Plaintiff’s Motion for Class 

Certification should be heard on November 30, 2007; 

 WHEREAS, the date for Plaintiff to file said motion is October 26, 2007; 

 WHEREAS, on September 13, 2007, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeal granted a petition 

under FRCP 23(f) seeking immediate review of a district court’s order denying class certification 

in a similar “FACTA” action, Soualian v. International Coffee & Tea, LLC, Central District Case 

No. CV 07-502, Court of Appeal Docket No. 07-56377 ("Soualian").; 

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STIPULATION (CASE NO. 06 7496 CRB) 1369327.1

WHEREAS, the Soualian appeal addresses the propriety of denying class certification on 

the ground that certifying a nationwide class seeking statutory damages for violations of 15 

U.S.C. section 1681c(g) would not be “superior;” 

WHEREAS, briefing in Soualian is set to conclude in mid-February, 2008; 

WHEREAS, Plaintiff has requested that Defendant stipulate to stay the instant action 

pending decision in the Ninth Circuit appeals; and 

WHEREAS, since the August 3, 2007 order setting the briefing schedule, two additional 

cases against Defendant have been related to this case, but have not yet been consolidated, and 

Plaintiff believes counsel in at least one of those cases wish to participate in the class certification 

process, and Plaintiff has advised Defendant of this, and has proposed at least a temporary stay to 

permit consolidation of at least the Tolley-McNerney v. Ross Stores case before the parties brief 

class certification; 

WHEREAS, continuing the date for filing Plaintiff’s class certification motion will permit 

the parties additional time to discuss Plaintiff’s request for a stay of this action and for Plaintiff to 

file a motion, if necessary, with the Court to stay the action (Plaintiff anticipates any such motion 

would be filed along with a motion for an order shortening time to allow a hearing on the motion 

to stay in an expedited fashion); 

NOW, THEREFORE, the parties to this action STIPULATE as follows: 

 1. Plaintiff’s time to file its Motion for Class Certification is extended until 

November 2, 2007, and the date for the hearing is continued until December 7, 2007, subject to 

further changes if Plaintiff files and the Court grants a motion to stay the action. 

 2. The parties request a conference with the Court to determine whether a stay of the 

action is warranted in light of the recent appeals pending in the Ninth Circuit. 

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STIPULATION (CASE NO. 06 7496 CRB) 1369327.1

DATED: October ___, 2007 SPIRO MOSS BARNESS LLP 

THE LINDE LAW FIRM 

By: /s/ 

J. MARK MOORE 

DOUGLAS A. LINDE 

CHANT YEDALIAN 

ERICA L. ALLEN 

Attorneys for Plaintiff 

PATRICK J. MCGEE 

DATED: October ___, 2007 HANSON BRIDGETT MARCUS VLAHOS 

& RUDY, LLP 

By: /s/ 

LAWRENCE M. CIRELLI 

M. D. MOYE 

GARNER K. WENG 

Attorneys for Defendant 

ROSS STORES, INC. 

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STIPULATION (CASE NO. 06 7496 CRB) 1369327.1

SIGNATURES UNDER GENERAL ORDER NO. 45

 Pursuant to General Order No. 45 of the United States District Court, Northern District of 

California, I, Garner K. Weng—the ECF User whose User ID and Password are used in the filing 

of this document—hereby attest that the concurrence to the filing of this document has been 

obtained from the other signatory to this document. 

 /s/ 

 GARNER K. WENG 

[PROPOSED] ORDER

Good cause appearing, IT IS SO ORDERED. The Court orders the parties to appear for a Case 

Management Conference on __________________ and to file a statement with respect to such 

conference not later than ____________________. 

DATED: ________________ ________________________________ 

 HONORABLE CHARLES R. BREYER 

 U.S. DISTRICT COURT JUDGE 

 

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