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Nature of Suit Code: 791
Nature of Suit: Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA)
Cause of Action: 29:1001 E.R.I.S.A.: Employee Retirement

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STIPULATION AND ORDER RE: STATUS CONFERENCE 

U.S.D.C., N.D. Cal., No. C-05-1671-JF 

LEGAL_US_W # 53126792.1 

JERRY BUDIN (Cal. State Bar No. 88539) 

LAW OFFICE OF JERRY BUDIN 

1500 J Street, Second Floor 

Modesto, California 95354 

Telephone: (209) 544-3030 

Facsimile: (209) 544-3144 

E-mail: jerrybudin@msn.com 

Attorneys for Plaintiffs 

Herbert Cevallos, Javier Castaneda, and Carolina Zavala 

JEFFREY D. WOHL (Cal. State Bar No. 96838) 

PAUL, HASTINGS, JANOFSKY & WALKER LLP 

55 Second Street, 24th Floor 

San Francisco, California 94105-3441 

Telephone: (415) 856-7000 

Facsimile: (415) 856-7100 

E-mail: jeffwohl@paulhastings.com 

STEPHEN H. HARRIS (Cal. State Bar No. 184608) 

PAUL, HASTINGS, JANOFSKY & WALKER LLP 

515 South Flower Street, 25th Floor 

Los Angeles, California 90071 

Telephone: (213) 683-6000 

Facsimile: (213) 627-0705 

E-mail: stephenharris@paulhastings.com 

Attorneys for Defendant 

Sodexho, Inc. 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

SAN JOSE DIVISION 

HERBERT CEVALLOS, JAVIER 

CASTANEDA, CAROLINA ZAVALA, 

individually and on behalf of all others 

similarly-situated 

Plaintiffs, 

vs. 

SODEXHO, INC. and DOES 1 through 

100, 

Defendants. 

No. C-05-1671-JF 

STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER RE: 

JUNE 30, 2006 STATUS CONFERENCE 

**E-filed 6/14/06**

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STIPULATION AND ORDER RE: STATUS CONFERENCE 

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STIPULATION 

Plaintiffs Herbert Cevallos, et al., and defendant Sodexho, Inc., acting through their respective 

counsel of record, hereby stipulate as follows: 

1. This action, Cevallos, et al. v. Sodexho, Inc., U.S.D.C., N.D. Cal., No. C-05-1671-JF 

(“Cevallos”), and a related action, Herrera v. Sodexho, Inc., U.S.D.C., N.D. Cal., No. C-05-1247-JF 

(“Herrera”), both are currently pending before this Court. A status conference in both actions is 

scheduled for Friday, June 30, 2006. 

2. On December 15, 2005, the parties in Herrera and Cevallos participated in a private 

mediation before Antonio C. Piazza of Gregorio, Haldeman, Piazza, Rotman & Frank, which produced a 

settlement of both actions. 

3. Because both actions are putative class actions, the settlement is subject to preliminary 

and final judicial approval before it may become effective. 

4. As part of the settlement, and to avoid any issue of whether this Court has jurisdiction 

over the actions to approve a settlement (due to the question whether plaintiffs’ claims are preempted by 

the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974), the parties agreed to file a new action in 

Alameda County Superior Court (the “Superior Court”) for the sole purpose of obtaining preliminary 

and final judicial approval of the settlement. The parties further agreed that should final judicial 

approval of the settlement be given, then the parties would stipulate to dismissal of Herrera and 

Cevallos. The parties further agreed that should the settlement not be approved, then the Superior Court 

action would be dismissed and the parties would request the Court to lift the stay in Herrera and 

Cevallos. 

5. On May 9, 2006, plaintiffs filed the new action in the Superior Court, entitled Cevallos, 

et al. v. Sodexho, Inc., No. RG06268867. 

6. On June 6, 2006, the Superior Court granted preliminary approval of the settlement. A 

true and correct copy of the Superior Court’s preliminary approval order is attached to this stipulation. 

The final approval hearing on the settlement will be held on October 19, 2006. 

7. The parties therefore believe there is good cause for, and on that basis request, a 

continuance of the June 30, 2006, Status Conference until January 2007. 

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8. The parties anticipate that the settlement will receive final judicial approval in October 

2006, and become final 60 days thereafter. If the settlement becomes final, then the parties will file a 

stipulation of dismissal of this action and the Herrera action pursuant to the terms of the settlement 

agreement and the January 2007 status conference will not be necessary. 

9. Nothing in this stipulation is intended to constitute a waiver by either side of its 

respective position on whether the Court has jurisdiction over Herrera or Cevallos. 

 I, Jerry Budin, attest, pursuant to General Order No. 45, Rule X, that Jeffrey Wohl concurred 

in the filing of this document. 

Dated: June 13, 2006. JERRY BUDIN 

LAW OFFICE OF JERRY BUDIN 

By: /s/ Jerry Budin 

Jerry Budin 

Attorneys for Plaintiffs 

Dated: June 13, 2006. JEFFREY D. WOHL 

STEPHEN H. HARRIS 

PAUL, HASTINGS, JANOFSKY & WALKER LLP 

By: /s/ Jeffrey D. Wohl 

Jeffrey D. Wohl 

Attorneys for Defendant Sodexho, Inc. 

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ORDER 

Based on the parties’ stipulation, and good cause appearing therefor, 

IT IS ORDERED that the June 30, 2006, status conference be and hereby is VACATED. Unless 

this action is dismissed beforehand, in which the status conference will be automatically vacated, the 

parties are directed to report to the Court on January __, 2007, to report on the status of the approval 

process. 

Dated: June ___, 2006. _______________________________________________ 

Jeremy Fogel 

United States District Judge 

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