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JIM MCCABE (CA SBN 104686) JMcCabe@mofo.com MORRISON & FOERSTER LLP 425 Market Street San Francisco, California 94105-2482 Telephone: 415.268.7000 Facsimile: 415.268.7522 MICHAEL B. MILLER (Pro Hac Vice) MBMiller@mofo.com MORRISON & FOERSTER LLP 1290 Avenue of the Americas New York, New York 10104-0050 Telephone: 212.468.8009 Facsimile: 212.468.7900 Attorneys for Reed Elsevier Inc., LexisNexis Risk and Information Analytics Group Inc., LexisNexis, Inc., LexisNexis Risk Solutions, Inc., LexisNexis ChoicePoint, Inc., LexisNexis Seisint, Inc., d/b/a Accurint, and LexisNexis Group Inc. UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA SOUTHERN DIVISION LISA LIBERI, et al., Plaintiffs, v. ORLY TAITZ, et al., Defendants. Honorable Judge Andrew J. Guilford First Amended Complaint Filed: June 17, 2011 Case No. 8:11-cv-00485-AG-AJW EX PARTE APPLICATION TO EXTEND TIME FOR LEXISNEXIS DEFENDANTS TO FILE THEIR MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT

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I.

EX PARTE APPLICATION

Pursuant to Local Rule L.R. 7-19, Defendants Reed Elsevier Inc., LexisNexis Risk and Information Analytics Group Inc., LexisNexis, Inc., LexisNexis Risk Solutions, Inc., LexisNexis ChoicePoint, Inc., Lexis Nexis Seisint, Inc., d/b/a Accurint, and LexisNexis Group, Inc. (collectively, the LexisNexis Defendants), by this ex parte Application, hereby request an Order extending time for the LexisNexis Defendants to file their motion for summary judgment on or by April 4, 2012.1 The LexisNexis Defendants seek expedited relief because there remains uncertainty as to the last day when such a motion may be filed according to the Court rules and procedure. Additionally, the LexisNexis Defendants have attempted to contact Plaintiffs counsel, Philip J. Berg, on numerous occasions since March 23, 2011, in order to stipulate to a continuance. Unfortunately, the LexisNexis Defendants still have not heard from Plaintiffs counsel and, thus, no agreement could be reached in time to avoid the need to file this Application. Good cause exists for the extension that the LexisNexis Defendants request. First, there is uncertainty as to the last day on which the LexisNexis Defendants may file their motion for summary judgment. Prior to the LexisNexis Defendants being named as parties to this action, the Court held an Early Scheduling Conference in which the Court set the following deadlines (see Docket No. 225): March 5, 2012, for discovery cutoff; May 21, 2012, for Pretrial Conference; and, June 5, 2012, for start of trial.2 The Scheduling Order did not set a deadline for dispositive motions and no On March 13, the Court granted the LexisNexis Defendants leave to file a motion for summary judgment. The LexisNexis Defendants noticed Plaintiffs depositions for dates in advance of the discovery cutoff date reflected in the Courts June 13, 2011 minutes, but the depositions were adjourned at Plaintiffs request and have yet to be scheduled.
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Local Rule imposes such a deadline. Applying Rule 56 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, which governs in the absence of a court order or local rule, the deadline to file a summary judgment motion in this matter is April 4, 2012, which is thirty days following the discovery cutoff. However, in an exchange of email correspondence with the Court, Court personnel suggested that any motions for summary judgment were to have been heard no later than April 16 (at least thirty days before the pretrial conference), and hence were required to be filed by March 19, 2012, absent an order shortening the briefing schedule. Second, the requested extension is unlikely to prejudice the other parties or delay the progress of this case. Since the initial Scheduling Conference, on October 3, 2011, this matter was stayed as to the Taitz Defendants in light of their Ninth Circuit appeal (see Docket No. 404). Similarly, on March 12, 2012, Defendants Neil Sankey and Sankey Investigations Inc. filed a Notice of Bankruptcy Filing and Stay (see Docket No. 473). Given the status of the proceedings and the fact that key parties will be unavailable at trial, there is strong likelihood that the trial and pretrial conference will need to be postponed. II. NOTICE TO PLAINTIFFS

