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Summary: STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER EXTENDING CLASS-CERTIFICATION-RELATED DEADLINES EDWARD M. CHEN , District Judge . WHEREAS, Amended Pretrial Order No. 12: Stipulated Discovery Schedule (Dkt. No. 227) establishes certain deadlines for Defendants Fiat Chrysler Automobiles N.Y., FCA US LLC, Sergio Marchionne, V.M. Motori S.p.A., and V.M. North America, Inc. (the "FCA Defendants"), Robert Bosch LLC and Robert Bosch GmbH (the "Bosch Defendants"), and the Plaintiffs' Steering Committee ("PSC") (
Summary: STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER EXTENDING CLASS-CERTIFICATION-RELATED DEADLINES EDWARD M. CHEN , District Judge . WHEREAS, Amended Pretrial Order No. 12: Stipulated Discovery Schedule (Dkt. No. 227) establishes certain deadlines for Defendants Fiat Chrysler Automobiles N.Y., FCA US LLC, Sergio Marchionne, V.M. Motori S.p.A., and V.M. North America, Inc. (the "FCA Defendants"), Robert Bosch LLC and Robert Bosch GmbH (the "Bosch Defendants"), and the Plaintiffs' Steering Committee ("PSC") (c..
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STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER EXTENDING CLASS-CERTIFICATION-RELATED DEADLINES
EDWARD M. CHEN, District Judge.
WHEREAS, Amended Pretrial Order No. 12: Stipulated Discovery Schedule (Dkt. No. 227) establishes certain deadlines for Defendants Fiat Chrysler Automobiles N.Y., FCA US LLC, Sergio Marchionne, V.M. Motori S.p.A., and V.M. North America, Inc. (the "FCA Defendants"), Robert Bosch LLC and Robert Bosch GmbH (the "Bosch Defendants"), and the Plaintiffs' Steering Committee ("PSC") (collectively, the "Parties") to engage in discovery and motion practice in the above-captioned action, including a January 31, 2018 deadline for the substantial completion of productions of non-privileged, responsive documents related to class certification;
WHEREAS, the FCA Defendants and the PSC have produced a significant number of documents potentially related to class certification issues, have been meeting and conferring in good faith concerning additional class-certification-related discovery, and believe that a short extension of class-certification-related deadlines would allow for the timely and efficient completion of these productions;
WHEREAS, the PSC and the Bosch Defendants are discussing further productions and believe that a short extension of class-certification-related deadlines would allow for the timely and efficient completion of these productions; and
WHEREAS, the Parties do not propose any other changes to the current schedule as a result of the short extension requested and agreed herein.
NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED AND AGREED, by and among the Parties, and subject to the approval of the Court:
Deadlines related to class certification in Amended Pretrial Order No. 12 are adjusted as follows:
Prior Deadline New Deadline Event
January 31, 2018 March 2, 2018 The Class Plaintiffs and Defendants shall
substantially complete their productions of non-privileged,
responsive documents related to
class certification.
March 1, 2018 April 2, 2018 Class Plaintiffs shall disclose experts on which
they shall rely for their class certification
motion.
March 15, 2018 April 16, 2018 Class Plaintiffs shall file their motion for class
certification.
April 12, 2018 May 14, 2018 Defendants shall disclose experts on which they
shall rely for their opposition to the class
certification motion.
April 26, 2018 May 29, 2018 Defendants shall file their brief(s) in opposition
to the Class Plaintiffs' motion for class
certification.
May 24, 2018 June 25, 2018 Class Plaintiffs shall file a reply brief in support
of its motion for class certification.
June 14, 2018 7/17/18 class certification hearing.
(or otherwise at the (10 am)
Court's convenience)
SO STIPULATED.
[PROPOSED] ORDER EXTENDING CLASS-CERTIFICATION-RELATED DEADLINES
Based on the foregoing Stipulation, the Court GRANTS the Parties' Stipulation Extending Class-Certification-Related Deadlines.
IT IS SO ORDERED.
ATTESTATION (CIVIL LOCAL RULE 5-l(i)(3))
In accordance with Civil Local Rule 5-1 (i)(3), I attest the concurrence in the filing of this document has been obtained from the signatories.
Dated: January 31, 2018. /s/ C. Megan Bradley
C. Megan Bradley
