STIPULATION REGARDING BRIEFING SCHEDULE ON DEFENDANT'S MOTION TO DISMISS AND DEFENDANT'S MOTION TO STRIKE CLASS ALLEGATIONS; DECLARATION OF GUY B. WALLACE PURSUANT TO L.R. 6-2 (a)

SAMUEL CONTI, District Judge.

WHEREAS, on July 29, 2013, Plaintiff Arville Winans commenced an action in the Superior Court for the State of California for the County of Alameda entitled Arville Winans, by and through his Guardian ad litem, Renee Moulton, on his own behalf and on behalf of others similarly situated v. Emeritus Corporation and Does 1 through 100, Case No. RG 13689560 (the "State Court Action"), and served process on Defendant Emeritus Corporation on July 30, 2013;

WHEREAS, on August 27, 2013, Defendant petitioned to remove the State Court Action to this Court;

WHEREAS, on August 30, 2013, the parties agreed that Defendant would be given until September 26, 2013 to answer, move, or otherwise respond to the Complaint;

WHEREAS, on September 26, 2013, Defendant filed a Motion to Dismiss Plaintiff's Complaint;

WHEREAS, on September 26, 2013, the parties agreed to a briefing schedule to allow Plaintiff four weeks to oppose the Motion to Dismiss or, alternatively, to amend his Complaint;

WHEREAS, on October 25, 2013, Plaintiff filed his First Amended Complaint;

WHEREAS, on December 6, 2013, Defendant filed a Motion to Dismiss Plaintiff's First Amended Complaint pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 12(b)(6) as well as a Motion to Strike Plaintiff's Class Allegations pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 12(f);

WHEREAS, Plaintiff is presently due to file his oppositions to Defendant's two pending motions on January 17, 2014, but requires a short one week extension of time to do so for the reasons set forth in the Declaration of Guy B. Wallace below;

NOW, THEREFORE, Plaintiff and Defendant, by and through their counsel of record and subject to Court approval, hereby stipulate that:

1. Plaintiff shall file his oppositions to Defendant's Motion to Dismiss and Defendant's Motion to Strike Class Allegations on or before January 24, 2014;

2. Defendant shall file its replies in support of its Motion to Dismiss and its Motion to Strike Class Allegations on or before February 7, 2014;

The e-filing attorney hereby attests that he retains on file all holographic signatures corresponding to any signatures indicated by a conformed signature (/S/) within this e-filed document.

IT IS SO STIPULATED.

PURSUANT TO STIPULATION, IT IS SO ORDERED.