LEGAL02/30052595v1

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR

THE MIDDLE DISTRICT OF ALABAMA

NORTHERN DIVISION

ROBERT D. BROOKS and ALICE 

BRADLEY,

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Plaintiffs, )

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Civil Action No. 2:06-CV-680-LESCSC

v. )

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PACTIV CORPORATION and 

LOUISIANA-PACIFIC CORPORATION

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Defendants. )

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CONSENT MOTION FOR ENLARGEMENT OF TIME

TO RESPOND TO COMPLAINT

Pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 6(b), Defendants Pactiv Corporation (“Pactiv”) and 

Louisiana-Pacific Corporation (“Louisiana-Pacific”) jointly move this Court for an order 

enlarging the time by which they may answer, plead, move, or otherwise respond to 

Plaintiff’s Complaint through and including September 25, 2006. In support of this 

motion, Defendants state the following:

1. This lawsuit was filed in this Court on August 2, 2006. The time for 

Defendants to answer, plead, move, or otherwise respond to the Complaint has not yet 

expired.

2. Counsel for Defendants have conferred with W. Eason Mitchell and Greg 

Cade, co-counsel of record for Plaintiffs in this case. Plaintiffs' counsel have authorized 

Defendants' counsel to represent to this Court that they consent and agree that Defendants 

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may answer, plead, move, or otherwise respond to Plaintiffs' Complaint through and 

including September 25, 2006.

WHEREFORE, Defendants respectfully request that this Court enter the 

accompanying “Consent Order Enlarging Time to Respond to Complaint.”

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Respectfully submitted this 17th day of August, 2006.

/s/ H. Thomas Wells, Jr._______________

H. Thomas Wells, Jr.

Alabama Bar No. WEL004

John A. Earnhardt

Alabama Bar No. EAR006

Counsel for Defendant Pactiv Corporation

OF COUNSEL:

MAYNARD, COOPER & GALE, P.C.

1901 Sixth Avenue North

2400 AmSouth/Harbert Plaza

Birmingham, AL 35203

Tel: (205) 254-1000

Fax: (205) 254-1999

twells@maynardcooper.com

jearnhardt@maynardcooper.com

ADDITIONAL COUNSEL: 

John C. Berghoff, Jr. 

Mark R. Ter Molen 

Matthew C. Sostrin 

MAYER, BROWN, ROWE & MAW LLP

71 South Wacker Drive

Chicago, IL 60606

Tel: (312) 782-0600

Fax: (312) 701-7711

jberghoff@mayerbrownrowe.com

mtermolen@mayerbrownrowe.com

msostrin@mayerbrownrowe.com

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_/s/ Dennis R. Bailey________________

Dennis R. Bailey 

ASB No. 4845-I71D

R. Austin Huffaker 

ASB NO. 3422-F55R

Counsel for Defendant Louisiana-Pacific

Corporation

OF COUNSEL:

RUSHTON, STAKELY, JOHNSON, & GARRETT, P.A.

184 Commerce Street

Post Office Box 270

Montgomery, AL 36101

Tel: (334) 206-3100

Fax: (334) 262-6277

drb@rsjg.com (Bailey)

rah2@rsjg.com (Huffaker)

ADDITIONAL COUNSEL: 

Bernard S. Taylor 

Douglas S. Arnold 

Orlyn O. Lockard, III 

ALSTON & BIRD LLP

One Atlantic Center

1201 West Peachtree Street, N.W.

Atlanta, Georgia 30309

Tel: (404) 881-7000

Fax: (404) 881-7777

bernard.taylor@alston.com

doug.arnold@alston.com

skip.lockard@alston.com

Laura Proctor

ASB 1504-R54L

Associate General Counsel

Louisiana-Pacific Corporation

414 Union Street North, Suite 2000

Nashville, Tennessee 37219

Tel: (615) 986-5878

Fax: 1-866-741-5091

laura.proctor@lpcorp.com

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR

THE MIDDLE DISTRICT OF ALABAMA

NORTHERN DIVISION

ROBERT D. BROOKS and ALICE 

BRADLEY,

)

)

)

Plaintiffs, )

)

)

)

Civil Action No. 2:06-CV-680-LESCSC

v. )

)

)

PACTIV CORPORATION and 

LOUISIANA-PACIFIC CORPORATION

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)

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Defendants. )

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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

I hereby certify that on this 17th day of August, 2006, I filed the foregoing via the 

CM/ECF system which will send notice of said filing to all counsel of record.

/s/ Orlyn O. Lockard, III

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