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07cv0705 JAH(GAB)
Don Howarth, State Bar No. 53783
Suzelle M. Smith, State Bar No. 113992
HOWARTH & SMITH
523 West Sixth Street, Suite 728
Los Angeles, California 90014
Telephone: (213) 955-9400
Facsimile: (213) 622-0791
Email: dhowarth@howarth-smith.com
Attorneys for Defendant
THE PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
ROBERT PAYNE and STEVE
BARTILUCCI,
Plaintiffs,
vs.
MENU FOODS, INC., a New Jersey
corporation, PETCO ANIMAL SUPPLIES,
INC.; a Delaware corporation, SAFEWAY,
INC., a Delaware corporation, THE
PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY, a Ohio
corporation, and DOES 1 through 50,
Defendants.
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CASE NO. 07cv0705 JAH(GAB)
Honorable John A. Houston
JOINT MOTION FOR EXTENSION
OF TIME TO FILE RESPONSIVE
PLEADING
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Pursuant to CivLR 12.1 of the Local Rules of Practice for United States District
Court, Southern District of California, Defendant The Procter & Gamble Company
(“Defendant”) and Plaintiffs Robert Payne and Steve Bartilucci (“Plaintiffs”), hereby jointly
move for an order extending the time for Defendant to file its response to Plaintiffs’
Complaint. The parties jointly request that the deadline for filing Defendant’s First
Responsive pleading be extended from May 29, 2007 to June 11, 2007.
Good cause exists for granting an extension. Defendant filed a previous joint motion
to extend its time to respond until May 29, which the Court granted. At the time, Defendant
had not made an appearance in the case and did not have notice that Menu Foods, Inc. had
filed a motion to stay all proceedings. Since then, Defendant has conferred with Menu
Foods and on May 14, 2007, Defendant filed a joinder in Menu Foods’ Motion to Stay. The
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