Case 3:23-cv-00201-WHO Document 778 Filed 10/19/26 Page 1 of 6 PageID #: 11620 1 [Counsel listed on signature pages] 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION 11 SARAH ANDERSEN, et al., Case No. 3:23-cv-00201-WHO (LJC) 12 Plaintiffs, JOINT STIPULATION AND 13 ORDER REGARDING RESOLUTION v. OF PLAINTIFFS’ MOTION FOR 14 DISCOVERY SANCTIONS AGAINST STABILITY AI LTD., et al., DEVIANTART 15 Defendants. Judge: Hon. Lisa J. Cisneros 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 1 Case 3:23-cv-00201-WHO Document 778 Filed 10/19/26 Page 2 of 6 PageID #: 11621 1 Pursuant to Local Rule 7-12, Plaintiffs Sarah Andersen, Karla Ortiz, Grzegorz Rutkowski, 2 Gregory Manchess, Gerald Brom, Jingna Zhang, Julia Kaye, and Adam Ellis (“Plaintiffs”) and 3 Defendant DeviantArt, Inc. (“DeviantArt”) (collectively, the “Parties”), by and through their 4 respective counsel, hereby stipulate and request as follows: 5 WHEREAS, on September 1, 2026, Plaintiffs filed a Motion for Discovery Sanctions 6 Against DeviantArt (ECF No. 730) (the “Motion”), seeking relief related to the costs Plaintiffs 7 incurred to secure the depositions of former DeviantArt employees Nikolay Surovenko and 8 Georgii Trofimov, including through proceedings before this Court and the Supreme Court of 9 British Columbia, as well costs incurred coordinating with British Columbia counsel, taking the 10 depositions of Surovenko and Trofimov, and litigating the Motion (the “Dispute”); 11 WHEREAS, on September 15, 2026, DeviantArt filed its opposition to the Motion (ECF 12 No. 743); 13 WHEREAS, on September 22, 2026, Plaintiffs filed their reply in support of the Motion 14 (ECF No. 757); 15 WHEREAS, on September 29, 2026, DeviantArt filed an Administrative Motion for Leave 16 to File a Sur-Reply Brief responding to Plaintiffs’ Reply in Support of Motion for Discovery 17 Sanctions Against DeviantArt (ECF No. 768) (the “Administrative Motion”); 18 WHEREAS, on October 13, 2026 the Court granted the Administrative Motion (ECF No. 19 775); 20 WHEREAS, the Motion is set for hearing on October 20, 2026, at 10:30 a.m.; 21 WHEREAS, the Parties have resolved the Dispute; 22 NOW, THEREFORE, the Parties, through their undersigned counsel, hereby STIPULATE 23 AND AGREE, and respectfully request that the Court ORDER, as follows: 24 1. The Parties have resolved the Dispute. Plaintiffs withdraw the Motion, and the 25 Parties jointly and respectfully request that the Court terminate the Motion (ECF No. 730) as moot. 26 2. The Parties jointly and respectfully request that the Court vacate the October 20, 27 2026 hearing on the Motion. 28 2 Case 3:23-cv-00201-WHO Document 778 Filed 10/19/26 Page 3 of 6 PageID #: 11622 1 IT IS SO STIPULATED. 2 Dated: October 19, 2026 By: /s/ Joseph R. Saveri______________ 3 Joseph R. Saveri (SBN 130064) Cadio Zirpoli (SBN 179108) 4 Christopher K.L. Young (SBN 318371) 5 Alexandra Fernandez (SBN 330518) Louis Andrew Kessler (SBN 243703) 6 Holden Benon (SBN 325847) Aaron Cera (SBN 351163) 7 Elissa A. Buchanan (SBN 249996) SAVERI LAW FIRM, LLP 8 550 California Street, Suite 910 San Francisco, California 94104 9 Telephone: (415) 500-6800 10 Facsimile: (415) 395-9940 Email: jsaveri@saverilawfirm.com 11 Email: czirpoli@saverilawfirm.com Email: cyoung@saverilawfirm.com 12 Email: afernandez@saverilawfirm.com Email: lkessler@saverilawfirm.com 13 Email: hbenon@saverilawfirm.com Email: acera@saverilawfirm.com 14 Email: eabuchanan@saverilawfirm.com 15 Matthew Butterick (SBN 250953) 1920 Hillhurst Avenue, #406 16 Los Angeles, CA 90027 Telephone: (323) 968-2632 17 Facsimile: (415) 395-9940 Email: mb@buttericklaw.com 18 Counsel for Individual and Representative 19 Plaintiffs and the Proposed Class 20 21 Dated: October 19, 2026 By: /s/ Brittany N. Lovejoy _______ 22 Andrew Michael Gass Brittany Nichole Lovejoy 23 Michael H. Rubin LATHAM & WATKINS LLP 24 505 California Street, Suite 2000 San Francisco, CA 94104 25 (415) 391-0600 Fax: 415-395-8095 26 Email: andrew.gass@lw.com Email: brittany.lovejoy@lw.com 27 Email: michael.rubin@lw.com 28 Sarah F. Mitchell 3 Case 3:23-cv-00201-WHO Document 778 Filed 10/19/26 Page 4 of 6 PageID #: 11623 1 LATHAM & WATKINS LLP 355 South Grand Avenue, Suite 100 2 Los Angeles, CA 90071 (213) 485-1234 3 Email: sarah.mitchell@lw.com 4 Simeon Botwinick LATHAM & WATKINS LLP 5 555 Eleventh Street, NW, Suite 1505 Washington, DC 20004 6 (202) 637-2200 Email: simeon.botwinick@lw.com 7 Counsel for Defendant DeviantArt, Inc. 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 4 Case 3:23-cv-00201-WHO Document 778 Filed 10/19/26 Page 5 of 6 PageID #: 11624 1 ATTESTATION PURSUANT TO CIVIL L.R. 5-1 2 Pursuant to Civil Local Rule 5-1(i)(3), I, Brittany N. Lovejoy, attest that concurrence in 3 the filing of this document has been obtained from the other signatory. 4 5 Dated: October 19, 2026 /s/ Brittany N. Lovejoy Brittany N. Lovejoy 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 5 Case 3:23-cv-00201-WHO Document 778 Filed 10/19/26 Page 6 of 6 PageID #: 11625 1 ORDER 2 Pursuant to the foregoing Stipulation, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that: 3 1. Plaintiffs’ Motion for Discovery Sanctions Against DeviantArt (ECF No. 730) is 4 WITHDRAWN and TERMINATED as moot. 5 2. The October 20, 2026 hearing on the Motion is VACATED. 6 7 IT IS SO ORDERED. 8 Dated: October 19, 2026 9 HON. LISA J. CISNEROS 10 United States Magistrate Judge 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 6