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Parties Involved:
David Brown
Defendant
Kiuya Brown
Defendant
Ceiba Legal, LLP
Defendant
Elem Indian Colony of Pomo Indians of the Sulphur Bank Rancheria
Plaintiff
Natalie Sedano Garcia
Defendant
Michael Hunter
Defendant
Adrian John
Defendant
Anthony Steele
Defendant
Paul Steward
Defendant

Document Text:

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STIPULATION SETTING SCHEDULE FOR (1) FILING BILL OF COSTS AND (2) MOTION

FOR ATTORNEY’S FEES BRIEFING AND HEARING (L.R. 6-1)

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DENTONS US LLP

ONE

MARKET PLAZA

SPEAR

TOWER, 24TH FLOOR

SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA 94105-2708

(415) 882-5000

PAULA M. YOST (State Bar No. 156843)

paula.yost@dentons.com

IAN R. BARKER (State Bar No. 240223)

ian.barker@denton.com

DENTONS US LLP

One Market Plaza

Spear Tower, 24th Floor

Telephone: (415) 882-5000

Facsimile: (415) 882-0300

Attorneys for Defendant

CEIBA LEGAL, LLP

[Counsel for Other Parties Listed on

Signature Page]

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

ELEM INDIAN COLONY OF POMO

INDIANS OF THE SULPHUR BANK

RANCHERIA, A FEDERALLY

RECOGNIZED INDIAN TRIBE

Plaintiff,

vs.

CEIBA LEGAL, LLP, MICHAEL

HUNTER, ANTHONY STEELE,

DAVID BROWN, ADRIAN JOHN,

PAUL STEWARD, NATALIE

SEDANO GARCIA, KIUYA BROWN,

AND DOES 1-100 INCLUSIVE,

Defendants.

Case No.: 3:16-cv-03081-WHA

STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER

SETTING SCHEDULE FOR (1) FILING BILL

OF COSTS AND (2) MOTION FOR

ATTORNEY’S FEES BRIEFING AND

HEARING

[L.R. 6-2]

STIPULATION

Plaintiff and defendants Ceiba Legal, LLP, Michael Hunter, Anthony Steele, David

Brown, Adrian John, Natalie Sedano Garcia, and Kiuya Brown (collectively the “Undersigned

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Parties”) hereby stipulate and agree as follows, and respectfully request that the Court approve

and give effect to their stipulation:

1. This Court granted the Motions to Dismiss of Ceiba Legal, LLP, and Michael

Hunter, Anthony Steele, David Brown, Adrian John, Natalie Sedano Garcia, and Kiuya Brown

(“Undersigned Defendants”) on November 3, 2016. (ECF No. 63.)

2. Based on this Court’s judgment, the Undersigned Defendants plan to file a motion

for an order requiring Plaintiff pay attorney’s fees of the Undersigned Defendants incurred in

defending this action, which motion is currently due November 17, 2016.

3. Plaintiff desires that Gregory Fayard of Klinedinst PC handle all further

proceedings in this case on Plaintiff’s behalf, including defending any attorneys’ fees motions.

Mr. Fayard has represented that he expects today to receive formal documents substituting him

in as counsel for Plaintiff in place of Jack Duran of Duran Law Office.

4. Counsel for the Undersigned Defendants have contacted Mr. Fayard to meet and

confer for the purpose of attempting to resolve any disputes with respect to attorneys’ fees and

evaluate whether the Undersigned Parties can reach a negotiated solution without the need for a

motion before this Court, as required by Local Rule 54-5(b)(1).

5. Mr. Fayard has represented that given his recent retention as counsel, additional

time is required to develop an understanding of the history of this case and the merits of the

proposed attorneys’ fees motion and to allow the Undersigned Parties to complete the process

required by Local Rule 54-5(b)(1) and attempt to resolve whether the Undersigned Defendants

are entitled to Plaintiff’s payment of their attorneys’ fees.

6. Because of Mr. Fayard’s recent retention, the substantial work required to brief an

attorneys’ fees motion should one be necessary, and counsel’s existing scheduling limitations,

the Undersigned Parties wish to agree to a mutually convenient schedule for submitting any bill

of costs and for briefing and hearing any attorneys’ fees motion.

7. The Undersigned Parties agree that the interest of judicial economy and

convenience of the Undersigned Parties would be furthered by setting, and ask the Court to set,

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the following schedule, which Mr. Fayard has confirmed is acceptable to him:

a. Motion(s) for attorney’s fees and any bill(s) of costs due November 30, 2016;

b. Opposition brief(s) to motion(s) for attorney’s fees due December 22, 2016;

c. Reply brief(s) on motion(s) for attorney’s fees due January 10, 2017; and

d. Hearing on the motion(s) for attorney’s fees on January 26, 2017, or another

date convenient to the Court.

8. This time modification will not effect the schedule of this case, and serves to

enlarge the time allowed for a motion for attorney’s fees and filing of a bill of costs under Fed.

R. Civ. P. 54(d). (See L.R. Civ. 6-2(a)(3).)

Respectfully submitted,

Dated: November 15, 2016 DENTONS US LLP

/s/ Ian R. Barker

Ian R. Barker

Attorneys for Defendant Ceiba Legal, LLP

Dated: November 15, 2016 DURAN LAW OFFICE

/s/ Jack Duran, Jr.

Jack Duran, Jr.

Attorneys for Plaintiff Elem Indian Colony of

Pomo Indians of the Sulphur Bank Rancheria

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Dated: November 15, 2016 BRADY & VINDING

/s/ Michael Brady

Michael Brady

Attorneys for Defendants Michael Hunter,

Anthony Steele, David Brown, Adrian John,

Natalie Sedano Garcia, and Kiuya Brown

Dated: November 15, 2016 CEIBA LEGAL, LLP

/s/ Little Fawn Boland

Little Fawn Boland

Attorneys for Defendants David Brown, Adrian

John, Natalie Sedano Garcia, and Kiuya Brown

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ATTESTATION OF E-FILED SIGNATURES

I, Ian R. Barker, am the ECF user whose ID and password are being used to file this Joint

Stipulation Extending Defendants’ Time to Respond to the Complaint. In compliance with Local

Rule 5-1, I hereby attest that all signatories have concurred in this filing.

Dated: November 15, 2016 DENTONS US LLP

/s/ Ian R. Barker

Ian R. Barker

Attorneys for Defendant

Ceiba Legal, LLP

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[PROPOSED] ORDER

The Court, having reviewed the foregoing Stipulation, and good cause appearing, orders as

follows:

1. The Undersigned Defendants are granted leave to file motion(s) for attorney’s fees

and any bill(s) of costs on or before November 30, 2016.

2. Plaintiff is granted leave to oppose the motion(s) for attorney’s fees on or before

December 22, 2016.

3. The Undersigned Defendants are granted leave to file reply brief(s) to Plaintiff’s

opposition(s) to the motion(s) for attorney’s fees on or before January 10, 2017.

4. The motion for attorney’s fees is set for hearing before this Court on January 26,

2017.

PURSUANT TO STIPULATION (AS MODIFIED), IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: _____________________

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

December 14, 2016. December 21, 2016. January 5, 2017.

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