Peralta et al v. Countrywide Homes Loans, Inc. et al, No. 4:2009cv03288 - Document 24 (N.D. Cal. 2009)

Court Description: ORDER Granting re 21 Stipulation Extending deadline for Defendants Countrywide Home Loans, Inc. F/K/A Americas Wholesale Lender, Countrywide Home Loans, Inc., and Countrywide Bank, FSB to respond to first amended complaint, filed by Countrywide Homes Loans, Inc., Countrywide Bank, FSB, Countrywide Home Loans, Inc.. Signed by Judge Phyllis J. Hamilton on 8/21/09. (sv, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 8/21/2009)

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Peralta et al v. Countrywide Homes Loans, Inc. et al Doc. 24 Case3:09-cv-03288-PJH Document21 Filed08/19/09 Page1 of 8 1 BROOKS R. BROWN (SBN 250724) bbrown@goodwinprocter.com 2 GOODWIN PROCTER LLP 10250 Constellation Blvd. 3 Los Angeles, California 90067 Tel.: 310.788.5100 4 Fax: 310.286.0992 5 ROBERT B. BADER (SBN 233165) rbader@goodwinprocter.com 6 GOODWIN PROCTER LLP Three Embarcadero Center, 24th Floor 7 San Francisco, California 94111 Tel.: 415.733.6000 8 Fax: 415.677.9041 9 Attorneys for Defendants: Countrywide Home Loans, Inc. f/k/a Americas Wholesale Lender, 10 Countrywide Home Loans, Inc., and Countrywide Bank, FSB Goodwin Procter LLP 10250 Constellation Blvd. Los Angeles, California 90067 11 12 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 13 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 14 SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION 15 DOROTHY PERALTA, STEVEN S. Case No. C 09-03288 PJH 16 BIGVERDI, and JAMES MOSCOSO, on behalf of themselves and others similarly 17 situated, 18 19 Plaintiffs, v. 20 COUNTRYWIDE HOME LOANS, INC. f/k/a AMERICAS WHOLESALE LENDER, 21 COUNTRYWIDE HOME LOANS, INC., and COUNTRYWIDE BANK, FSB; and STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER EXTENDING DEADLINE FOR DEFENDANTS COUNTRYWIDE HOME LOANS, INC. F/K/A AMERICAS WHOLESALE LENDER, COUNTRYWIDE HOME LOANS, INC. AND COUNTRYWIDE BANK, FSB TO RESPOND TO FIRST AMENDED COMPLAINT 22 DOES 1 through 200, inclusive, Removed from Alameda County Superior Court, Case No. RG 09455493 23 Judge: Hon. Phyllis J. Hamilton Defendants. 24 25 26 27 28 STIPULATION EXTENDING DEADLINE Case No. C 09-03288 JL Dockets.Justia.com Case3:09-cv-03288-PJH Document21 1 Filed08/19/09 Page2 of 8 Pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 6(b) and Local Rule 6-1, plaintiffs Dorothy Peralta, Steven S. 2 Bigverdi and James Moscoso (collectively, “Plaintiffs”) and defendants named as Countrywide 3 Home Loans, Inc., Countrywide Home Loans, Inc. f/k/a America’s Wholesale Lender, and 4 Countrywide Bank, FSB (collectively, the “Countrywide Defendants”) (the Countrywide 5 Defendants, together, with Plaintiffs, the “Parties”), through their undersigned counsel, hereby 6 stipulate as follows: 7 WHEREAS, on June 2, 2009, Plaintiffs filed their Class Action Complaint for: Fraudulent 8 Omissions, Violation of Bus. & Prof. Code § 17200, et seq., Breach of Contract, and Tortious 9 Breach of the Covenant of Good Faith and Fair Dealing (“Complaint”) in the Superior Court of 10 California, Alameda County (the “State Court Action”); 11 WHEREAS, on June 18, 2009, Plaintiffs filed their First Amended Class Action Complaint 12 for: Fraudulent Omissions, Violation of Bus. & Prof. Code § 17200, et seq., Breach of Contract, 13 and Tortious Breach of the Covenant of Good Faith and Fair Dealing (“FAC”) in the State Court 14 Action; 15 WHEREAS, service of the Complaint was not effected upon the Countrywide Defendants; 16 WHEREAS, on or about July 16, 2009, Plaintiffs effected service of the FAC upon 17 Countrywide Home Loans, Inc.; 18 WHEREAS, before service of the FAC was effected upon the remaining Countrywide 19 Defendants, they timely removed the State Court Action to this Court pursuant to 28 U.S.C. §§ 20 1331 and 1332, as amended in relevant part by the Class Action Fairness Act of 2005 and 21 authorized by 28 U.S.C. §§ 1367, 1441 and 1453 on July 17, 2009; 22 WHEREAS, under Fed. R. Civ. P. 81(c)(2), Countrywide Home Loans, Inc.’s time to 23 answer or otherwise plead in response following the removal was at least twenty (20) days after 24 service of the FAC. Fed. R. Civ. P. 81(c)(2); 25 WHEREAS, inasmuch as service had not been effected upon the