On Thursday, March 22, 2012, Irene E. Pertsovsky, an associate with Morrison & Foerster LLP, counsel for the LexisNexis Defendants, emailed the Court Deputy Clerk, Lisa Bredahl, attaching a letter from Jim McCabe, a partner at Morrison & Foerster LLP, to the Court seeking leave to file the LexisNexis Defendants motion for summary judgment on or by April 4, 2012. All parties were carbon copied in that correspondence, including Mr. Berg. (Declaration of Irene Pertsovsky In Support of LexisNexis Defendants Ex Parte Application (Pertsovsky Decl.) 2, Ex. A.). On Friday, March 24, 2012, the Court Relief Clerk for Lisa Bredahl, Dwayne Roberts, responded to Ms. Pertsovsky by email stating that the LexisNexis Defendants request should be submitted to the Court in the form of a stipulation or a request to continue with a proposed order.
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(Pertsovsky Decl. 3, Ex. B). Ms. Pertsovsky promptly forwarded the correspondence from the Court clerk to Mr. Berg on the same day, March 24, 2012, inquiring whether Mr. Berg would agree to stipulate to an extension. (Pertsovsky Decl. 4, Ex. C.) Ms. Pertsovsky also attempted to reach Mr. Berg by telephone, calling both his cell and office telephone numbers. (Pertsovsky Decl. 5.) Plaintiffs counsel still has not responded to Ms. Pertsovskys inquiry. (Pertsovsky Decl. 6.) Additionally, on March 26, 2012, Jim McCabe emailed Mr. Berg a draft of a stipulation to which Mr. Berg still has not responded. (Pertsovsky Decl. 7.) Michael Miller, a partner at Morrison & Foerster LLP and counsel for the LexisNexis Defendants, again followed up by calling Mr. Berg on March 28, 2012, but was not able to reach him. (Pertsovsky Decl. 8.) Plaintiffs' Counsel is: Philip J. Berg philjberg@gmail.com Law Offices of Philip J. Berg 555 Andorra Glen Court, Suite 12 Lafayette Hill, PA 19444-2531 Telephone: (610) 825-3134 Facsimile: (610) 834-7659 III. CONCLUSION

In light of the foregoing, the LexisNexis Defendants respectfully request that the Court issue the proposed Order filed herewith and clarify that the LexisNexis Defendants may file their motion for summary judgment on or by April 4, 2012.

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Dated: March 29, 2012

JAMES F. MCCABE MORRISON & FOERSTER LLP

By: /s/ James F. McCabe James F. McCabe Attorneys for Defendants Reed Elsevier Inc., LexisNexis Risk and Information Analytics Group Inc., LexisNexis, Inc., LexisNexis Risk Solutions, Inc., LexisNexis ChoicePoint, Inc., LexisNexis Seisint, Inc., d/b/a Accurint, and LexisNexis Group Inc.

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JAMES F. MCCABE (CA SBN 104686) JMcCabe@mofo.com MORRISON & FOERSTER LLP 425 Market Street San Francisco, California 94105-2482 Telephone: 415.268.7000 Facsimile: 415.268.7522 MICHAEL B. MILLER (Pro Hac Vice) MBMiller@mofo.com MORRISON & FOERSTER LLP 1290 Avenue of the Americas New York, New York 10104-0050 Telephone: 212.468.8009 Facsimile: 212.468.7900 Attorneys for Reed Elsevier Inc., LexisNexis Risk and Information Analytics Group Inc., LexisNexis, Inc., LexisNexis Risk Solutions, Inc., LexisNexis ChoicePoint, Inc., LexisNexis Seisint, Inc., d/b/a Accurint, and LexisNexis Group Inc. UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA SOUTHERN DIVISION LISA LIBERI, et al., Plaintiffs, v. ORLY TAITZ, et al., Defendants. Case No. 8:11-cv-00485-AG-AJW DECLARATION OF IRENE E. PERTSOVSKY IN SUPPORT OF LEXISNEXIS DEFENDANTS EX PARTE APPLICATION TO EXTEND TIME TO FILE MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT

