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1 Robert J. Giuffra, Jr. (pro hac vice forthcoming) 

giuffrar@sullcrom.com 

2 William 13. Monahan (pro hac vice forthcoming) 

monahanw@sullcrom.com 

3 Darrell S. Cafasso (pro hac vice forthcoming) 

cafassod@sullcrom.com 

4 SULLIVAN & CROMWELL LLP 

125 Broad Street 

5 New York, New York 10004 

Telephone: (212) 558-4000 

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7 Kyle Niemi (SBN 4147849) 

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SULLIVAN & CROMWELL LLP 

9 1870 Embarcadero Road 

Palo Alto, California 94303 

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Facsimile: (650) 461-7700 

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Counsel for Defendant FCA US LLC 

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION 

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AUBURN CARPENTER, 

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others similarly situated, 

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Plaintiff, 

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FCA US LLC, a Delaware 

21 Limited Liability Corppal}y; ROBERT BOSCH GMBH, a 

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laws of Germany; and ROBERT 

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Limited Liability Company, 

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1 WHEREAS, on January 20, 2017, plaintiff Auburn Carpenter 

2 ("Plaintiff') filed a complaint (the "Complaint") against FCA US LLC ("FCA"), 

3 Robert Bosch LLC, and Robert Bosch GmbH (together, "Defendants"); 1 

4 WHEREAS, Plaintiff alleges in the Complaint that Defendants made 

5 false representations concerning vehicle emissions and fuel efficiency concerning 

6 model year 2014-2016 Dodge Ram 1500 and model year 2014-2016 Jeep Grand 

7 Cherokee vehicles equipped with "EcoDiesel" engines (see Dkt. 1 at 4); 

8 · WHEREAS, Plaintiff alleges that the vehicles were equipped with a 

9 so-called "defeat device" designed to limit emissions and increase fuel efficiency 

10 in testing conditions (see id. at 31 ); 

11 WHEREAS, Plaintiff purports to bring suit on behalf of a national, 

12 putative class of purchasers and lessees of the Dodge Ram 1500 and the Jeep 

13 Grand Cherokee vehicles with EcoDiesel engines (see id. at 56-57); 

14 WHEREAS, at least eight other putative class action lawsuits (with 

15 the instant action, the "Actions") have been filed against FCA and/or Defendants 

16 making similar allegations concerning false representations of fuel efficiency and 

1 7 vehicle emissions in FCA vehicles with diesel engines that were allegedly 

18 equipped with "defeat devices,"2 and additional such suits may be filed in the 

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20 WHEREAS, plaintiffs in one of the Actions, Warren v. FCA US LLC, 

21 No. 17-cv-00059, have filed a motion with the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict 

22 Litigation ("JPML") requesting Transfer and Centralization of all Related Cases 

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1 By entering into this stipulation, Defendants do not waive, and expressly 24 preserve, all defenses, including all defenses concerning jurisdiction, service or 

otherwise. 25 

2 Stephens v. FCA US LLC et al., No. 17-cv-00040 (M.D. Ala.); Warren v. 

26 FCA US LLC et al., No. 17-cv-00059 (N.D. Ala.)~, Chavez v. FCA [/S LLC et al., 

27 No. 16-cv-06909 (N.D. Cal.); Fasching v. FCA uS LLC et al., No. 17-cv-00231 

(N.D. Cal.t Walker v. FCA US LLC eta!:.;.. No. 17-cv-00405 (N.D. Cal.); Kitchel v. 

28 F'CA US LLC et al.l< No. 17-cv-00538 (N.u. Cal.)i ~ebastian v. FCA US LLC et al.; 

No. 17-cv-00085 ~S.D. Cal.); Marlatt v. FCA uS LLC et al., No. 17-cv-0009o 

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1 (and any future-filed "tag -along" actions), including the instant action, for 

2 coordinated or consolidated pretrial proceedings in a multidistrict litigation 

3 ("MDL"; the "MDL Motion"), see In re Chrysler-Dodge-Jeep EcoDiesel Mktg., 

4 Sales Practices, and Prods. Liab. Litig., MDL No. 2777 (J.P.M.L. filed February 9, 

5 2017) (Dkt. No. 1 ); 

6 WHEREAS, FCA intends to file a brief with the JPML supporting 

7 centralization of the Actions, including the instant action, and any "tag-along" 

8 cases in one district for consolidated pre-trial proceedings; 

9 WHEREAS, the MDL Motion has been set for the next JPML 

10 Hearing Session on March 30, 2017; 

11 WHEREAS, the parties have met and conferred and agree that the 

- 12 requested stay during the pendency of the MDL Motion would save judicial and 

13 party resources; 

14 WHEREAS, if the MDL Motion is withdrawn and no Defendant 

15 thereafter (within two weeks of withdrawal) files its own motion with the JPML 

16 requesting transfer and centralization of all Actions (and any future-filed "tag1 7 along" actions), including the instant action, for coordinated or consolidated 

18 pretrial proceedings in an MDL, the parties agree that the stay of this action should 

19 be immediately lifted; and 

20 WHEREAS, should a stay order not be entered in any other related 

21 case, either party may move to lift the stay of this action. 

