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Nature of Suit Code: 190
Nature of Suit: Other Contract Actions
Cause of Action: 28:1332 Diversity-Petition for Removal

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STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER RE CONSOLIDATION OF BELL AND HENRY AND 

CONTINUANCE OF CLASS NOTICE DEADLINES 

Case No. 2:12-cv-02499-JAM-CKD 

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DONNA M. MEZIAS (SBN 111902) 

LIZ K. BERTKO (SBN 268128) 

AKIN GUMP STRAUSS HAUER & FELD LLP 

580 California Street, Suite 1500 

San Francisco, CA 94104 

Telephone: 415-765-9500 

Facsimile: 415-765-9501 

dmezias@akingump.com 

lbertko@akingump.com 

Attorneys for defendant 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

SANDY BELL and MARTIN GAMA, 

individually, and on behalf of other 

members of the general public 

similarly situated, and as aggrieved 

employees pursuant to the Private 

Attorneys General Act (“PAGA”), 

Plaintiffs, 

v. 

HOME DEPOT U.S.A., INC., a 

Delaware corporation; JOHN 

BROOKS, an individual; and DOES 1 

through 10, inclusive, 

Defendants. 

Case No. 2:12-cv-02499-JAM-CKD

[Assigned for All Purposes to Hon. John 

A. Mendez] 

STIPULATION AND ORDER RE 

CONSOLIDATION OF BELL AND 

HENRY AND CONTINUANCE OF 

CLASS NOTICE DEADLINES 

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STIPULATION 

Defendant Home Depot U.S.A. (“Defendant”) and plaintiffs Sandy Bell and 

Martin Gama (“Plaintiffs”) (collectively “Parties”), through their counsel of record, 

enter into this stipulation regarding consolidation of Henry v. Home Depot U.S.A., Inc, 

No. 2:16-cv-02102-MCE-AC (“Henry”), and Bell v. Home Depot U.S.A., Inc., No. 2:12-

cv-02499-JAM-CKD (“Bell”): 

1. WHEREAS, on August 31, 2016, the Honorable Jon S. Tigar, U.S. District 

Judge for the Northern District of California, granted Home Depot’s motion to transfer 

Henry to the Eastern District of California, finding that the Henry and Bell actions now 

present the “exact same legal issue: whether Home Depot’s midnight clock-out policy 

deprived its employees of overtime in violation of California law” and that transfer was 

necessary to “promote ... efficiency” and “avoid the risk of inconsistent judicial 

decisions.” See Henry August 31, 2016 Order, N.D. Cal. Case No. 3:14-cv-04858-JST, 

Dkt # 85, at 7-8. On September 2, 2016, Henry was transferred to the Eastern District 

of California, and assigned to Judge Morrison C. England, Jr. 

2. WHEREAS, all of the parties in Bell and Henry agree that consolidation of 

the two actions before Judge John A. Mendez is necessary to promote efficiency, 

judicial economy, and avoid the risk of inconsistent judgments. The parties in Henry 

will file a stipulation in that action seeking to reassign Henry to Judge Mendez to effect 

consolidation. 

3. WHEREAS, the parties further agree that, to prevent confusion to class 

members and the need to reissue class notices if the actions are consolidated, the current 

deadlines relating to class notice in Bell, as reflected in the Court’s June 16, 2016 Order 

(Dkt. # 119), should be vacated until after the Court enters an order addressing 

consolidation of Bell and Henry. 

NOW, THEREFORE, the parties hereby stipulate and agree as follows: 

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1. That the deadlines set forth in the Court’s June 16, 2016 Order shall be 

continued as follows: 

a. October 3, 2016 – Deadline for parties to lodge proposed class notice; 

b. October 10, 2016 – Deadline for parties to submit competing versions of 

class notice if parties cannot agree on content of class notice; 

c. October 17, 2016 – Deadline for defendant to send class list to class 

counsel; 

d. October 24, 2016 – Deadline for Court to approve class notice; 

e. November 14, 2016 – Deadline for class notice to be mailed to class 

members. 

2. That Bell and Henry should be consolidated for all purposes before Judge 

John A. Mendez, and that all future filings shall be made only in Case No. 2:12-cv02499-JAM-CKD. 

Dated: September 9, 2016 AKIN GUMP STRAUSS HAUER & FELD LLP

By /s/ Donna M. Mezias Donna M. Mezias 

Attorneys for defendants 

Dated: September 9, 2016 CAPSTONE LAW APC 

By /s/ Arnab Banerjee Arnab Banerjee Attorneys for plaintiffs SANDY BELL and MARTIN GAMA 

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 ORDER 

GOOD CAUSE APPEARING, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED: 

1. That the deadlines set forth in this Court’s June 16, 2016 Order are hereby 

continued as follows: 

a. October 3, 2016 – Deadline for parties to lodge proposed class notice; 

b. October 10, 2016 – Deadline for parties to submit competing versions of 

class notice if parties cannot agree on content of class notice; 

c. October 17, 2016 – Deadline for defendant to send class list to class 

counsel; 

d. October 24, 2016 – Deadline for Court to approve class notice; 

e. November 14, 2016 – Deadline for class notice to be mailed to class 

members. 

2. That Bell and Henry are hereby consolidated for all purposes before Judge 

John A. Mendez, and all future filings shall be made only in Case No. 2:12-cv-02499-

JAM-CKD. 

Dated: 9/12/2016 

 /s/ John A. Mendez_____ 

Hon. John A. Mendez 

United States District Court Judge 

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