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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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JOINT STIPULATION TO CONTINUE CERTAIN DEADLINES 15-CV-02277-JST

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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 

IN THE 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, 

Plaintiff, 

v. 

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

inclusive; 

Defendants. 

CASE NO.: 15-CV-02277-JST

JOINT STIPULATION TO CONTINUE 

CERTAIN DEADLINES PURSUANT TO 

LOCAL RULE 6-2; [PROPOSED] 

ORDER 

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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 

Email: rhendricks@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 

Email: 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 Plaintiff and the Class 

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STIPULATION 

Plaintiffs Julia Bernstein, et al. (“Plaintiffs”) and Defendant Virgin America, Inc. 

(“Defendant”) (collectively, the “Parties”), through their counsel, hereby stipulate and agree that: 

1. The current scheduling order sets the following deadlines:

September 22, 2017 Fact Discovery Cutoff 

October 13, 2017 Expert Reports 

November 3, 2017 Expert Rebuttal Reports 

November 17, 2017 Expert Discovery Cutoff 

December 8, 2017 Dispositive Motion Cutoff 

2. On August 18, 2017, Plaintiffs served Virgin with document requests and 

interrogatories. On September 18, 2017, Virgin provided responses to the document 

requests stating that it “expects to complete its search within 30 days of this response.” 

In addition, several of Virgin’s interrogatory responses did not provide a response and 

instead stated that “a meet and confer between the parties is required.” 

3. Virgin responded to Plaintiffs’ documents requests consistent with FRCP Rule 

34(b)(2)(B), which provides that a party’s production may be completed “no later than 

the time for inspection specified in the request or another reasonable time specified in 

the response.”

4. On August 21, 2017, Virgin served document requests, requests for admission, and 

interrogatories on Plaintiffs. On September 20, 2017, Plaintiffs largely served 

objections to Virgin’s discovery. The Parties intend to confer regarding Plaintiffs’ 

responses. In addition, the Parties have been conferring regarding various outstanding 

issues with Plaintiffs’ responses and supplemental responses to various sets of 

document requests and interrogatories that Virgin previously propounded on Plaintiffs. 

5. On August 28, 2017, Plaintiffs served Defendant with notices of deposition for Virgin 

employees Diane Chandra and Aladdin Nabulsi, and a notice of deposition under Rule 

30(b)(6) for certain topics for depositions to proceed on September 19 and 22, prior to 

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the discovery cutoff date of September 22, 2017. On September 13, 2017, Virgin 

notified Plaintiffs that none of the proposed dates for the depositions worked, and that 

Virgin was working on obtaining dates and identifying the individual or individuals 

who would be designated under Rule 30(b)(6). Defendant has not yet provided 

Plaintiffs with the information necessary to renotice the depositions. 

6. It is Virgin’s position that Plaintiffs unilaterally noticed the foregoing depositions and 

that most of the topics pertain to changes in policies, practices, and procedures since 

Alaska Air Group Inc. acquired Virgin. Virgin further states that it is in a state of 

transition with employees departing, employees changing job functions, and new 

employees assuming different responsibilities, which has complicated determining 

appropriate designees, that it is working through these issues, and that it is in the 

process of confirming appropriate designees and obtaining dates. 

7. On September 19, 2017, the Magistrate Judge denied Virgin’s request to conduct 

written discovery and depositions of 10% of the absent class members. Dkt. 189. 

Virgin intends to seek review of the Order pursuant to Local Rule 72-2, FRCP 72(a), 

and 28 U.S.C. Section 636(b)(1)(A) within the time set for review therein. 

8. The Parties are also continuing to meet and confer regarding several outstanding 

discovery matters, including the production of electronic discovery necessary for 

Plaintiffs’ expert to complete his analysis, and the discovery issues with Plaintiffs’ 

discovery responses, as set forth above. 

 NOW, THEREFORE, the Parties, through their respective counsel, hereby stipulate, 

subject to the approval of the Court, to the following revised schedule: 

September 29, 2017 Deadline for the Parties to finalize deposition schedule for 

outstanding depositions of Defendant and its personnel 

October 9, 2017 Fact discovery cutoff (extended only to resolve outstanding 

meet and confer matters and provide any updated disclosures 

and responses) 

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October 9, 2017 Deadline for Defendant to provide responsive documents to 

Plaintiffs’ Request for Production of Documents, Set Six 

October 27, 2017 Deadline for completion of outstanding depositions of 

Defendant and its personnel 

November 10, 2017 Deadline for production of expert reports 

December 1, 2017 Deadline for production of rebuttal reports 

December 12, 2017 Deadline for completion expert discovery 

December 19, 2017 Deadline to file dispositive motions or motions to decertify 

The deadline to file oppositions to dispositive motions or motions to decertify is thirty (30) 

days after the filing of same. 

The deadline to file replies in support of dispositive motions or motions to decertify is 

fourteen (14) days after oppositions to same are filed. 

Dated: September 22, 2017 DUCKWORTH PETERS LEBOWITZ OLIVIER LLP 

By: /s/ Monique Olivier 

Monique Olivier 

Attorneys for Plaintiffs 

Dated: September 22, 2017 MORGAN LEWIS & BOCKIUS 

By: /s/ Robert Jon Hendricks *

Robert Jon Hendricks 

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, scheduling order is 

modified as follows: 

September 29, 2017 Deadline for parties to finalize deposition schedule for 

outstanding depositions of Defendant and its personnel 

October 9, 2017 Fact discovery cutoff (extended only to resolve outstanding 

meet and confer matters and provide any updated disclosures 

and responses) 

October 9, 2017 Deadline for Defendant to provide responsive documents to 

Plaintiffs’ Request for Production of Documents, Set Six 

October 27, 2017 Deadline for completion of outstanding depositions of 

Defendant and its personnel 

November 10, 2017 Deadline for production of expert reports 

December 1, 2017 Deadline for production of rebuttal reports 

December 12, 2017 Deadline for completion expert discovery 

December 19, 2017 Deadline to file dispositive motions or motions to decertify 

The deadline to file oppositions to dispositive motions or motions to decertify is thirty (30) 

days after the filing of same. 

The deadline to file replies in support of dispositive motions or motions to decertify is 

fourteen (14) days after oppositions to same are filed. 

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

DATED: __________________________ 

Hon. Jon S. Tigar 

United States District Judge 

September 27, 2017

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