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Parties Involved:
Bertelsmann, Inc.
Defendant
Laura Klemm
Plaintiff
Sony BMG Music Entertainment
Defendant
Sony Corporation of America
Defendant

Document Text:

STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER 

Case No: C-05-5111-BZ 

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Ira P. Rothken (State Bar No. 160029) 

ROTHKEN LAW FIRM 

1050 Northgate Drive, Suite 520 

San Rafael, CA 94903 

Telephone: (415) 924-4250 

Facsimile: (415) 924-2905 

Attorneys for Plaintiff 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

LAURA KLEMM, on behalf of herself and 

all others similarly situated 

Plaintiff, 

v.

SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT, 

SONY CORPORATION OF AMERICA, 

and BERTELSMANN, INC. 

 Defendants. 

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Case No. C-05-5111-BZ 

STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] 

ORDER FOR CHANGE OF VENUE 

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 WHEREAS on December 9, 2005, Plaintiff filed a class action complaint in the above 

entitled action;

 WHEREAS Defendant Sony BMG Music Entertainment, Defendant Sony Corporation of 

America, and Defendant Bertelsmann Inc., have their headquarters in New York, New York; 

 WHEREAS Plaintiffs served the Complaint on Defendant Sony Corporation of America 

and filed a proof of service of summons with this Court; and 

 WHEREAS there is a pending consolidated action, related to the present action, in the 

Southern District of New York, entitled In re Sony BMG CD Technologies Litigation, Case No. 

1:05-cv-09575-NRB.

 NOW THEREFORE, subject to the Court’s approval, the parties, by and through their 

undersigned counsel of record, hereby agree and stipulate to the following: 

 1. In the interests of the prompt administration of justice as a formal case 

management structure is presently in place before the Honorable Naomi Reice Buchwald in the 

Southern District of New York, the above entitled action shall be transferred to the Southern 

District of New York. 

IT IS SO STIPULATED. 

DATED:____January 5, 2006_ 

ROTHKEN LAW FIRM

By:__________________________

Ira P. Rothken 

1050 Northgate Drive, Suite 520 

San Rafael, CA 94903 

Telephone: (415) 924-4250 

Facsimile: (415) 924-2905 

Attorney for Plaintiff 

DATED:_____________

DEBEVOISE & PLIMPTON LLP

By:____________________________

Jeffrey S. Jacobson 

919 Third Avenue 

New York, New York 10022 

Telephone: (212) 909-6000 

Facsimile: (212) 909-6836 

Attorney for Defendant Sony BMG Music 

Entertainment

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 WHEREAS on December 9, 2005, Plaintiff filed a class action complaint in the above 

entitled action;

 WHEREAS Defendant Sony BMG Music Entertainment, Defendant Sony Corporation of 

America, and Defendant Bertelsmann Inc., have their headquarters in New York, New York; 

 WHEREAS Plaintiffs served the Complaint on Defendant Sony Corporation of America 

and filed a proof of service of summons with this Court; and 

 WHEREAS there is a pending consolidated action, related to the present action, in the 

Southern District of New York, entitled In re Sony BMG CD Technologies Litigation, Case No. 

1:05-cv-09575-NRB.

 NOW THEREFORE, subject to the Court’s approval, the parties, by and through their 

undersigned counsel of record, hereby agree and stipulate to the following: 

 1. In the interests of the prompt administration of justice as a formal case 

management structure is presently in place before the Honorable Naomi Reice Buchwald in the 

Southern District of New York, the above entitled action shall be transferred to the Southern 

District of New York. 

IT IS SO STIPULATED. 

DATED:_____________ 

ROTHKEN LAW FIRM

By:__________________________

Ira P. Rothken 

1050 Northgate Drive, Suite 520 

San Rafael, CA 94903 

Telephone: (415) 924-4250 

Facsimile: (415) 924-2905 

Attorney for Plaintiff 

DATED: January 3, 2006 

DATED: January 3, 2006 

DEBEVOISE & PLIMPTON LLP

By:____________________________

Jeffrey S. Jacobson 

919 Third Avenue 

New York, New York 10022 

Telephone: (212) 909-6000 

Facsimile: (212) 909-6836 

Attorney for Defendant Sony BMG Music 

Entertainment

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 [PROPOSED] ORDER 

Upon stipulation and good cause appearing,

1. The above entitled case shall be transferred to the Southern District of New York; 

and

2. The Clerk of this Court shall transmit all papers and pleadings on file in this 

action to the Clerk of the United States District Court for the Southern District of 

New York. 

 IT IS SO ORDERED. 

 _______________________________ 

 The Honorable Bernard Zimmerman 

 United State District Magistrate Judge 

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORN

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GRANTED

Judge Bernard Zimmerman

1/9/2006

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