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Joint Stipulation Further Staying All Proceedings In This Civil Action 

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DAVIS WRIGHT TREMAINE LLP 

THOMAS R .BURKE (CA State Bar No. 141930) 

JEFF GLASSER (CA State Bar No. 252596) 

DAVIS WRIGHT TREMAINE LLP 

505 Montgomery Street, Suite 800 

San Francisco, California 94111 

Telephone: (415) 276-6500 

Facsimile: (415) 276-6599 

Email: thomasburke@dwt.com; jeffglasser@dwt.com 

Attorneys for Defendant 

NBC Universal, Inc. 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION 

ANURAG TIWARI, 

 Plaintiff(s), 

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NBC UNIVERSAL, INC., 

 Defendant(s). 

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Case No. C08-3988 MHP 

JOINT STIPULATION FURTHER 

STAYING ALL PROCEEDINGS IN THIS 

CIVIL ACTION 

Plaintiff Anurag Tiwari, proceeding in propria persona, and Defendant NBC Universal, 

Inc., through its counsel of record, pursuant to F.R.C.P. 26(c), together ask this court to again 

further stay all proceedings in this civil action. See, e.g., Johnson v. Mammoth Recreations, Inc., 

975 F.2d 604, 607 (9th Cir.1992) ("The district court is given broad discretion in supervising the 

pretrial phase of litigation, and its decisions ... will not be disturbed unless they evidence a clear 

abuse of discretion."); Federal Sav. & Loan Ins. Corp. v. Molinaro, 889 F.2d 899, 902 (9th Cir. 

1989) (noting that discretion may be exercised to order a stay of civil proceedings pending the 

resolution of criminal proceeding); Iannelli v. Long, 487 F.2d 317, 318 (3d. Cir. 1973) (civil 

proceedings properly may be deferred until the conclusion of related criminal proceedings). After 

judgment was pronounced against Plaintiff in the criminal case, Plaintiff promptly filed an appeal. 

Given this pending appeal in the criminal case, Plaintiff and Defendant together ask this Court to 

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continue the stay currently in place in this civil action until 60 days after Plaintiff’s criminal case 

is returned to Sonoma Superior Court after resolution of Plaintiff’s appeal in that case. 

Further, Plaintiff and Defendant together also ask this Court to order that the 60-day period 

in which Defendant may file an anti-SLAPP motion under California Code of Civil Procedure 

425.16 will not begin to run until the stay in this civil action is lifted. See Code of Civ. Proc. § 

425.16(f) (stating that the special motion to strike may be filed “... in the court’s discretion, at any 

time upon terms it deems proper”). Additionally, in accordance with Local Rule 6-1(a), Plaintiff 

and Defendant together ask this Court to allow Defendant to answer or otherwise respond to 

Plaintiff’s Second Amended Complaint within 60 days after the stay is lifted, absent further 

stipulation of the parties. 

Respectfully submitted this 24th day of February, 2010. 

DAVIS WRIGHT TREMAINE, LLP 

By:_/s/ Thomas R. Burke____________

 Thomas R. Burke 

 Attorneys for Defendant NBC Universal, Inc. 

By:_ /s/ Anurag Tiwari___________

 Anurag Tiwari 

 In Propria Persona 

So Ordered: 

DATE: __________________ ____________________________ 

Hon. Marilyn Hall Patel 

U.S. District Court Judge 

3/2/2010

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NITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

IT IS SO ORDERED

Judge Marilyn H. Patel

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