Opinion
No. 3:11-cv-02369-SI
10-24-2011
PIRELLI ARMSTRONG TIRE CORPORATION RETIREE MEDICAL BENEFITS TRUST, Derivatively on Behalf of WELLS & FARGO COMPANY, Plaintiff, v. JOHN G. STUMPF, et al., Defendants, - and - WELLS FARGO & COMPANY, a Delaware corporation, Nominal Defendant.
ROBBINS GELLER RUDMAN & DOWD LLP SHAWN A. WILLIAMS (213113) - and - TRAVIS E. DOWNS III (148274) BENNY C. GOODMAN III (211302) ERIC I. NIEHAUS (239023) Co-Lead Counsel for Plaintiffs BARRETT JOHNSTON, LLC GEORGE E. BARRETT DOUGLAS S. JOHNSTON, JR. TIMOTHY L. MILES HOWARD RICE NEMEROVSKI CANADY FALK & RABKIN A Professional Corporation GILBERT R. SEROTA SARAH A. GOOD MARC PRICE WOLF SARAH A. GOOD Attorneys for Defendants John G. Stumpf, Howard I. Atkins, John D. Baker II, John S. Chen, Lloyd H. Dean, Susan E. Engel, Enrique Hernandez, Jr., Donald M. James, Richard D. McCormick, Mackey J. McDonald, Cynthia H. Milligan, Nicholas G. Moore, Philip J. Quigley, Judith M. Runstad, Steven W. Sanger and Susan G. Swenson
ROBBINS GELLER RUDMAN
& DOWD LLP
SHAWN A. WILLIAMS (213113)
- and
TRAVIS E. DOWNS III (148274)
BENNY C. GOODMAN III (211302)
ERIC I. NIEHAUS (239023)
Co-Lead Counsel for Plaintiffs
BARRETT JOHNSTON, LLC
GEORGE E. BARRETT
DOUGLAS S. JOHNSTON, JR.
TIMOTHY L. MILES
(Consolidated)
STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER
ADJUSTING BRIEFING SCHEDULE ON
INDIVIDUAL DEFENDANTS' MOTION
TO DISMISS THE CONSOLIDATED
COMPLAINT AND MAINTAINING THE
HEARING DATE CURRENTLY SET FOR
JANUARY 27, 2012
WHEREAS, the parties to the above-captioned action hereby submit this Stipulation and [Proposed] Order Adjusting Briefing Schedule on Individual Defendants' Motion to Dismiss the Consolidated Complaint and Maintaining the Hearing Date Currently Set for January 27, 2012;
WHEREAS, on September 12, 2011, lead plaintiffs Pirelli Armstrong Tire Corporation Retiree Medical Benefits Trust and City of Westland Police and Fire Retirement System filed their Verified Consolidated Shareholder Derivative Complaint for Breach of Fiduciary Duty, Abuse of Control, Gross Mismanagement and Corporate Waste ("Consolidated Complaint") (Dkt. No. 59);
WHEREAS, on October 5, 2011, defendants John G. Stumpf, Howard I. Atkins, John D. Baker II, John S. Chen, Lloyd H. Dean, Susan E. Engel, Enrique Hernandez, Jr., Donald M. James, Richard D. McCormick, Mackey J. McDonald, Cynthia H. Milligan, Nicholas G. Moore, Philip J. Quigley, Judith M. Runstad, Stephen W. Sanger and Susan G. Swenson ("Individual Defendants"), filed their motion to dismiss the Consolidated Complaint;
WHEREAS, on September 28, 2011, the Court granted a stipulation and proposed order regarding the schedule for motions to dismiss, setting the hearing on the motion to dismiss and case management conference for December 9, 2011;
WHEREAS, on October 4, 2011, the parties submitted a stipulation and proposed order informing the Court of scheduling conflicts on December 9, 2011 and requesting that the Court continue the hearing on the motion to dismiss and case management conference from December 9, 2011 to January 27, 2012;
WHEREAS, on October 4, 2011, the Court entered the Stipulation and Order Continuing Hearing for Individual Defendants' Motion to Dismiss and Case Management Conference, setting the hearing on the motion for January 27, 2012 (Dkt. No. 64); and
WHEREAS, the parties have met and conferred and agreed, in light of the continued hearing date to January 27, 2012, to adjust the briefing schedule on the motion to dismiss while maintaining the hearing date of January 27, 2012.
NOW THEREFORE, the undersigned parties by and through their counsel of record hereby stipulate and agree as follows subject to the approval of the Court:
1. Plaintiffs' opposition to the Individual Defendants' motion to dismiss, currently scheduled to be filed on November 4, 2011, shall be extended to November 18, 2011;
2. Individual Defendants' reply in support of motion to dismiss currently scheduled to be filed on November 18, 2011 shall be extended to December 16, 2011; and
3. The date of January 27, 2012 for the hearing on defendants' motion to dismiss and case management conference shall remain unaltered.
DATED: October 21, 2011
ROBBINS GELLER RUDMAN
& DOWD LLP
SHAWN A. WILLIAMS
SHAWN A. WILLIAMS
Post Montgomery Center
ROBBINS GELLER RUDMAN
& DOWD LLP
TRAVIS E. DOWNS III
BENNY C. GOODMAN III
ERIC I. NIEHAUS
BARRETT JOHNSTON, LLC
GEORGE E. BARRETT
DOUGLAS S. JOHNSTON, JR.
TIMOTHY L. MILES
Co-Lead Counsel for Plaintiffs
HOWARD RICE NEMEROVSKI CANADY
FALK & RABKIN
A Professional Corporation
GILBERT R. SEROTA
SARAH A. GOOD
MARC PRICE WOLF
SARAH A. GOOD
Attorneys for Defendants
John G. Stumpf, Howard I. Atkins, John D. Baker
II, John S. Chen, Lloyd H. Dean, Susan E. Engel,
Enrique Hernandez, Jr., Donald M. James,
Richard D. McCormick, Mackey J. McDonald,
Cynthia H. Milligan, Nicholas G. Moore, Philip
J. Quigley, Judith M. Runstad, Steven W. Sanger
and Susan G. Swenson
I, Shawn Williams, am the ECF User whose ID and password are being used to file this Stipulation and [Proposed] Order Adjusting Briefing Schedule on the Individual Defendants' Motion to Dismiss the Consolidated Complaint. In compliance with General Order 45, X.B., I hereby attest that Sarah A. Good has concurred in this filing.
SHAWN A. WILLIAMS
PURSUANT TO STIPULATION, IT IS SO ORDERED.
THE HONORABLE SUSAN ILLSTON
UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE
CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
I hereby certify that on October 21, 2011, I authorized the electronic filing of the foregoing with the Clerk of the Court using the CM/ECF system which will send notification of such filing to the e-mail addresses denoted on the attached Electronic Mail Notice List, and I hereby certify that I caused to be mailed the foregoing document or paper via the United States Postal Service to the non-CM/ECF participants indicated on the attached Manual Notice List.
I certify under penalty of perjury under the laws of the United States of America that the foregoing is true and correct. Executed on October 21, 2011.
SHAWN A. WILLIAMS
ROBBINS GELLER RUDMAN
& DOWD LLP
CAND-ECF
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