Filed: Jun. 23, 2017
Latest Update: Jun. 23, 2017
Summary: Stipulation to Continue Class Certification Schedule; [Proposed] Order JENNIFER L. THURSTON , Magistrate Judge . Plaintiffs and Defendant Golden West Labor, through their respective counsel of record, submit this Stipulation and Proposed Order to continue the class certification briefing schedule. The deadline to move for class certification is presently July 14, 2017. The parties seek to re-set this deadline to September 22, 2017. There is good cause for modifying the existing class
Summary: Stipulation to Continue Class Certification Schedule; [Proposed] Order JENNIFER L. THURSTON , Magistrate Judge . Plaintiffs and Defendant Golden West Labor, through their respective counsel of record, submit this Stipulation and Proposed Order to continue the class certification briefing schedule. The deadline to move for class certification is presently July 14, 2017. The parties seek to re-set this deadline to September 22, 2017. There is good cause for modifying the existing class c..
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Stipulation to Continue Class Certification Schedule; [Proposed] Order
JENNIFER L. THURSTON, Magistrate Judge.
Plaintiffs and Defendant Golden West Labor, through their respective counsel of record, submit this Stipulation and Proposed Order to continue the class certification briefing schedule. The deadline to move for class certification is presently July 14, 2017. The parties seek to re-set this deadline to September 22, 2017. There is good cause for modifying the existing class certification schedule, and the need to do so is no fault of either party.
Plaintiffs and Defendant Golden West Labor have diligently pursued discovery in this matter. Golden West Labor has produced a substantial amount of class member payroll data in electronic form as well as policy and practice materials. Plaintiffs requested this information in connection with their anticipated motion to certify a class pursuant to Rule 23 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure ("FRCP").
Plaintiffs and Defendant Golden West Labor are currently at the initial stages of settlement discussions. Therefore, Plaintiffs and Defendant Golden West Labor believe that the resources of the parties and the Court would be best served by a continuance of the existing class certification schedule to allow Plaintiffs and Defendant Golden West Labor to focus their resources on settlement negotiations in earnest.
Therefore, it is hereby stipulated and agreed between the parties, and their respective counsel of record, as follows:
• Plaintiffs must file their Motion for Class Certification no later than September 22, 2017;
• Defendants must file any Opposition to Class Certification no later than October 20, 2017;
• Plaintiffs must file their Reply brief no later than November 3, 2017; and
• The date for the Class Certification hearing will remain November 21, 2017.
Accordingly, the foregoing is hereby stipulated and agreed to by and among the undersigned on behalf of their respective counsel.
[PROPOSED] ORDER
Based upon the stipulation of counsel, the Court ORDERS:
1. The briefing scheduling related to the motion for class certification is modified as follows:
a. The motion for class certification SHALL be filed no later than September 22, 2017;
b. The opposition to the motion for class certification SHALL be filed no later than October 20, 2017;
c. Any reply brief SHALL be filed no later than November 3, 2017; and
2. The hearing on the motion for class certification is CONTINUED to December 19, 2017.
IT IS SO ORDERED.
