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Nature of Suit Code: 442
Nature of Suit: Civil Rights Employment
Cause of Action: 28:1332 Diversity-Employment Discrimination

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Sutton Hague 28

Law Corporation 

6715 N. PALM AVENUE

SUITE 216 

FRESNO, CA 93704

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STIPULATION AND JOINT REQUEST TO MODIFY PRETRIAL SCHEDULING ORDER; ORDER 

S. BRETT SUTTON 143107

JARED HAGUE 251517

BRADY BRIGGS 310934

SUTTON HAGUE LAW CORPORATION

5200 N. Palm Avenue, Suite 203

Fresno, California 93704

Telephone: (559) 325-0500

Facsimile: (559) 981-1217

Class Counsel and Attorneys for Plaintiffs: 

Angela Cruz, Maria Madrigal, Lourdes Baiz, and Christie Goodman 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

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ANGELA CRUZ, MARIA MADRIGAL, 

LOURDES BAIZ, and CHRISTIE 

GOODMAN, individuals, residing in 

California, 

Plaintiff, 

 vs. 

MM879, INC., a corporation; BARRETT 

BUSINESS SERVICES, INC., a corporation; 

and DOES 1 through 100, inclusive, 

Defendants. 

Case No. 1:15-cv-01563-TLN-EPG

Judge: Hon. Troy L. Nunley

CLASS ACTION

STIPULATION AND JOINT REQUEST

TO MODIFY PRETRIAL

SCHEDULING ORDER; ORDER

Action Filed: April 6, 2011

Trial: TBD

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STIPULATION AND JOINT REQUEST TO MODIFY PRETRIAL SCHEDULING ORDER; ORDER 

Plaintiffs ANGELA CRUZ, MARIA MADRIGAL, LOURDES BAIZ, and CHRISTIE 

GOODMAN (“Plaintiffs”), and Defendants MM879, INC. and BARRETT BUSINESS 

SERVICES, INC. (“Defendants”) (hereinafter collectively “the Parties”), by and through their 

counsel of record, hereby stipulate and agree as follows: 

RECITALS AND JOINT STIPULATION 

 WHEREAS, on August 8, 2022, the Court issued a Pretrial Scheduling Order (ECF No. 

209), setting a deadline for the completion of nonexpert discovery on June 30, 2023; 

WHEREAS, on June 28, 2023, the Court granted Plaintiffs’ motion to modify the Pretrial 

Scheduling Order, thereby extending the nonexpert discovery deadline to September 30, 2023 

(ECF No. 224); 

WHEREAS, since the Court’s order modifying the Pretrial Scheduling Order (ECF No. 

224), the Parties have acted diligently to litigate and prepare this case for trial in an efficient and 

expeditious manner; additionally, Fisher & Phillips, LLP associated in as new counsel for BBSI 

on September 11, 2023 and needs additional time to familiarize itself with the record, especially 

given the longevity of this case, so it can appropriately address any outstanding discovery issues, 

as discussed herein, before the nonexpert discovery deadline; 

WHEREAS, on July 25, 2023, the class notice administrator provided a final list of Class 

Members to Plaintiffs’ counsel, which included the names and contact information of all Class 

Members who did not submit requests for exclusion following mailing of the class notice; 

WHEREAS, upon receipt of the Class List, Plaintiffs’ counsel promptly undertook the 

work of comparing the Class List to the Class Member time and payroll records previously 

produced by MM 879, Inc., in order to identify potential gaps in those records; 

WHEREAS, having identified apparent gaps in the Class Member time and payroll 

records, Plaintiffs’ counsel served Requests for Production of Documents on MM 879, Inc. and 

Barrett Business Services, Inc., on July 27, 2023; 

WHEREAS, on August 28, 2023, Barrett Business Services, Inc. produced responses to 

Plaintiffs’ Request for Production of Documents; 

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Sutton Hague 28

Law Corporation 

6715 N. PALM AVENUE

SUITE 216 

FRESNO, CA 93704

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WHEREAS, on August 29, 2023, Plaintiffs’ counsel met and conferred telephonically 

with counsel for Barrett Business Services regarding its discovery responses and the Class 

Member payroll data production and the Parties are continuing to meet and confer to assure all 

responsive documents that exist have been produced; 

WHEREAS, on August 31, 2023, counsel for Barrett Business Services noticed the 

depositions of Plaintiffs Angela Cruz, Maria Madrigal, Lourdes Baiz, and Christie Goodman, 

who have not previously been deposed in this Action; 

WHEREAS, on September 1, 2023, MM 879 produced responses to the Request for 

Production of Documents Plaintiffs served on July 27; 

WHEREAS, on September 5, 2023, Barrett Business Services produced a supplemental 

responses; 

WHEREAS, on the afternoon of September 7, 2023, Plaintiffs’ counsel received notice 

via email that the law firm of Fisher & Phillips LLP would be associating into the case as new 

counsel for Barrett Business Services, and would be scheduling and taking the previouslynoticed depositions of Plaintiffs; WHEREAS, on September 8, 2023, Plaintiffs’ counsel 

responded to the email from Barrett’s new attorneys, and offered to schedule Plaintiffs’ 

depositions for September 26 & 27; 