22 NOW, THEREFORE, the parties, by and through their undersigned 

23 attorneys, hereby stipulate and request that the Court enter an Order staying all 

24 proceedings and cancelling any deadlines in this action until further order of the 

25 Court after the JPML has decided whether to centralize the Actions, including the 

26 instant action, in an MDL proceeding. 

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Dated: 

Dated: 

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February 14, 2017 

Respectfully and jointly submitted, 

o ert . 1u ra, r. ro ac vice 

forthcoming) 

giuffrar@sullcrom.com 

William '13. Monahan (pro hac vice 

monahanw sullcrom.com forthcomin~ 

Darrell S. afasso (pro hac vice 

forthcoming) 

cafassod@sullcrom.com 

SULLIVAN & CROMWELL LLP 

125 Broad Street 

New York, New York 10004 

Telephone: (212) 558-4000 

Facsimile: (212) 558-3588 

Kyle Niemi (SBN 4147849) 

niemik{a),sullcrom.com 

SULLI\1 AN & CROMWELL LLP 

1870 Embarcadero Road 

Palo Alto, California 94303 

Telephone: (650) 461-5600 

Facsimile: (650) 461-7700 

Counselfor Defendant FCA US LLC 

ermlSSIOn 

Counsel for Defendant Robert Bosch 

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teve . erman ro ac vice 

steve@hbsslaw. com 

Jessica M. Thompson (pro hac vice) 

jessicat@hbsslaw.com 

HAGENS BERMAN SOBOL SHAPIRO 

LLP . 1918 Eighth Avenue, Suite 3300 

Seattle, WA 98101 

Telephone: (206) 623-7292 

Facsimile: (206) 623-0594 

Shana E. Scarlett (SBN 217895) 

HAGENS BERMAN SOBOL SHAPIRO 

LLP 

715 Hearst Avenue, Suite 202 

Berkeley, California 94710 

Telephone: (510) 725-3000 

Facsimile: (51 0) 725-3001 

shanas@hbsslaw. com 

Peter B. Fredman (189097) 

LAW OFFICE OF PETER FREDMAN 

PC 

125 University Ave;_ Suite 102 

Berkeley, CA 947lv 

Telephone: (51 0) 868-2626 

Facsimile: (51 0) 868-2627 

peter@peterfredmanlaw .com 

Christopher A. Seeger (pro hac vice to be 

filed) 

SEEGER WEISS LLP 

77 Water Street 

New York, NY 10005 

Telephone: (212) 584-0700 

Facsimile: (212) 584-0799 

cseeger@seegerweiss. com 

James E. Cecchi 

CARELLA BYRNE CECCHI 

OLSTEIN f3RODY & AGNELLO, P.C. 

5 Becker Farm Road 

Roseland, NJ 07068 

Telephone: (973) 994-1700 

Facsimile: (973) 994-1744 

jcecchi@carellabyrne.com 

Robert C. Hilliard (pro hac vice to be 

filed) 

HILLIARD MUNOZ GONZALES LLP 

719 S. Shoreline Blvd., Suite 500 

Corpus Christi TX 78401 

Teleghone: (361) 882-1612 bob~hmglawfirm.com 

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Jeffrey S. Goldenberg_ _ GOLDENBERG SCHNEIDER L.P.A. 

One West Fourth Street, 18th Ffoor 

Cincinnati, Ohio 45202-3604 

Telephone: (513) 345-8297 

Facsimile: (513) 345-8294 

jgoldenberg@gs-legal.com 

E. Powell Miller (oro hac vice to be filed) 

THE MILLER LAW FIRM PC 

950 W. Universicy Dr., Ste. 300 

Rochester, Michigan 48307 

Telephone: (248) 841-2200 

Facsimile: (248) 652-2852 

epm@millerlawpc.com 

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ATTESTATION (CIVIL LOCAL RULE 5-l(i)(3)) 

In accordance with Civil Local Rule 5-1 (i)(3), I attest that 

concurrence in the filing of this document has been obtained from the signatories. 4 

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