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Parties Involved:
Vaughn Kerkorian
Plaintiff
Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.
Defendant
Nissan North America, Inc.
Defendant
David Turner
Plaintiff

Document Text:

STIPULATION RE: BRIEFING

CASE NO. 4:18-CV-07815-HSG

 

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BURSOR & FISHER, P.A.

L. Timothy Fisher (State Bar No. 191626) 

Joel D. Smith (State Bar No. 244902) 

Frederick J. Klorczyk III (State Bar No. 320783) 

1990 North California Boulevard, Suite 940 

Walnut Creek, California 94596 

Tel: (925) 300-4455 

ltfisher@bursor.com 

jsmith@bursor.com 

fklorczyk@bursor.com 

Attorneys for Plaintiffs 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

OAKLAND DIVISION 

VAUGHN KERKORIAN and DAVID 

TURNER, individually and on behalf of all 

others similarly situated, 

Plaintiffs, 

 v. 

NISSAN NORTH AMERICA, INC. and 

NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD., 

 Defendants. 

Case No. 4:18-cv-07815-HSG

STIPULATION AND ORDER 

MODIFYING BRIEFING SCHEDULE 

FOR DEFENDANT NNA’S MOTIONS 

TO DISMISS OR TRANSFER IN THE 

BASHAW AND KERKORIAN ACTIONS 

Date: April 11, 2019 

Time: 2:00 p.m. 

Courtroom: 2, 4th Floor 

Judge: Hon. Haywood S. Gilliam, Jr.

 

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WHEREAS, on November 30, 2018, Plaintiff Cathy Bashaw filed a putative class action 

Complaint against Defendants Nissan North America, Inc. (“NNA”) and Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. 

(“NML”) (collectively, “Defendants”) (the “Bashaw action”); 

WHEREAS, on December 31, 2018, Plaintiffs Vaughn Kerkorian and David Turner filed 

a putative class action Complaint against Defendants captioned Kerkorian v. Nissan North 

America, Inc. et al., No. 4:18-cv-07815-HSG (N.D. Cal. filed Dec. 31, 2018) (the “Kerkorian

action”); 

WHEREAS, on January 3, 2019, Plaintiff Bashaw filed a Motion for Consolidation and 

Appointment of Interim Class Counsel (Bashaw Dkt. 12) (“Motion for Consolidation”), which, 

among other things, seeks consolidation of this action with the Kerkorian action; 

WHEREAS, on January 15, 2019, Defendant NNA filed in the Bashaw and Kerkorian 

actions a Motion to Dismiss or Transfer for Improper Venue or, In the Alternative, Transfer for 

Convenience (“Motions to Transfer”) (Bashaw Dkt. No. 19; Kerkorian Dkt. No. 23), and set with 

the Court’s permission March 14, 2019 as the hearing date; 

WHEREAS, Plaintiffs’ oppositions to the Motions to Transfer are due February 21, 2019, 

and NNA’s reply briefs are due February 28, 2019; 

WHEREAS, on February 11, 2019, the Court continued the hearing on the pending 

Motion for Consolidation and Motions to Transfer from March 14, 2019 to April 11, 2019; 

WHEREAS, Plaintiffs and NNA have met and conferred through counsel and have agreed 

to modify the briefing schedule for NNA’s Motions to Transfer, as set forth below; 

WHEREAS, the stipulated modifications to the briefing schedule will not alter the April 

11, 2019, hearing date or otherwise impact any other deadlines already set by the Court; 

WHEREAS, by entering into this Stipulation, NNA does not waive, and hereby preserves, 

any and all defenses, objections, and motions available to it under federal or state law, including 

without limitation any defenses that it may raise under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 12(b) or 

any other due order of pleadings motion; 

THEREFORE, IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED by the parties, through their respective 

counsel, as follows: 

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1) Plaintiffs in the Bashaw and Kerkorian actions shall file their opposition(s) to the 

pending Motions to Transfer on or before February 28, 2019; 

2) Defendant NNA shall file its reply briefs in support of the pending Motions to 

Transfer on or before March 14, 2019; 

3) If the Court denies this Stipulation prior to Plaintiffs’ filing of their opposition brief(s), 

NNA agrees not to argue Plaintiffs waived their opposition to the Motions to Transfer 

if Plaintiffs file their opposition brief(s) within three days of such denial. 

Dated: February 19, 2019 BURSOR & FISHER, P.A. 

By: /s/ Joel D. Smith 

 L. Timothy Fisher (State Bar No. 191626) 

Joel D. Smith (State Bar No. 244902) 

Frederick J. Klorczyk III (State Bar No. 320783) 

Dated: February 19, 2019 DRINKER BIDDLE & REATH LLP 

By: /s/ Paul J. Riehle 

Paul J. Riehle 

E. Paul Cauley Jr. (pro hac vice pending) 

Matthew J. Adler 

Attorneys for Defendant 

NISSAN NORTH AMERICA, INC.

Attestation Pursuant to Civil Local Rule 5-1(i) 

Pursuant to Civil Local Rule 5-1(i), I, Joel D. Smith, hereby attest that I have obtained 

concurrence in the filing of this document from the other signatory to this document. 

I declare under penalty of perjury under the laws of the United States of America that the 

foregoing is true and correct. Executed this 19th day of February 2019 in Walnut Creek, 

California. 

 By: /s/ Joel D. Smith 

Joel D. Smith 

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ORDER 

Pursuant to Stipulation, IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Date: February 20, 2019 

 Hon. Haywood S. Gilliam, Jr. 

 UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE 

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