WHEREAS, on September 8, 2023, counsel for Barrett agreed to conduct Plaintiffs’ 

depositions on September 26 & 27, and served amended deposition notices reflecting those 

dates; 

 WHEREAS, on September 11, 2023, Fisher & Phillips LLP filed and served a Notice of 

Association of Counsel as new counsel for Barrett Business Services with the Court; 

WHEREAS, on September 12, 2023, Plaintiff’s counsel sent a further meet and confer 

communication to counsel for Barrett regarding the supplemental production; ; 

WHEREAS, on September 12, 2023, Plaintiffs’ counsel served a notice of Rule 30(b)(6) 

deposition of Barrett Business Services, setting the deposition to take place on September 28, 

2023, for the purpose of ensuring that all pertinent documents produced by Barrett, including the 

spreadsheet compilations of Class Member payroll data, will be admissible at trial; 

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WHEREAS, on September 12, 2023, counsel for Barrett sent an email to Plaintiffs’ 

counsel further meeting and conferring regarding its supplemental responses, and also advising 

that Barrett is interested in exploring a stipulation regarding the admissibility of documents in 

order to obviate the need for the noticed Rule 30(b)(6) deposition; 

WHEREAS, in addition to the ongoing discovery efforts of the Parties at the time of 

filing this stipulation, the Parties are also currently engaged in discussions regarding the potential 

for settlement, including the possibility of private mediation; 

WHEREAS, Plaintiffs and Defendant BBSI agree, that if this Court denies the Parties 

request to continue the nonexpert discovery deadline pursuant to this Joint Stipulation and/or has 

insufficient time to issue a ruling before the current nonexpert discovery deadline, they agree to 

extend the nonexpert discovery deadline to October 31, 2023 and will not object to the 

admissibility of evidence due to it being sought after the current nonexpert discovery deadline of 

September 30, 2023, but before October 31, 2023; 

WHEREAS, at the time of filing this stipulation: (1) all Parties have acted and continue 

to act diligently and cooperatively to facilitate all necessary discovery in a prompt and efficient 

manner; (2) Fisher & Phillips, LLP recently associated in as new counsel for BBSI on September 

11, 2023 and needs additional time to familiarize itself with the record; (3) there are five 

depositions noticed to take place during the week of September 25, which is the final week of 

nonexpert discovery under the Court’s current Pretrial Scheduling Order; (4) the Parties are 

uncertain whether it will be possible to complete all five depositions in the time allotted for 

them, and are uncertain whether any follow-up or other additional discovery will be needed after 

those depositions are completed; (5) meet and confer efforts are ongoing regarding the 

production of complete Class Member timekeeping and payroll records, and it is unknown how 

much additional time will be needed to ensure that all such records are duly accounted for and 

produced; (6) the Parties are discussing potential options for approaching settlement, including 

the possibility of mediation; and (7) no trial date has been set for this case; 

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WHEREAS, counsel for Plaintiffs and Defendants have met and conferred in good faith 

and agree that good cause exists for a further extension of the nonexpert discovery deadline to 

allow all Parties to continue to meet and confer and complete all necessary discovery for trial; 

WHEREAS, the Parties agree that no Party will be prejudiced by the deadline extension 

requested herein; 

NOW THEREFORE, IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED AND REQUESTED, by and 

between Plaintiffs and Defendants through their respective counsel, that the Court modify the 

Pretrial Scheduling Order by extending the deadline for the completion of nonexpert discovery 

from September 30, 2023, to March 31, 2024. 

DATED: September 21, 2023 SUTTON HAGUE LAW CORPORATION 

 ___/s/_________ 

BRADY BRIGGS 

Class Counsel and Attorneys for Plaintiffs 

ANGELA CRUZ, MARIA MADRIGAL, 

LOURDES BAIZ, and CHRISTIE GOODMAN 

DATED: September 21, 2023 RAIMONDO | MILLER 

_____ /s/_________________ 

JAMES MILLER 

Attorneys for MM879, INC. 

DATED: September 21, 2023 FISHER & PHILLIPS, LLP 

_______/s/_________________________ 

LAUREN ROSEMAN 

Attorneys for Barrett Business Services, Inc. 

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 ORDER 

IT IS HEREBY ORDERED, pursuant to stipulation of the Parties, and for Good Cause 

appearing, that the Court’s Pretrial Scheduling Order of August 8, 2022 (ECF No. 209) is hereby 

modified to provide that the deadline for completion of nonexpert discovery, in Section IV of the 

Scheduling Order, is extended from September 30, 2023, to March 31, 2024. All other dates and 

deadlines in the Scheduling Order which are calculated based on the date on which discovery is 

closed shall run from the extended deadline of March 31, 2024. 

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

DATED: September 21, 2023 

Troy L. Nunley 

United States District Judge

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