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Parties Involved:
Adoption Media, LLC
Defendant
Adoption Profiles, LLC
Defendant
Adoption.com
Defendant
Aracaju, Inc.
Defendant
Michael Butler
Plaintiff
Richard Butler
Plaintiff
Dale R. Gwilliam
Defendant
Nathan W. Gwilliam
Defendant
True North, Inc.
Defendant

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STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER TO CONTINUE 

THE TRIAL DATE AND ALL RELATED DATES THEREON

C-04-0135 PJH

I. NEEL CHATTERJEE (SBN 173985)

THERESA A. SUTTON (SBN 211857)

KATHERINE K. IKEDA (SBN 219819)

PAUL STEPHAN MARCHEGIANI (SBN 230635)

DOMINIQUE N. THOMAS (SBN 231464)

ORRICK, HERRINGTON & SUTCLIFFE LLP

1000 Marsh Road

Menlo Park, CA 94025

Telephone: (650) 614-7400; Facsimile: (650) 614-7401

SHANNON MINTER (SBN 168907)

COURTNEY JOSLIN (SBN 202103)

NATIONAL CENTER FOR LESBIAN RIGHTS

870 Market Street, Suite 570

San Francisco, CA 94102

Telephone: (415) 392-6257; Facsimile: (415) 392-8442

Attorneys for Plaintiffs Michael Butler and Richard Butler

GLEN LAVY (Admitted Pro Hac Vice)

BYRON BABIONE (Admitted Pro Hac Vice)

DALE SCHOWENGERDT (Admitted Pro Hac Vice)

ALLIANCE DEFENSE FUND

15333 North Pima Road, Suite 165

Scottsdale, AZ 85260

Telephone: (480) 444-0020; Facsimile: (480) 444-0028

E-mail: glavy@telladf.org

Attorneys for Defendants Adoption Media, LLC; Adoption 

Profiles, LLC, Dale R. Gwilliam and Nathan W. Gwilliam

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION

MICHAEL BUTLER and RICHARD 

BUTLER, as individuals and on behalf of the 

people of the state of California,

Plaintiffs,

v.

ADOPTION MEDIA, LLC, ADOPTION 

PROFILES, LLC, ADOPTION.COM, TRUE 

NORTH, INC., ARACAJU, INC., DALE R. 

GWILLIAM, NATHAN W. GWILLIAM, 

and DOES 1 through 100,

Defendants.

Case No. C-04-0135 PJH

STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] 

ORDER TO CONTINUE THE TRIAL 

DATE AND ALL RELATED DATES 

THEREON

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Plaintiffs Michael Butler and Richard Butler and Defendants Adoption Media, LLC, 

Adoption Profiles, LLC, Dale R. Gwilliam and Nathan W. Gwilliam jointly move the Court, by 

and through their counsel of record, pursuant to Civil L.R. 40-1, 7-1(a)(5), and 7-12 to continue 

the trial date and modify all related dates thereon. 

STIPULATION TO MODIFY CASE MANAGEMENT AND PRETRIAL ORDER

This Stipulation between the parties is made pursuant to Civil L.R. 7-12 and is based upon 

the following facts:

1. On November 2, 2005, the Court granted Plaintiffs' Motion for Leave to Amend

the Complaint. In accordance with this Order, Plaintiffs filed the First Amended Complaint on 

November 9, 2005, which named three new defendants to this action. 

2. On November 28, 2005, Defendants filed a Motion to Dismiss and a Motion to 

Strike Allegations contained in Plaintiffs' First Amended Complaint. The Court is scheduled to 

hear oral argument on Defendants' Motion to Dismiss and Motion to Strike on January 11, 2005. 

3. On October 26, 2005, Plaintiffs filed a motion to compel Defendants' further 

responses to interrogatories and document requests. Magistrate Judge Brazil is scheduled to hear 

Plaintiffs' discovery motion on December 6, 2005.

4. By Notice of the Clerk, the Court set the last day to hear dispositve motions for

February 8, 2006. In accordance with the Local Rules, the last day for the parties to file their 

opening briefs in accordance with the February 2006 hearing date is January 4, 2005. 

5. Given that Defendants' Motion to Dismiss and Motion to Strike Allegations in the 

First Amended Complaint is scheduled for January 11, 2005, any resolution of the claims at issue 

in this case will not be resolved until after the parties' file their opening briefs in support of their 

motions for summary judgment. 

