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 In re:

IN THE UNITED STATES BANKRUPTCY COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF DELAWARE

MERVYNS HOLDINGS, LLC, Debtors.

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Case No. 08-11586 KG (Jointly Administered) Chapter 11

MOTION AND ORDER FOR ADMISSION PRO HAC VICE Pursuant to Local rule 9010-1 and the attached certification, counsel moves the admission pro hac vice of Martha E. Romero to represent the California Counties of Riverside, San Bernardino, Placer, Humboldt, Imperial, Contra Costa and Napa and Monterey, California (certain California Taxing Authorities) in this action. Dated: August 22, 2008 /s/ Martha E. Romero MARTHA E. ROMERO (128144) ROMERO LAW FIRM BMR Professional Building 6516 Bright Ave. Whittier, CA 90601 Phone: (562) 907-6800 Fax: (562) 907-6820 Email: Romero@mromerolawfirm.com

CERTIFICATE BY COUNSEL TO BE ADMITTED PRO HAC VICE Pursuant to Local Rule 9010-1, I certify that I am eligible for admission to this Court, am admitted, practicing and in good standing as a member of the Bar of California State and submit to the disciplinary jurisdiction of this Court for any alleged misconduct which occurs in the preparation or course of this action. I also certify that I am generally familiar with this Courts Local Rules and with Standing Order for District Court Fund

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effective 1/1/05. I further certify that the annual fee of $25.00 has been paid to the Clerk of Court for District Court. /s/ Martha E. Romero MARTHA E. ROMERO (128144) ROMERO LAW FIRM BMR Professional Building 6516 Bright Ave. Whittier, CA 90601 Phone: (562) 907-6800 Fax: (562) 907-6820 Email: Romero@mromerolawfirm.com

3 Dated: August 22, 2008 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

ORDER GRANTING MOTION IT IS HEREBY ORDERED counsels motion for admission pro hac

11 vice is granted. 12 13 Date:______________ Wilmington, DE 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 ______________________________ KEVIN GROSS UNITED STATES BANKRUPTCY JUDGE

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IN THE UNITED STATES BANKRUPTCY COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF DELAWARE ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) Case No. 08-11586 KG Chapter 11 CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE TO MOTION AND ORDER FOR ADMISSION PRO HAC VICE BY COUNSEL FOR CERTAIN SECURED CREDITORS THE CALIFORNIA TAXING AUTHORITIES COUNTIES

MERVYNS HOLDINGS, LLC, 5 Debtor. 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I certify that a true and correct copy of the foregoing has been served via first class U.S. Mail and/or electronically day of August 2008. Dated: August 22, 2008 Respectfully submitted ROMERO LAW FIRM on this 22nd

By /s/MARTHA E. ROMERO MARTHA E. ROMERO, State Bar No. 128144 ROMERO LAW FIRM BMR Professional Building 6516 Bright Avenue Whittier, California 90601 (562) 907-6800 (562)907-6820 Facsimile Email: Romero@mromerolawfirm.com Certain California Taxing Authorities

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Christopher M. Samis Richards, Layton & Finger, P.A. 920 N. King Street One Rodney Square Wilmington, DE 19801 Daniel J. DeFranceschi Richards, Layton & Finger One Rodney Square, P.O. Box 551 Wilmington, DE 19899 United States Trustee 844 King Street, Room 2207 Lockbox #35 Wilmington, DE 19899-0035 302-573-6491 David M. Fournier Pepper Hamilton LLP Hercules Plaza, Suite 5100 1313 Market Street Wilmington, DE 19899-1709 James S. Carr, Esq. Kelley Drye & Warren LLP 101 Park Avenue New York, New York 10178 BALLARD SPAHR ANDREWS & INGERSOLL, LLP 51st Floor - Mellon Bank Center 1735 Market Street Philadelphia, PA 19103 Attn: David L. Pollack, Esquire BALLARD SPAHR ANDREWS & INGERSOLL, LLP 919 Market Street, 12th Floor Wilmington, DE 19801 attn: Tobey M. Daluz, Esquire Andrew S. Conway, Esquire The Taubman Company 200 East Long Lake Road Suite 300 Bloomfield Hills, MI 48304 Susan E. Kaufma Cooch and Taylor, P.A. 1000 West Street, 10th Floor The Brandywine Building Wilmington, DE 19899 Samuel B. Garber Kristen N. Pate 2

