Free Motion to Stay - District Court of California - California

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Joseph N. Kravec, Jr. (Admitted Pro Hac Vice) SPECTER SPECTER EVANS & MANOGUE, P.C. The 26th Floor Koppers Building Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15219 Tel: (412) 642-2300 Fax: (412) 642-2309 E-mail: [email protected] Michael D. Braun (167416) BRAUN LAW GROUP, P.C. 12304 Santa Monica Blvd., Suite 109 Los Angeles, CA 90025 Tel: (310) 442-7755 Fax: (310) 442-7756 E-mail: [email protected] Ira Spiro (67641) SPIRO MOSS BARNESS, LLP 11377 West Olympic Blvd., Fifth Floor Los Angeles, CA 90064-1683 Tel: (310) 235-2468 Fax: (310) 235-2456 E-mail: [email protected] Janet Lindner Spielberg (221926) LAW OFFICES OF JANET LINDNER SPIELBERG 12400 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 400 Los Angeles, CA 90025 Tel: (310) 392-8801 Fax: (310) 278-5938 E-mail: [email protected]

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Attorneysfor Plaintiffs
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA SAN JOSE DIVISION

) SIDNEY SCHOLL and FELTON A. SPEARS, JR., on behalf of themselves and ) ) all others similarly situated, ) Plaintiffs, ) ) ) v.
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CASE NO.: 5:08-CV-00868 RMW CLASS ACTION PLAINTIFFS' NOTICE OF MOTION TO STAY PROCEEDINGS DATE: TIME: CTRM: July 25, 2008 9:00 a.m. 6, 4th Floor

WASHINGTON MUTUAL BANK, FA (aka) WASHINGTON MUTUAL BANK); FIRST) AMERICAN EAPPRAISEIT, a Delaware ) ) corporation; and LENDER'S SERVICE, ) INC., ) ) Defendants. )

PLAINTIFFS' NOTICE OF MOTION TO STAY PROCEEDINGS

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THE COURT, ALL PARTIES AND THEIR COUNSEL OF RECORD: PLEASE TAKE NOTICE THAT: On July 25, 2008 at 9:00 a.m., or as soon thereafter as

the matter may be heard by the Court in the Courtroom of the Honorable Ronald M. Whyte, Courtroom 6, Fourth Floor, United States District Court, 280 South First Street, San Jose, California

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95113, Plaintiffs Sidney Scholl and Felton A. Spears, Jr. ("Plaintiffs"), will, and hereby do, move
the Court for an Order to stay the proceedings. This Motion is made pursuant to Plaintiffs' separately filed motion to transfer this matter to MDL No. 1919 and upon the grounds that, granting a stay, will serve the interests ofjudicial economy and prevent hardship to the parties. This Motion is based on this Notice of Motion; the attached Memorandum of Points and Authorities in Support of the Motion; the allegations in the Complaint; and such matters and arguments as may come before the Court.

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Dated: June 20, 2008

Michael D. Braun BRAUN LAW GROUP, P.C.

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lsi Michael D. Braun Michael D. Braun 12304 Santa Monica Blvd., Suite 109 Los Angeles, CA 90025 Tel: (310) 442-7755 Fax: (310) 442-7756
Joseph N. Kravec, Jr. (Admitted Pro Hac Vice) SPECTER SPECTER EVANS & MANOGUE, P.C. The 26th Floor Koppers Building Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15219 Tel: (412) 642-2300 Fax: (412) 642-2309 Ira Spiro SPIRO MOSS BARNESS, LLP 11377 West Olympic Blvd., Fifth Floor Los Angeles, CA 90064-1683 Tel: (310) 235-2468 Fax: (310) 235-2456

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Janet Lindner Spielberg LAW OFFICES OF JANET LINDNER SPIELBERG 12400 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 400 Los Angeles, CA 90025 Tel: (310) 392-8801 Fax: (310) 278-5938

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PROOF OF SERVICE STATE OF CALIFORNIA COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES ) )ss.: )

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I am employed in the county of Los Angeles, State of California, I am over the age of 18 and not a party to the within action; my business address is 12304 Santa Monica Boulevard, Suite 109, Los Angeles, CA 90025. On June 20,2008, using the Northern District of California's Electronic Case Filing System, with the ECF ID registered to Michael D. Braun, I filed and served the document(s) described as: PLAINTIFFS' NOTICE OF MOTION TO STAY PROCEEDINGS The ECF System is designed to automatically generate an e-mail message to all parties in the case, which constitutes service. According to the ECFIPACER system, for this case, the parties served are as follows: Christopher J. Clark, Esq. cj [email protected] [email protected], [email protected], [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected]

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Janet Lindner Spielberg, Esq. 14 Richard F. Hans, Esq. 15 Joseph N. Kravec, Jr., Esq. 16 Ira Spiro, Esq. 17 Martin L. Fineman, Esq. 18 19 20 Margaret Anne Keane, Esq. 21 Angela M. Papalaskaris, Esq. 22 Robert J. Pfister, Esq. 23 24 Jeffrey D. Rotenberg, Esq. 25 Stephen Michael Rummage, Esq. Laura Jean Fowler, Esq.

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On June 20, 2008, I served the document(s) described as:

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PLAINTIFFS' NOTICE OF MOTION TO STAY PROCEEDINGS
by placing a true copy(ies) thereof enclosed in a sealed envelope(s) addressed as follows: Kerry Ford Cunningham, Esq. Patrick J. Smith, Esq. THACHER PROFFITT & WOOD LLP Two World Financial Center New York, NY 10281 I served the above document(s) as follows: BY MAIL. I am familiar with the firm's practice of collection and processing correspondence for mailing. Under that practice it would be deposited with U.S. postal service on that same day with postage thereon fully prepaid at Los Angeles, California in the ordinary course of business. I am aware that on motion of the party served, service is presumed invalid if postal cancellation date or postage meter date is more than one day after date of deposit for mailing in an affidavit. I am employed in the office of a member of the bar of this Court at whose direction the service was made. I declare under penalty of perjury under the laws of the United States that the above is true and correct. Executed on June 20, 2008, at Los Angeles, California 90025.

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/S/ LEITZA MOLINAR Leitza Molinar

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