6. If Plaintiffs' Motion for Further Responses to Discovery is granted by Magistrate 

Judge Brazil sometime after the December 6, 2005 hearing date, any further responses and 

document production by Defendants would most likely not occur until after the parties' opening 

briefs are currently due on January 4, 2006. 

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7. Accordingly, Plaintiffs and Defendants believe it would be in the best interests of

the parties to continue the trial date and all related dates thereon in order to ensure the Court first 

resolves which claims are properly at issue in this case. Further, Plaintiffs believe that continuing 

the trial and related dates will ensure they are provided with all evidence to which they are 

entitled, before the parties are required to brief this Court on issues that may adjudicate some or 

all of the claims in this action.

CURRENT TRIAL AND RELATED DATES

1. Trial Date: May 1, 2006.

2. Pre-Trial Conference: April 6, 2006.

3. Deadline to File & Serve Oppositions to Motions in Limine: Not less than 15 

calendar days prior to the pretrial conference. 

4. Deadline to Exchange Trial Materials: Not less than 30 calendar days prior to the 

pretrial conference.

5. Deadline for Parties to Meet & Conference re: Joint Pre-Trial Statement: Not less 

than 40 days prior to the pretrial conference.

6. Deadline for Defendants to Submit List of Disputed Facts: Not less than 60 days 

prior to trial.

7. Deadline for Hearing Dispositive Motions: February 8, 2006.

PROPOSED TRIAL AND RELATED DATES

The parties stipulate to continue the trial date so that the following trial and pretrial dates 

apply to this case:

1. Trial Date: July 31, 2006.

2. Pre-Trial Conference: June 29, 2006.

3. Deadline to File & Serve Oppositions to Motions in Limine: Not less than 15 

calendar days prior to the pretrial conference.

4. Deadline to Exchange Pre-Trial & Trial Materials: Not less than 30 calendar days 

prior to the pretrial conference.

5. Deadline for Parties to Meet & Conference re: Joint Pre-Trial Statement: Not less 

September 7, 2006 at 2:30 pm September 25, 2006; 6 days

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than 40 days prior to the pretrial conference.

6. Deadline for Defendants to Submit List of Disputed Jurisdictional Facts: Not less 

than 60 days prior to trial.1

7. Deadline for Hearing Dispositive Motions: May 10, 2006.

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IT IS SO STIPULATED, THROUGH COUNSEL OF RECORD.

Dated: December 6, 2005 ORRICK, HERRINGTON & SUTCLIFFE LLP

/s/ Katherine K. Ikeda

Katherine K. Ikeda

Attorneys for Plaintiffs 

MICHAEL BUTLER AND RICHARD BUTLER

Dated: December 2, 2005 ALLIANCE DEFENSE FUND

Glen Lavy

Glen Lavy

Attorneys for Defendants

ADOPTION MEDIA, LLC, ADOPTION 

PROFILES, LLC, DALE R. GWILLIAM and

NATHAN W. GWILLIAM

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In its June 21, 2005 Order, the Court required, "no later than 60 days prior to trial, defendants 

submit a list of the alleged disputed facts or credibility considerations, which they intend to 

present to the jury for determination on the factual aspects of this issue." (Order Granting in Part 

and Denying in Part Motion to Strike Affirmative Defenses, dated June 21, 2005) The parties 

read this to mean the Court has Ordered Defendants to submit a list of disputed facts as to 

jurisdictional facts only. Defendants intend to seek clarification of this Order.

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The Court previously signed a stipulated order granting leave to violate its rule that all 

dispositive motions be heard at least 120 days prior to trial. (Stipulated Order to Modify Case 

Management and Pretrial Order, Extending Date for Hearing re: Motions for Summary Judgment, 

dated September 21, 2005) Both the current February 8, 2006 and the proposed May 10, 2006 

date sets the parties' motion for summary judgment hearing 82 days before trial.

May 24, 2006

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ORDER

FOR GOOD CAUSE SHOWN AND PURSUANT TO STIPULATION, IT IS SO 

ORDERED.

Dated: December ___, 2005

THE HONORABLE PHYLLIS J. HAMILTON

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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AS MODIFIED

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