General Growth Management, Inc., as Agent 10 N. Wacker Chicago, IL 60606 Simon Property Group, Inc. Attn: Ronald M. Tucker, Esq. 225 West Washington Street Indianapolis, Indiana 46204 Elizabeth Weller LINEBARGER GOGGAN BLAIR & SAMPSON, LLP 2323 BRYAN STREET SUITE 1600 DALLAS, TX 75201 Adam G. Landis, Esquire LANDIS RA TH & COBB LLP 919 Market Street, Suite 600 Wilmington, DE 19801 Adam C. Harris, Esquire SCHULTE ROTH & ZABEL LLP 919 Third Avenue New York, NY 10022 Andrew S. Conway 200 East Long Lake Road Suite 300 Bloomfield Hills, Michigan 48304 Douglas R. Davis PAUL, WEISS, RIFKIND, WHARTON & GARRISON LLP 1285 Avenue of the Americas New York, NY 10019 Claudia Tobler 1615 L Street, NW Suite 1300 Washington, DC 20036 Domenic E. Pacitti 919 Market St. Suite 1000 Wilmington, DE 19801

John Mark Stern Assistant Attorney General Bankruptcy & Collections

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Division P. O. Box 12548 Austin, Texas 78711-2548 KATTEN MUCHIN ROSENMAN LLP c/o Thomas J. Leanse 2029 Century Park East Suite 2600 Los Angeles, California 90067 Ilan Markus, Esq. TYLER COOPER & ALCORN, LLP 555 Long Wharf Drive, 8th Floor P.O. Box 1936 New Haven, CT 06509-0906 OTTERBOURG STEINDLER HOUSTON & ROSEN PC 230 Park Avenue New York, New York 10169 Attention: Jonathan N. Helfat WOMBLE CARLYLE SANDRIDGE & RICE, PLLC 222 Delaware Avenue, Suite 1501 Wilmington, DE 19801 Attention: Francis A. Monaco Frederick B. Rosner Duane Morris LLP 1100 North Market St. Suite 1200 Wilmington, DE 19801 Jeffrey K. Garfinkle, Esq. Buchalter Nemer, PC 18400 Von Karman Avenue Suite 800 Irvine, CA 92612 William B. Sullivan One West Fourth Street Winston-Salem, NC 27101 Kevin J. Mangan 222 Delaware Ave. Suite 1501 Wilmington, DE 19801 Catherine Meeker 1000 East Hanes Mill Rd. Winston-Salem, NC 27105 Louis F. Solimine, Esq. THOMPSON HINE LLP Suite 1400 3

312 Walnut Street Cincinnati, Ohio 45202-4029 Eric C. Cotton, Esq. 3300 Enterprise Parkway Beechwood, Ohio 44122 David R. Kuney 1501 K Street, NW Washington, DC 20005 William P. Bowden 500 Delaware Ave., 8th Floor PO Box 1150 Wilmington, DE 19899 Alex R. Rovira 787 Seventh Ave. New York, NY 10019 Joseph E. Shickich, Jr. 1001- 4th Avenue Suite 4500 Seattle, WA 98154 Neal J. Levitsky 919 North Market St. Suite 1300 PO Box 2323 Wilmington, DE 19899 Samuel R. Arden Hartman, Simons, Spielman & Wood, LLP 6400 Powers Ferry Road, NW, Suite 400 Atlanta, GA 30339 John P. Byrne 20969 Ventura Blvd. Suite 230 Woodland Hills, CA 91364 Ernie Zachary Park 13215 E. Penn St. Suite 510 Whittier, CA 90602 Mark S. Bostick Wendel, Rosen, Black & Dean LLP 1111 Broadway, 24th Floor Oakland, CA 94607 German Yusufov/Terri A. Roberts Deputy County Attorneys

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32 North Stone Avenue, Suite 2100 Tucson, Arizona 8570 Karol K. Denniston 550 S. Hope St. Suite 2300 Los Angeles, CA 90071 William J. Factor SEYFARTH SHAW LLP 131 S. Dearborn Street Suite 2400 Chicago, IL 60603 William Novotny 2901 North Central Ave. Suite 200 Phoenix, AZ 85012 William Ray Hamilton Beach Brands, Inc. 4421 Waterfront Dr. Glen Allen, VA 23060 William F. Taylor 405 North King St. Wilmington, DE 19899 Scott M. Shaw 2030 Hamilton Place Blvd. Suite 150 Chattanooga, TN 37421 David Aelvoet Travis Building 711 Navarro Suite 300 San Antonio, TX 78205 Ian S. Landsberg 16030 Ventura Blvd. Suite 470 Encino, CA 91436 Michael S. Fox, Esq. Olshan Grundman Frome Rosenzweig & Wolosky LLP Park Avenue Tower 65 East 55th Street New York, New York 10022

