Jeffrey L. Tarkenton (VSB No. 20631) 

Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP 

1200 Nineteenth Street, N.W. 

Suite 500 

Washington, DC 20036 

(202) 857-4450 – Telephone 

(202) 261-0050 – Facsimile 

Counsel for Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., d/b/a Wells 

Fargo Home Mortgage, in its capacity as servicer 

for HSBC Bank USA, National Association, as 

Trustee for Nomura Asset Acceptance 

Corporation, Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, 

Series 2005-AR6 

IN THE UNITED STATES BANKRUPTCY COURT 

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF VIRGINIA 

Alexandria Division 

IN RE: ) 

) 

ALICE THOMAS, ) Bankruptcy Case No. 18-12376 KHK 

) 

Debtor. ) Chapter 13 

) 

ALICE THOMAS, ) 

) 

Plaintiff, ) 

v. ) Adv. Pro. No. 18-01093 KHK 

) 

SAMUEL I. WHITE, PC, et al., ) 

) 

Defendants. ) 

) 

MOTION TO ESTABLISH DISCOVERY PLAN 

Defendant Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., d/b/a Wells Fargo Home Mortgage (“Wells Fargo”), 

in its capacity as servicer for HSBC Bank USA, National Association, as Trustee for Nomura 

Asset Acceptance Corporation, Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2005-AR6, 

respectfully requests that the Court set the following deadlines for the Discovery Plan in this 

case: 

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Event Deadline 

Initial Disclosures December 21, 2018 

Expert Witness Disclosures December 21, 2018 

Rebuttal Expert Witness Disclosures January 2, 2019 

Discovery Deadline February 21, 2019 

Final Pretrial Conference tbd 

Wells Fargo moves the Court to set this alternative discovery plan because the Motions to 

Dismiss filed by both Wells Fargo and Samuel I. White, P.C. are scheduled to be heard on 

November 6, 2018. The resolution of these motions may avoid the need for the parties to engage 

in discovery. 

Counsel for Samuel I. White PC has stated that Samuel I. White, PC agrees to the 

proposed discovery plan. Undersigned counsel has attempted to contact Ms. Thomas regarding 

the proposed discovery plan, but as of the time of this filing, she has not responded. 

WHEREFORE, Wells Fargo respectfully requests that the Court enter an Order 

approving the discovery plan set forth above. 

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Dated: October 23, 2018 Respectfully submitted, 

 /s/ Jeffrey L. Tarkenton 

Jeffrey L. Tarkenton (VSB No. 20631) 

Pascal F. Naples (VSB No. 87849) 

Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP 

1200 Nineteenth Street, N.W. 

Suite 500 

Washington, DC 20036 

Tel: (202) 857-4450 

Fax: (202) 261-0050 

Email: Jeffrey.Tarkenton@wbd-us.com 

Email: Pascal.Naples@wbd-us.com 

Counsel for Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., d/b/a Wells 

Fargo Home Mortgage, in its capacity as 

servicer for HSBC Bank USA, National 

Association, as Trustee for Nomura Asset 

Acceptance Corporation, Mortgage PassThrough Certificates, Series 2005-AR6 

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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

I HEREBY CERTIFY on this 23rd day of October, 2018, a copy of the foregoing Motion 

to Establish Discovery Plan was served via the Court’s CM/ECF system upon all counsel of 

record and by first class, U.S. mail, postage prepaid, upon the following: 

Alice Thomas 

6516 River Tweed Lane 

Alexandria, VA 22312 

 /s/ Jeffrey L. Tarkenton 

Jeffrey L. Tarkenton 

WBD (US) 44730624v1 

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