Honorable Judge Andrew J. Guilford First Amended Complaint Filed: June 17, 2011

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DECLARATION OF IRENE E. PERTSOVSKY I, Irene E. Pertsovsky, do hereby declare and state as follows: I am an attorney licensed to practice law in the State of California and

am an associate at the law firm of Morrison & Foerster LLP, counsel of record for the LexisNexis Defendants in this action. The facts set forth in this declaration are of my personal, firsthand knowledge, except where indicated as on information and belief. If called as a witness, I could and would competently testify to the matters set forth herein. 2. On Thursday, March 22, 2012, I emailed the Court Deputy Clerk, Lisa

Bredahl, attaching a letter from Jim McCabe, a partner at Morrison & Foerster LLP, to the Court seeking leave to file the LexisNexis Defendants motion for summary judgment on or by April 4, 2012. All parties were carbon copied in that correspondence, including Mr. Berg. Attached as Exhibit A is a true and correct copy of my email to the Court Deputy Clerk. 3. On March 24, 2012, the Court Relief Clerk for Lisa Bredahl, Dwayne

Roberts, responded to me by email stating that the LexisNexis Defendants request should be submitted to the Court in the form of a stipulation or a request to continue with a proposed order. Attached as Exhibit B is a true and correct copy of Mr. Roberts email to me. 4. I promptly forwarded the correspondence from the Court clerk to Mr.

Berg on the same day, March 24, 2012, inquiring whether Mr. Berg would agree to stipulate to an extension. Attached as Exhibit C is a true and correct copy of my email to Mr. Berg forwarding correspondence from Mr. Roberts. 5. On March 24, 2012, I attempted to reach Mr. Berg by telephone,

calling both his cell and office telephone numbers. 6. 7. To date, Mr. Berg has not responded to my telephone calls. On information and belief, on March 26, 2012, Jim McCabe, a partner

at Morrison & Foerster LLP, emailed Mr. Berg a draft of a stipulation to which Mr.
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Berg still has not responded. Attached as Exhibit D is a true and correct copy of Mr. McCabes email to Mr. Berg. 8. On information and belief, on March 28, 2012, Michael Miller, a

partner at Morrison & Foerster LLP and counsel for the LexisNexis Defendants, called Mr. Berg but was not able to reach him.

/s/ Irene E. Pertsovsky Irene E. Pertsovsky

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[PROPOSED] ORDER GRANTING LEXISNEXIS DEFS. EX PARTE APPLICATION CASE NO. 8:11-cv-00485-AG-AJW sf-3126567

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA SOUTHERN DIVISION

LISA LIBERI, et al., Plaintiffs, v. ORLY TAITZ, et al., Defendants.

Case No. 8:11-cv-00485-AG-AJW

[PROPOSED] ORDER GRANTING EX PARTE APPLICATION OF LEXISNEXIS DEFENDANTS TO EXTEND TIME TO FILE THEIR MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT

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Having considered the Ex Parte Application of the LexisNexis Defendants for an order allowing the LexisNexis Defendants to file their motion for summary judgment on or by April 4, 2012, and good cause appearing: IT IS ORDERED that the LexisNexis Defendants motion for summary judgment must be filed on or by April 4, 2012. IT IS SO ORDERED. Dated: March , 2012 HONORABLE ANDREW J. GUILFORD U.S. DISTRICT COURT JUDGE

Respectfully Submitted By: JAMES F. MCCABE MORRISON & FOERSTER LLP

By: /s/ James F. McCabe James F. McCabe Attorneys for Defendants Reed Elsevier Inc., LexisNexis Risk and Information Analytics Group Inc., LexisNexis, Inc., LexisNexis Risk Solutions, Inc., LexisNexis ChoicePoint, Inc., LexisNexis Seisint, Inc., d/b/a Accurint, and LexisNexis Group Inc.

[PROPOSED] ORDER EXTENDING TIME TO RESPOND TO FIRST AMENDED COMPLAINT CASE NO. 8:11-cv-00485-AG-AJW sf-3126567