Suite 470 Irvine, CA John T. Banks 3301 Northland Dr. Suite 505 Austin, TX 78731 Patricia P. McGonigle Seitz, Van Ogtrop & Green, P.A. 222 Delaware Avenue, Suite 1500 P. O. Box 68 Wilmington, DE 19899 Diane W. Sanders 1949 South IH 35 PO Box 17428 Austin, TX 78760 David N. Crapo One Gateway Center Newark, NJ 07102 William F. Taylor, Jr. McCarter & English, LLP Renaissance Center 405 North King Street, 8th Floor Wilmington, Delaware 19801 Katharine L. Mayer McCarter & English, LLP Renaissance Center 405 North King Street 8th Floor Wilmington, Delaware 19801 Robert Kolodney, Esq. Kane Kessler, P.C. 1350 Avenue of the Americas 26th Fl. New York, New York 10019-4896 Margery N. Reed 30 S. 17th St. Philadelphia, PA 19103 Dennis M. Ryan, Minnesota #161275 Faegre & Benson LLP 2200 Wells Fargo Center 90 South Seventh Street Minneapolis, MN 55402-3901 William R. Firth, III, Esquire GIBBONS P.C. 4

Jeffrey W. Broker 18191 Von Karman Ave.

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1000 North West Street Suite 1200 Wilmington, DE 19801 Thomas J. Polis, Esq. 19800 MacArthur Boulevard, Suite 1000 Irvine, California 92612-2433 David A. Nill Woodbury & Kesler, P.C. 265 East 100 South, Suite 300 Salt Lake City, Utah 84111 John A. Adler One Gateway Center Newark, NJ 07102 J. Bennet Friedman 1900 Avenue of the Stars Suite 1800 Los Angeles, CA 90067 Imperial County Treasurer-Tax Collector 940 West Main St. Suite 106 El Centro, CA 92243 Mark E. Felger 1201 N. Market St. Suite 1400 Wilmington, DE 19801 Kohner, Mann & Kailas, S.C. Attn: Samuel C. Wisotzkey Washington Building Barnabas Business Center 4650 North Port Washington Road Milwaukee, WI 53212-1059 William J. Factor 131 S. Dearborn St. Suite 2400 Chicago, IL 60603 Richard S. Reiser PO Box 45308 Omaha, NE 68145

1100 North Market Street, Suite 1001 Wilmington, DE 19801 William P. Coley, II Roetzel & Andress 310 Chiquita Center 259 East Fifth Street Cincinnati, OH 45202 Diana M. Thimmig Roetzel & Andress 1375 East 9th Street One Cleveland Center Cleveland, OH 44114 Ronald S. Beacher, Esq. DAY PITNEY LLP 7 Times Square New York, New York 10036-7311 Stephen B. Grow (P39622) 900 Fifth Third Center 111 Lyon St. NW Grand Rapids, Michigan 49503 Attorneys for Whirlpool Corporation Michael R. Stewart, Minnesota #122397 Faegre & Benson LLP 2200 Wells Fargo Center 90 South Seventh Street Minneapolis, MN 55402-3901 PAUL J. PASCUZZI (Calif. State Bar No. 148810) FELDERSTEIN FITZGERALD WILLOUGHBY & PASCUZZI LLP 400 Capitol Mall, Suite 1450 Sacramento, CA 95814 Thomas Macauley Virgina Guldi 919 Market Street Suite 990 P.O. Box 1028 Wilmington DE 19899 Bruce Jameson Prickett, Jones and Elliott 1310 King Street P.O. Box 1328 Wilmington DE 19899 Jack J. Carriglio 5

Todd C. Schiltz WolfBlock, LLP

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Eric Newman Meckler Bulger Tilson Marcik and Pearson 123 North Wacker Drive Suite 1800 Chicago, Illinois 60606 Christine R. Etheridge IKON Financial Services 1738 Bass Road P.O. Box 13708 Macon GA 31208-3708 Thomas Polis Polis and Associates 19800 MacArthur Boulevard Suiter 1000 Irvine, CA 92612-2433 Sally E. Edison Nicholas E. Meriwether McGuire Woods LLP 625 Liberty Avenue, 23rd Floor Pittsburgh PA 15222