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BARZELAY DEC. ISO EX PARTE APP. FOR LEAVE TO FILE SURREPLY RE SPECIAL MASTER MOTION CASE NO. CV 10-9198 JVS (RNBX)
KASOWITZ, BENSON, TORRES & FRIEDMAN LLP
101 CALIFORNIA STREET, SUITE 2300
SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA 94111
KASOWITZ, BENSON, TORRES & FRIEDMAN LLP CHARLES N. FREIBERG (SBN 70890) BRIAN P. BROSNAHAN (SBN 112894) JACOB N. FOSTER (SBN 250785) 101 California Street, Suite 2300 San Francisco, California 94111 Telephone: (415) 421-6140 Facsimile: (415) 398-5030
LAW OFFICES OF CRAIG A. MILLER CRAIG A. MILLER (SBN 116030) 225 Broadway, Suite 1310 San Diego, CA 92101 Telephone: (619) 231-9449 Facsimile: (619) 231-8638
Attorneys for Plaintiffs JOYCE WALKER, KIM BRUCE HOWLETT, and MURIEL SPOONER, on behalf of themselves and all others similarly situated
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
JOYCE WALKER, KIM BRUCE HOWLETT, and MURIEL SPOONER, on behalf of themselves and all others similarly situated,
Plaintiffs,
v.
LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY OF THE SOUTHWEST, a Texas corporation,
Defendant.
CLASS ACTION
CASE NO.: CV 10-9198 JVS (RNBx)
Formerly Case No.: 3:10-cv-04852 JSW from Northern District of California
DECLARATION OF JEANETTE T. BARZELAY IN SUPPORT OF PLAINTIFFS’ EX PARTE APPLICATION FOR LEAVE TO FILE A SURREPLY TO LSW’S REPLY MEMORANDUM IN SUPPORT OF MOTION TO APPOINT A SPECIAL MASTER
District Judge James V. Selna Courtroom: 10C
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KASOWITZ, BENSON, TORRES & FRIEDMAN LLP
101 CALIFORNIA STREET, SUITE 2300
SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA 94111
1. I am an attorney authorized to practice in the courts of California and
in the United States District Court for the Central District of California. I am an
associate of Kasowitz, Benson, Torres & Friedman, LLP, counsel for Plaintiffs in
these proceedings. I have personal knowledge of the facts stated herein and if
required could and would testify under oath thereto.
2. On April 11, 2013, my colleague, Brian Brosnahan, and I attempted to
contact LSW’s counsel, Jonathan Shapiro and Joel Fleming, by telephone to
discuss Plaintiffs’ filing of a surreply in response to LSW’s reply on its motion to
appoint a special master. Unable to reach them, I left voicemail messages for Mr.
Shapiro and for Mr. Fleming informing them that Plaintiffs intended to file a brief
surreply to respond to new arguments and misstatements of Plaintiffs’ positions
that were made in LSW’s reply, and requesting that LSW stipulate to the filing of
the surreply. Shortly thereafter, Mr. Fleming called me and informed me that LSW
disagrees that it made new arguments or mischaracterized Plaintiffs’ positions in
its reply brief and, thus, LSW does not agree to Plaintiffs’ filing of a surreply. I
informed Mr. Fleming that Plaintiffs would file an ex parte application that same
day, April 11, 2013, seeking leave to file their proposed surreply.
3. Plaintiffs will be irreparably harmed if their motion for leave to file a
surreply is heard according to regular noticed motion procedures because that
motion likely would not be heard until after the Court issues its ruling on the class
notice and special master matters. Under those circumstances, Plaintiffs would not
have a fair opportunity to respond to the new arguments and clarify the
mischaracterizations asserted by LSW in its Reply. Since these arguments and
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KASOWITZ, BENSON, TORRES & FRIEDMAN LLP
101 CALIFORNIA STREET, SUITE 2300
SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA 94111
misstatements were first raised in LSW’s Reply, Plaintiffs could not have
addressed these issues in their opposition papers.
I declare under penalty of perjury that the foregoing is true and correct.
Executed this 11th day of April, 2013 at San Francisco, California.
By: /s/ Jeanette T. Barzelay Jeanette T. Barzelay
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