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11 || Attorneys for Plaintiffs
JOYCE WALKER, KIM BRUCE HOWLETT, 12 | and MURIEL SPOONER, on behalf of themselves 13 || and all others similarly situated
14 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 15 CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 16
!7 | JOYCE WALKER, KIM BRUCE CLASS ACTION
HOWLETT, and MURIEL "= SPOONER, on behalf of themselves CASE NO.: CV 10-9198 JVS (RNBx)
19 || and all others similarly situated, Formerly Case No.: 3:10-cv -04852 — JSW from Northern District of CA 20 Plaintiffs, JOINT STIPULATION
21 v. REGARDING THE CLASS : Cerin AD PRET NG
LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY OF 53 | THE SOUTHWEST, a Texas LIMITATIONS
corporation, 24
Defendant.
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Pursuant to Local Rule 7-1, Plaintiffs Joyce Walker, Kim Bruce Howlett, and Muriel Spooner (“Plaintiffs”) and Defendant Life Insurance Company of the Southwest (“LSW’”’) (collectively, the “parties’’), by and between their undersigned counsel, submit the following stipulation:
WHEREAS, pursuant to the Amended Pretrial Scheduling Order, entered by the Court on November 9, 2011, Plaintiffs’ motion for class certification (the “Class Motion’’) is due to be filed on or before May 14, 2012;
WHEREAS, the Amended Pretrial Scheduling Order contemplates that “the parties [may] stipulate and the Court [may] approve[] an alternative [hearing] date and briefing schedule in advance of the class certification motion deadline”;
WHEREAS, the parties wish to extend the briefing schedule on Plaintiffs’ Class Motion to permit sufficient time to prepare briefs in opposition and in reply thereto;
WHEREAS, the parties also wish to lengthen the presumptive page limitation of 25 pages to permit sufficient space in which to present a thorough analysis of the issues pertaining to Plaintiffs’ Class Motion;
WHEREAS, the parties met and conferred regarding the class certification briefing schedule and page limitations;
WHEREAS, good cause exists to extend the briefing schedule on Plaintiffs’ Motion and to lengthen the presumptive page limitation;
IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED AND AGREED, by and between the undersigned counsel for the parties:
1. LSW’s brief in opposition to Plaintiffs’ Class Motion shall be filed on or before July 13, 2012, and Plaintiffs’ reply brief in support of their Class Motion shall be filed on or before August 24, 2012.
2 Plaintiffs’ memorandum of law in support of their Class Motion, and LSW’s memorandum of law in opposition to Plaintiffs’ Class Motion, shall not
exceed 60 pages in length, excluding indices and exhibits. Plaintiffs’ reply
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memorandum of law in support of their Class Motion shall not exceed 40 pages in length, excluding indices and exhibits.
3. Subject to the Court’s approval and availability, the hearing on Plaintiffs’ Class Motion shall be set for Monday, September 10, 2012 at 1:30 p.m.
DATED: April 30, 2012 KASOWITZ BENSON TORRES & FRIEDMAN LLP
By: /s/ Brian P. Brosnahan Brian P. Brosnahan
Attorneys For Plaintiffs
JOYCE WALKER, KIM BRUCE HOWLETT, and MURIEL SPOONER, on behalf of themselves and all others similarly situated
WILMER CUTLER PICKERING HALE AND DORR LLP
By: /s/ Jonathan A. Shapiro Jonathan A. Shapiro
Attorneys For Defendant LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY OF THE SOUTHWEST
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