remaining Countrywide 26 Defendants at the time of the removal, the Countrywide Defendants’ counsel contacted Plaintiffs’ 27 counsel on July 20, 2009 to discuss a mutually agreeable date for the Countrywide Defendants to 28 answer or otherwise plead in response to the FAC; 1 STIPULATION EXTENDING DEADLINE Case No. 3:09-CV-03288-PJH Case3:09-cv-03288-PJH Document21 1 Filed08/19/09 Page3 of 8 WHEREAS, as a result of that conference and to ensure a coordinated response date, 2 Plaintiffs and the Countrywide Defendants agreed that the Countrywide Defendants should have 3 up to and including August 24, 2009 to answer or otherwise plead in response to the FAC; 4 WHEREAS, Plaintiffs and the Countrywide Defendants filed a Stipulation setting forth 5 their agreement on July 21, 2009. See Stipulation (July 21, 2009) (Docket No. 9); 6 WHEREAS, on August 19, 2009, the Countrywide Defendants’ requested, and Plaintiffs’ 7 counsel agreed to, a brief extension, up to and including September 1, 2009, of the current, agreed8 upon deadline for the Countrywide Defendants to answer or otherwise plead in response to the 9 FAC in light of a family medical emergency involving the mother one of its counsel, Robert B. 10 Bader, that has required him to travel out-of-state for an indefinite period; 11 WHEREAS, no party will be prejudiced by the stipulated-to extension of time; and 12 WHEREAS, this Stipulation is without prejudice to, or waiver of, any rights or defenses 13 otherwise available to the Parties in this action. 14 15 /// 16 17 /// 18 19 /// 20 21 /// 22 23 /// 24 25 26 27 28 2 STIPULATION EXTENDING DEADLINE Case No. 3:09-CV-03288-PJH Case3:09-cv-03288-PJH Document21 1 Filed08/19/09 Page4 of 8 NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED AND AGREED, between Plaintiffs, 2 by their undersigned counsel, and the Countrywide Defendants, by their undersigned counsel, that 3 the Countrywide Defendants shall have through and including September 1, 2009 to answer or 4 otherwise respond to the FAC in this action. 5 Respectfully submitted, 6 7 Dated: August 19, 2009 8 9 10 By: /s/ Brooks R. Brown Brooks R. Brown bbrown@goodwinprocter.com GOODWIN PROCTER LLP 10250 Constellation Blvd. Los Angeles, California 90067 Tel.: 310.788.5100 11 Robert B. Bader rbader@goodwinprocter.com GOODWIN PROCTER LLP Three Embarcadero Center, 24th Floor San Francisco, CA 94111 Tel.: 415.733.6000 12 13 14 Attorneys for Defendants: Countrywide Home Loans, Inc. f/k/a Americas Wholesale Lender; Countrywide Home Loans, Inc.; and Countrywide Bank, FSB 15 16 17 18 19 /// 20 21 /// 22 23 /// 24 25 /// 26 27 28 3 STIPULATION EXTENDING DEADLINE Case No. 3:09-CV-03288-PJH Case3:09-cv-03288-PJH Document21 1 Dated: August 19, 2009 /s/ David M. Arbogast David M. Arbogast, Esq. darbogast@law111.com Jeffrey K. Berns, Esq. jberns@jeffbernslaw.com ARBOGAST & BERNS, LLP 19510 Ventura Blvd., Suite 200 Tarzana, CA 91356 2 3 4 5 6 Gerson H. Smoger gersonsmoger@gmail.com Steven M. Bronson steven.bronson@gmail.com Mark T. Baller mark.baller@gmail.com SMOGER & ASSOCIATES 3175 Monterey Boulevard Oakland, CA 94602-3560 7 8 9 10 11 Jonathan Shub, Esq. jshub@seegerweiss.com Miriam L. Schimmel mschimmel@seegerweiss.com SEEGER WEISS LLP 1515 Market Street, Suite 1380 Philadelphia, PA 19102 12 13 14 15 Attorneys for Plaintiffs: Steven S. Bigverdi, Dorothy Peralta and James Moscoso 16 17 Filed08/19/09 Page5 of 8 /// 18 19 /// 20 21 /// 22 23 /// 24 25 /// 26 27 28 4 STIPULATION EXTENDING DEADLINE Case No. 3:09-CV-03288-PJH Case3:09-cv-03288-PJH Document21 1 2 Filed08/19/09 Page6 of 8 [PROPOSED] ORDER Pursuant to the foregoing Stipulation Extending Time, and for good cause having been 3 shown, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED THAT the Countrywide Defendants shall have up to and 4 including September 1, 2009 to answer or otherwise plead in response to the FAC.S DISTRIC H ER N F D IS T IC T O HON. PHYLLIS J. HAMILTON R United States District Court Judge 9 n Hamilto RT 2009 August 21, 2009 8 Dated: ____________________, R NIA hyllis J. Judge P FO NO 7 ERED O ORD IT IS S LI IT IS SO ORDERED. A S UNIT ED 6 TC RT U O 5 TE TA C 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 5 STIPULATION EXTENDING DEADLINE Case No. 3:09-CV-03288-PJH

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