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Stipulation and Order for Transfer of Action 

Patel v. Franklin Resources – No. CV 10 2746 CW 

Eric G. Wallis (SBN 67926) 

Email: Ewallis@reedsmith.com 

REED SMITH LLP

101 Second Street, Suite 1800 

San Francisco, CA 94105-3659 

Telephone: +1 415 543 8700 

Facsimile: +1 415 391 8269 

Attorneys for Defendants and Third-Party 

Plaintiffs 

Phillip F. Shinn (SBN 112051) 

Email: pshinn@foxrothschild.com 

FOX ROTHSCHILD LLP

235 Pine Street, Suite 1500 

San Francisco, CA 94104 

Telephone: +1 415 364-5540 

Facsimile: +1 415 391-4436 

Attorneys for Plaintiff and Third-Party 

Defendant 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

AMIT V. PATEL, 

 Plaintiff, 

v. 

FRANKLIN RESOURCES, INC. d/b/a 

Defendants TEMPLETON INVESTMENTS and 

BNY MELLON SHAREOWNER SERVICES, 

 Defendants. 

No. CV 10 2746 CW 

STIPULATION AND ORDER FOR 

TRANSFER OF ACTION PURSUANT TO 

28 U.S.C. SECTION 1404(a) 

Compl. Filed: June 23, 2010 

Honorable Claudia Wilken 

FRANKLIN RESOURCES, INC. AND 

MELLON INVESTOR SERVICE, LLC, 

 Third-Party Plaintiffs, 

v. 

VINU C. PATEL, 

 Third- Party Defendant. 

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Stipulation and Order for Transfer of Action 

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Plaintiff Amit V. Patel (Plaintiff) and Third-Party Defendant Vinu C. Patel (Vinu Patel), 

and Defendants and Third-Party Plaintiffs Franklin Resources, Inc. (Franklin) and Mellon Investor 

Services LLC (sued as “BNY Mellon Shareowner Services”) (Mellon) (Franklin and Mellon 

together, “Defendants”), submit this Stipulation and Order for Transfer of Action under 28 U.S.C. 

Section 1404(a): 

Whereas, Plaintiff is a resident of New Jersey; 

Whereas, Mellon has a place of business in New Jersey; 

Whereas, Defendants have filed a Third-Party Complaint for Indemnity and Contribution 

against Third-Party Defendant Vinu Patel; 

Whereas, Vinu Patel is a resident of New Jersey; 

Whereas, Vinu Patel contests personal jurisdiction over him in the United States District 

Court for the Northern District of California but concedes personal jurisdiction over him exists in 

the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey; 

Whereas, Defendants’ claims for indemnity and contribution against Vinu Patel may arise 

under the laws of the State of New Jersey; 

Whereas, Defendants have potential percipient witnesses who reside on the East Coast; 

Whereas, all parties desire that for the convenience of the parties and witnesses, and in the 

interest of justice, that this action be transferred to the United States District Court for the District 

of New Jersey; 

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IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED that an Order may be entered transferring this action to the 

United States District Court for the District of New Jersey under 28 U.S.C. Section 1404(a). 

DATED: November ___, 2010. 

REED SMITH LLP

By 

Eric G. Wallis 

Attorneys for Defendants and Third-Party 

Plaintiffs 

DATED: November ___, 2010. 

FOX ROTHSCHILD LLP

By 

Phillip F. Shinn 

Attorneys for Plaintiff and Third-Party Defendant 

Upon stipulation of the parties and for good cause shown, 

IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that this action be transferred, pursuant to 28 U.S.C. Section 

1404(a), to the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey. 

Dated: November 30, 2010. 

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 United States District Judge 

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