EDWARD M. CHEN, District Judge.
Pursuant to Civil Local Rule 7-12, Plaintiffs Ricardo Del Rio, Jose Valdivia, and Jose Pereira (collectively "Plaintiffs") and Defendants Uber Technologies, Inc. and Rasier-CA, LLC (collectively "Uber") (Plaintiffs and Defendants are collectively referred to as the "Parties"), by and through their respective counsel of record, hereby stipulate as follows:
WHEREAS, the Court has previously stayed this matter due to the pending appeals in the 9th Circuit regarding the validity of Uber's arbitration agreements (Ninth Circuit Case No. 15-17475), and the outcome of Price v. Uber Technologies, Inc., Los Angeles County Superior Court Case No. BC554512;
WHEREAS, the 9th Circuit has stayed the appeals pending Morris v. Ernst & Young, LLP, 834 F.3d 975 (9th Cir. 2016), cert. granted (U.S. Jan. 13, 2017) (No. 16-300) ("Morris"), consolidated with Epic Sys. Corp. v. Lewis, 823 F.3d 1147 (7th Cir. 2016), cert. granted (U.S. Jan. 13, 2017) (No. 16-285) and Murphy Oil USA, Inc. v. NLRB, 808 F.3d 1013 (5th Cir. 2015) cert. granted (U.S. Jan.13, 2017) (No. 16-307) (collectively, "Morris, et al.");
WHEREAS, on December 20, 2017 a revised joint motion to approve the PAGA-only settlement was submitted to the Price court. The hearing on the joint motion is set for January 16, 2018;
WHERAS, the Parties have met and conferred and agree that the pending 9th Circuit appeals and the PAGA settlement in Price will have an impact on the scope of this case;
WHEREAS, the Parties believe it would be most efficient to continue the January 18, 2018 Case Management Conference to March 22, 2018 pending the settlement in Price and pending the appeal of the order denying Uber's Motion to Compel Arbitration in this matter.
NOW THEREFORE, the Parties hereby stipulate, subject to the approval of this Court, that:
1. The Case Management Conference set for January 18, 2018, at 10:30 a.m., shall be continued to March 22, 2018.
2. Case Management Conference Statements shall be due on March 15, 2018.
3. The above-captioned case shall remain STAYED until the next Case Management Conference.
I, Sophia Behnia, attest that concurrence in the filing of this document has been obtained from Shant Karnikian, which shall serve in lieu of his signature on this document.
IT IS SO ORDERED.
1. The Case Management Conference set for January 18, 2018, at 10:30 a.m., shall be continued to March 22, 2018.
2. Case Management Conference Statements shall be due on March 15, 2018.
3. The above-captioned case shall remain STAYED until the next Case Management Conference.
IT IS SO ORDERED.