Free Motion to Stay - District Court of California - California

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James A. Lico, Bar No. 169017 [email protected] Eliot A. Adelson, Bar No. 205284 [email protected] KIRKLAND & ELLIS LLP 555 California Street San Francisco, CA 94104 Telephone: 415-439-1400 Facsimile: 415-439-1500 Attorneys for Plaintiffs Bradford and Garman Andrew K. Jacobson, Bar No. 148583 [email protected] Bay Oak Law 180 Grand Ave., Suite 700 Oakland, CA 94612 Telephone: 510-208-5500 Facsimile: 510-208-5511 Attorney for Defendant Jennifer Ehee IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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JOINT MOTION TO STAY PROCEEDINGS CASE NO. C07-04747 SI

KEVIN BRADFORD (individually and as trustee for the Mackenzie Bradford Trust, that Gage Bradford Trust and the Morgan Bradford Trust) and RICHARD GARMAN,

Case No. 3:07-CV-04747-SI JOINT MOTION TO STAY PROCEEDINGS

EDWARD SEWON EHEE, VIPER CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC; COMPASS FUND MANAGEMENT, LLC, ROBERT EHEE, ALBERT EHEE, JENNIFER EHEE and DOES 1-20.,

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Plaintiffs Kevin Bradford (individually and as trustee for the Mackenzie Bradford Trust, the Madison Bradford Trust, the Gage Bradford Trust and the Morgan Bradford Trust) and Richard Garman, and defendant Jennifer Ehee (jointly, the "Active Parties"), hereby move the Court to stay these proceedings. Defendants Jennifer Ehee and Albert Ehee are the only defendants that have been served in this action. Both were served when this matter was in the San Francisco Superior Court. Albert Ehee did not file an answer. Plaintiffs filed a request for entry of default in San Francisco Superior Court, but before the hearing to prove up the default, this matter was removed by Jennifer Ehee to this Court. On February 1, 2008 there was a limited settlement in Roosevelt Fund v. Edward Ehee, C06-07270. On March 4, 2008 other related actions related to Edward Ehee were referred back to the Bankruptcy Court after a judgment was entered against Edward Ehee in C-06-06966 SI, Securities and Exchange Commission v. Viper Capital Management, LLC, et alia. This case was not referred back. The Active Parties respectfully suggest that the Court enter an order that this action stayed until the conclusion of the actions that have been referred back to the Bankruptcy Court. The Active Parties believe that a resolution of the bankruptcy actions may remove the necessity of proceeding with this action.

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Dated: April 4, 2008

Respectfully submitted, Kirkland & Ellis LLP

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/s/ Eliot A. Adelson James A. Lico Eliot A. Adelson Attorneys for Plaintiffs BRADFORD AND GARMAN

Dated: April 4, 2008

Bay Oak Law

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/s/ Andrew K. Jacobson Andrew K. Jacobson 1 Attorney for Defendant JENNIFER EHEE

I, Eliot Adelson, hereby attest, pursuant to General Order 45, Section X.B, that concurrence in the filing of the document has been obtained from the other signatory. JOINT MOTION TO STAY PROCEEDINGS CASE NO. C07-04747 SI

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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

I hereby certify that on April 4, 2008, I electronically filed the foregoing with the Clerk of the Court using the CM/ECF system, which will send notification of such filing to the e-mail address registered, as denoted on the attached Electronic Mail Notice List.

/s /Adrienne J. Levin

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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 Eliot A. Adelson [email protected] Counsel for Plaintiffs James A. Lico [email protected]

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Counsel for Defendant Jennifer Ehee Andrew K. Jacobson [email protected]

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