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Nature of Suit Code: 790
Nature of Suit: Other Labor Litigation
Cause of Action: 28:1332 Diversity-Petition for Removal

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ATTORNEYS AT LAW

SAN FRANCISCO

DUCKWORTH PETERS LEBOWITZ OLIVIER LLP 

Monique Olivier (SBN 190385) 

(monique@dplolaw.com) 

100 Bush Street, Suite 1800 

San Francisco, CA 94104 

Telephone: (415) 433-0333 

Facsimile: (415) 449-6556 

KOSINSKI + THIAGARAJ, LLP 

Alison Kosinski (SBN 261676) 

(alison@ktlawsf.com) 

Emily Thiagaraj (SBN 284634) 

(emily@ktlawsf.com) 

351 California Street, Suite 300 

San Francisco, California 94104 

Telephone: (415) 230-2860 

Facsimile: (415) 723-7099 

Attorneys for Plaintiff and the Class 

Additional Counsel on Following Page 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

JULIA BERNSTEIN, LISA MARIE SMITH, 

and ESTHER GARCIA, on behalf of 

themselves and all others similarly situated, 

Plaintiffs, 

vs. 

VIRGIN AMERICA, INC.; and Does 1-10, 

inclusive; 

Defendants. 

Case No. 15-cv-02277-JST 

JOINT STIPULATION; [PROPOSED] 

ORDER THEREON 

Trial Date: May 14, 2018 

 

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ATTORNEYS AT LAW

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ROBERT JON HENDRICKS, State Bar No. 179751 

MORGAN, LEWIS & BOCKIUS LLP 

One Market, Spear Street Tower 

San Francisco, CA 94105-1596 

Tel: +1.415.442.1000 

Fax: +1.415.442.1001 

E-mail: rj.hendricks@morganlewis.com 

NANCY VILLARREAL, State Bar No. 273604 

MORGAN, LEWIS & BOCKIUS LLP 

1400 Page Mill Road 

Palo Alto, CA 94304 

Tel: +1.650.843.4000 

Fax: +1.650.843.4001 

E-Mail: nancy.villarreal@morganlewis.com 

Attorneys for Defendant 

VIRGIN AMERICA INC.

JAMES E. MILLER (SBN 262553) 

(jmiller@sfmslaw.com) 

SHEPHERD, FINKELMAN, MILLER AND SHAH, LLP 

65 Main Street 

Chester, CT 06412 

Telephone: (860) 526-1100 

Facsimile: (866) 300-7367 

KOLIN C. TANG (SBN 279834) 

CHIHARU G. SEKINO (SBN 306589) 

SHEPHERD, FINKELMAN, MILLER 

 AND SHAH, LLP 

401 West A Street, Suite 2550 

San Diego, CA 92101 

Telephone: (619) 235-2416 

Facsimile: (866) 300-7367 

JAMES C. SHAH (SBN 260435) 

SHEPHERD, FINKELMAN, MILLER 

 AND SHAH, LLP 

35 East State Street 

Media, PA 19063 

Telephone: (610) 891-9880 

Facsimile: (866) 300-7367 

Attorneys for Plaintiffs and the Class 

 

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STIPULATION 

Plaintiffs Julia Bernstein, Lisa Marie Smith and Esther Garcia (collectively, “Plaintiffs”) 

and Defendant Virgin America Inc. (“Defendant”) (collectively, the “Parties”), through their 

counsel, hereby stipulate and agree that: 

WHEREAS, on August 29, 2017, Plaintiffs served Notices of Deposition of: (a) 

Defendant Virgin America Inc., pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 30(b)(6) (“30(b)(6) Notice”) 

requesting that Defendant provided deponent(s) knowledgeable and prepared to answer questions 

regarding eight topics; (b) Diane Chandra pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 30; and (c) Aladdin Nabulsi 

pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 30. 

WHEREAS, on September 18, 2017, Defendant served its objections to Plaintiffs’ Notices 

of Depositions of Diane Chandra and Aladdin Nabulsi. 

WHEREAS, on September 19, 2017, Defendant served its objections to Plaintiffs’ 

30(b)(6) Notice. 

WHEREAS the parties subsequently met and conferred regarding Plaintiffs’ requested 

depositions. 

 WHEREAS Defendant agreed that it would not call Ms. Chandra or Mr. Nabulsi as 

witnesses at trial or submit evidence from them in support of any dispositive motions. 

WHEREAS the parties reserved their rights to call Ms. Chandra or Mr. Nabulsi as 

witnesses at trial or submit evidence from them in support of any dispositive motions for purposes 

of rebuttal or impeachment. 

WHEREAS the parties agreed that, in order to streamline matters for dispositive motions 

and trial and to avoid the unnecessary expenditure of resources, the parties would enter into a 

stipulation that would eliminate the need for Plaintiffs’ requested depositions. 

NOW, THEREFORE, based on the foregoing, the parties hereby stipulate and agree that: 

A. Defendant stipulates to the authenticity and the admissibility of the following 

documents and data produced by Defendant in this action: (1) the Class 

Member’s flight schedules, earning data and/or payroll records, and wage 

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statements; and (2) Virgin’s Work Rules, Inflight Manuals, Playbooks, and 

Rainmaker User Guide in existence from 2011 to the present. By agreeing to the 

foregoing, neither party concedes the materiality of the documents, and both 

parties reserve all rights, including arguments regarding the weight, relevance or 

import, or lack thereof, of the documents. 

B. As of the date of this stipulation, there have been no material class-wide changes 

in the policies, practices and procedures as to: (a) the provision of meal periods or 

rest breaks to Inflight Team Members (“ITMs”); (b) the provision of wage 

statements under California Labor Code § 226 to ITMs; (c) Virgin’s Work Rules 

with respect to compensation to ITMs for the time from report time to block-out, 

turn time, or block-in time to release; or (d) the compensation to ITMs for 

preparation of incident reports. 

C. If and when the merger/acquisition of Virgin America, Inc. by Alaska Air Group, 

Inc. becomes effective and final (and Virgin America, Inc. ceases to have an 

independent corporate existence) and/or a Single Operating Certificate is issued 

by the Federal Aviation Administration, Plaintiffs may seek to amend the 

operative Complaint to add Alaska Air Group, Inc. as a defendant in the capacity 

of an alleged successor in interest to Virgin America, Inc. and that Defendant will 

not oppose any such motion to amend. Nothing in the foregoing shall prejudice 

the rights of Alaska Air Group, Inc. in connection with any response that it may 

make to any such motion. 

D. The depositions that Plaintiffs noticed on August 29, 2017 are no longer required 

in light of this Stipulation. 

Dated: October 16, 2017 DUCKWORTH PETERS LEBOWITZ OLIVIER LLP

By: /s/ Monique Olivier 

Monique Olivier 

Attorneys for Plaintiffs 

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Dated: October 16, 2017 MORGAN LEWIS & BOCKIUS 

By:/s/RJ Hendricks 

Robert Jon Hendricks 

Nancy Villarreal 

Attorneys for Defendant 

*I, Robert Jon Hendricks, attest that Monique Olivier has concurred in the filing of this 

document. (L.R. 5-1(i).) 

 

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[PROPOSED] ORDER 

Pursuant to the Stipulation of the Parties, and good cause appearing, it is hereby ordered 

that the Parties’ Joint Stipulation is hereby adopted and entered as an Order of this Court. 

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

DATED: 

Jon S. Tigar 

United States District Judge 

October 19, 2017

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