Free Motion for Miscellaneous Relief - District Court of California - California

Case 5:08-cv-00868-RMW

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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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Attorneys/or 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,

CASE NO.: 5:08-CV-00868 RMW CLASS ACTION PLAINTIFFS' UNOPPOSED MOTION FOR ADMINISTRATIVE RELIEF REQUESTING LEAVE TO FILE A SINGLE FORTY (40) PAGE BRIEF IN OPPOSITION TO TWO SEPARATE BRIEFS FILED BY DEFENDANTS WASHINGTON MUTUAL, INC. AND FIRST AMERICAN EAPPRAISEIT

Plaintiffs, v.

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WASHINGTON MUTUAL BANK, FA (aka) WASHINGTON MUTUAL BANK); FIRST) AMERICAN EAPPRAISEIT, a Delaware ) corporation; and LENDER'S SERVICE, ) INC., )
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PLTFFS' UNOPPOSED MX FOR ADMINISTRATIVE RELIEF REQUESTING LEAVE TO FILE A SINGLE FORTY (40) PAGE BRIEF IN OPP TO TWO SEPARATE BRIEFS FILED BY DEFTS WASHINGTON MUTUAL, INC. AND FIRST AMERICAN EAPPRAISEIT

CASE NO.: 5:08-CV-00868 RMW

Case 5:08-cv-00868-RMW

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On May 2, 2008 Defendants Washington Mutual Bank, FA ("WMB") and

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First American Eappraiseit ("Eappraiseit") filed Motions to Dismiss Plaintiffs' First Amended Complaint ("FAC"). Plaintiffs' Opposition to the aforementioned motions to dismiss must be filed on June 25, 2008. The Motions to Dismiss filed by Defendants Eappraiseit and WMB, contain a number of overlapping arguments such that it would be more efficient for Plaintiffs

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On June 18, 2008, Plaintiffs' counsel conferred with counsel for Defendants regarding Plaintiffs' intention to seek leave to file a single oversized brief. Defendants agreed to this request. "[D]uring the course of case proceedings a party may require a Court order with respect to miscellaneous administrative matters, not otherwise governed by a federal statute, Federal or local rule or standing order of the assigned judge. These motions would include matters such as motions to exceed otherwise applicable page limitations...." L.R. 7-11. Local Rule 7-4 provides that an opposition brief may not be longer than twenty five (25) pages in length. As both, EA and WMB, have each filed separate briefs, under the Local Rules, Plaintiffs would be entitled to separately respond with two twenty five (25) page briefs. Although Plaintiffs are entitled to a total of fifty (50) pages, as a matter of economy and efficiency, Plaintiffs seek to file a single brief of only forth (40) pages. Defendants have stipulated to this request, which Plaintiffs now respectfully request the Court to approve.

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CONCLUSION For the foregoing reasons, Plaintiffs respectfully request that the Court grant

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their Motion.

Dated: June 19,2008

Janet Lindner Spielber LAW OFFICES OF JANET LINDNER SPIELBERG By:

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lsi Janet Lindner Spielberg Janet Lindner Spielber 12400 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 400 Los Angeles, CA 90025 Tel: (310) 392-8801 Fax: (310) 278-5938
Michael D. Braun BRAUN LAW GROUP, P.C. 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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PROOF OF SERVICE
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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 19,2008, 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:

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PLAINTIFFS' UNOPPOSED MOTION FOR ADMINISTRATIVE RELIEF REQUESTING LEAVE TO FILE A SINGLE FORTY (40) PAGE BRIEF IN OPPOSITION TO TWO SEPARATE BRIEFS FILED BY DEFENDANTS WASHINGTON MUTUAL, INC. AND FIRST AMERICAN EAPPRAISEIT
The ECF System is designed to automatically generate an e-mail message to all parties in the case, which constitutes service. According to the ECF/PACER system, for this case, the parties served are as follows: Christopher J. Clark, Esq. Sam N. Dawood, Esq. [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] 3
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Janet Lindner Spielberg, Esq. Richard F. Hans, Esq. Joseph N. Kravec, Jr., Esq. Ira Spiro, Esq. Martin L. Fineman, Esq. Laura Jean Fowler, Esq.

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Margaret Anne Keane, Esq. Angela M. Papalaskaris, Esq. Robert J. Pfister, Esq.

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Jeffrey D. Rotenberg, Esq. Stephen Michael Rummage, Esq.

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Kevin C. Wallace, Esq.

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PLAINTIFFS' UNOPPOSED MOTION FOR ADMINISTRATIVE RELIEF REQUESTING LEAVE TO FILE A SINGLE FORTY (40) PAGE BRIEF IN OPPOSITION TO TWO SEPARATE BRIEFS FILED BY DEFENDANTS WASHINGTON MUTUAL, INC. AND FIRST AMERICAN EAPPRAISEIT
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 19,2008, at Los Angeles, California 90025.

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/S/ LEITZA MOLINAR Leitza Molinar

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