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NOTICE OF RELATED CASES

ROBERT B. HAWK, SBN 118054

HOGAN LOVELLS US LLP

4085 Campbell Avenue, Suite 100

Menlo Park, CA 94025

Tel: (650) 463-4000

Fax: (650) 463-4199

robert.hawk@hoganlovells.com

HELEN TRAC, SBN 285824

HOGAN LOVELLS US LLP

3 Embarcadero Center, Suite 1500

San Francisco, CA 94111

Tel: (415) 374-2300

Fax: (415) 374-2499

helen.trac@hoganlovells.com

JAMES TANSEY, SBN 293332

HOGAN LOVELLS US LLP

100 International Drive

Baltimore, MD 21202

Tel: (410) 659-2700

james.tansey@hoganlovells.com

Attorneys for Defendant

Mercedes-Benz USA, LLC.

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

OAKLAND DIVISION

STEVE FERRARI, MIKE KEYNEJAD, and

PATRICIA RUBIN, individually and as

representatives of the Class of Persons similarly

situated,

Plaintiffs,

v.

AUTOBAHN, INC. DBA AUTOBAHN

MOTORS; MERCEDES-BENZ USA, LLC;

SONIC AUTOMOTIVE, INC.; AND

SPEEDWAY MOTORSPORTS, INC,

Defendants.

Case No. 4:17-cv-18

NOTICE OF RELATED CASES

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TO THE COURT AND ALL PARTIES OF RECORD:

PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that on January 4, 2017, Mercedes-Benz USA,

LLC (“MBUSA”) filed a Notice of Removal, pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1453 et seq.

from the Superior Court of the State of California for the County of San Mateo.

1. MBUSA is informed and believes that Ferrari, et al. v. Autobahn, Inc.,

et al., Case No. 4:15-CV-04379-YGR, is related to the instant Removal because:

a. Both cases involve overlapping plaintiffs: Steve Ferrari, Mike Keynejad,

Hooshang Jowza, Celso Frazao, Renuka Narayan, Gertrud Frankrone, Ernest

Salinas, Kalkhusan Sareen, Hossein Jalali, Ron Wolfe, Sohrab Rahimzadeh, Fred

Grant, Ester Grant, Jessica Langridge, Tony Nicolosi, Donald Lyang, Artur

Semichev, John Diaz, Harold Fethe and Ray Gapasin.

b. Both cases involve the same defendants: Autobahn, Inc., MBUSA, Sonic

Automotive, Inc. and Speedway Motorsports, Inc.

c. Both cases involve the same or similar claims based on the same or

similar alleged conduct: violation of California Business & Professions Code

Section 17500, Fraud-intentional misrepresentation, Fraud-concealment, Negligent

Misrepresentation, violation of California Business & Professions Code Section

17200 and Negligence, all relating to the alleged use of non-OEM parts in the

vehicles of Autobahn, Inc. and Sonic Automotive, Inc. customers.

2. MBUSA will file an Administrative Motion to Consider Whether the

Cases Should Be Related.

3. Other than Ferrari, et al. v. Autobahn, Inc., et al., Case No. 4:15-CV04379-YGR, based on information and belief, MBUSA states that there are no

related cases previously filed or currently pending in the Northern District of

California.

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Dated: January 4, 2017 HOGAN LOVELLS US LLP

By: /s/ Robert B. Hawk

Robert B. Hawk

Attorneys for Defendant

MERCEDES-BENZ USA, LLC

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