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Nature of Suit Code: 710
Nature of Suit: Fair Labor Standards Act
Cause of Action: 29:201 Fair Labor Standards Act

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(NO. 2:15-CV-01069-MCE-DAD) 1. STIPULATION AND ORDER TO VACATE DEADLINE TO 

FILE JOINT STATUS REPORT AND CORRESPONDING 

DEADLINES

CAROLYN HUNT COTTRELL, Bar No. 166977

NICOLE N. COON, Bar No. 286283

SCHNEIDER WALLACE COTTRELL 

KONECKY WOTKYNS LLP

2000 Powell Street, Suite 1400

Emeryville, CA 94608

Telephone: 415.421.7100

Facsimile: 415.421.7105

Attorneys for Plaintiff and the putative Class

JOSEPH A. SCHWACHTER, Bar No. 108124

R. KEITH CHAPMAN, Bar No. 282331

LITTLER MENDELSON, P.C.

650 California Street, 20th Floor

San Francisco, CA 94108.2693

Telephone: 415.433.1940

Facsimile: 415.399.8490

Attorneys for Defendant

MISTRAS GROUP, INC.

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

DAVID KRUEGER, on behalf of himself 

and all others similarly situated,

Plaintiff,

v.

MISTRAS GROUP, INC.; and DOES 1- 50, inclusive.

Defendant.

Case No. 2:15-cv-01069-MCE-DAD

STIPULATION AND ORDER TO VACATE 

DEADLINE TO FILE JOINT STATUS 

REPORT AND CORRESPONDING 

DEADLINES

Complaint Filed: April 10, 2015

Removed: May 18, 2015

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(NO. 2:15-CV-01069-MCE-DAD) 2. STIPULATION AND ORDER TO VACATE DEADLINE TO 

FILE JOINT STATUS REPORT AND CORRESPONDING 

DEADLINES

TO THE COURT, ALL PARTIES AND THEIR ATTORNEYS OF RECORD:

Plaintiff DAVID KRUEGER, on behalf of himself and all others similarly situated, 

(“Plaintiff”) and Defendant MISTRAS GROUP, INC. (“Defendant”) (collectively, the “Parties”), by 

and through their respective counsel of record, hereby stipulate and agree as follows:

On April 10, 2015, Plaintiff filed in the California Superior Court for Kern County 

the above-captioned lawsuit (ECF Doc. No. 1-2).

On May 18, 2015, Defendant removed this case to U.S. District Court, Eastern 

District of California (ECF Doc. No. 1).

On the same day, the Court issued an Order Requiring Joint Status Report. Pursuant 

to this order, the deadline for the Parties to file a joint status report addressing the topics listed in 

said order, including a Rule 26(f) discovery plan, was July 17, 2015 (ECF Doc. No. 2). 

On May 27, 2015, Defendant filed a Notice of Related Case identifying the following 

action filed in the California Superior Court for San Francisco County on April 13, 2015, and 

removed to the United States District Court for the Northern District of California on May 15, 2015: 

Edgar Viceral v. Mistras Group, Inc., Case No. 3:15-cv-02198-EDL (“Viceral”), currently pending 

before the Honorable Edward M. Chen (ECF Doc. No. 4).

The Parties agree that the parties and some of the substantive claims in this matter 

overlap with the parties and substantive claims in the Viceral case, and that transfer, consolidation,

and/or coordination of the two matters before a single Court is appropriate. The Parties worked to 

address this issue and have negotiated how to proceed.

In order to have sufficient time to negotiate the coordination of Viceral and Krueger, 

on July 13, 2015 the Krueger Parties filed a Stipulation and [Proposed] Order to Continue Deadline 

to File Joint Status Report and Corresponding Deadlines to extend the July 17, 2015 deadline for 

thirty (30) days until August 17, 2015. (ECF Doc. No. 9). The Parties explained that they needed 

additional time to allow for transfer and/or consolidation or coordination of Krueger with the Viceral

action. Moreover, extending the deadlines would preserve both the Parties’ and the Court’s resources 

and promotes efficiency. The Parties would have a greater ability to fully discuss ADR options and 

to adequately conduct a Rule 26(f) conference after the cases are transferred and/or consolidated or 

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(NO. 2:15-CV-01069-MCE-DAD) 3. STIPULATION AND ORDER TO VACATE DEADLINE TO 

FILE JOINT STATUS REPORT AND CORRESPONDING 

DEADLINES

coordinated. On July 20, 2015, this Court granted the Parties’ request for an extension of the July 17, 

2015 Joint Status Report deadline (ECF Doc. No. 10). The Court extended the deadline to August 

17, 2015. 

Thereafter, the Parties worked diligently to coordinate Krueger with the Viceral

action. Counsel for Parties in both actions met and conferred on numerous occasions. Ultimately, the 

Parties agreed that Krueger will be combined with Viceral before the Northern District of California 

by way of filing an amended complaint in Viceral and adding the Krueger parties and claims to the 

complaint. To effectuate this coordination, the Krueger Plaintiffs agreed to request dismissal of this 

action before this Court. This agreed-upon coordination of the two cases implicates several 

procedural steps including, but not limited to: coordinating Plaintiffs’ Counsel in both matters; 

drafting an agreed upon amended complaint; and drafting an agreed upon request for dismissal. The 

Parties worked to complete all the necessary steps for coordination; however, they required

additional time to finalize all procedural filings and pleadings. Accordingly, on August 14, 2015, the 

Parties filed a Supplemental Stipulation and [Proposed] Order to Continue Deadline to File Joint 

Status Report and Corresponding Deadlines, requesting an extension until September 4, 2015, to 

allow for coordination with Viceral and dismissal of Krueger. (ECF Doc. No. 12.) On August 19, 

2015, this Court granted the Parties’ request for an extension of the August 17, 2015 Joint Status 

Report deadline (ECF Doc. No. 13). The Court extended the deadline to September 4, 2015.

Since the Court’s order, the Krueger Parties have drafted and finalized their stipulated 

request for court approval of dismissal without prejudice of the Krueger case. This request for 

dismissal, titled Stipulation and [Proposed] Order for Court Approval of Dismissal Without 

Prejudice, is being filed concurrently with this stipulation to vacate the September 4, 2015 Joint 

Status Report deadline. With this request for dismissal on file, the Parties agree that it is appropriate 

to vacate the current status report deadline pending this Court’s review of the Parties’ dismissal 

request. The Court can re-set this deadline if necessary.

IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED, by and between the Parties hereto, through their 

respective counsel of record, as follows:

The September 4, 2015 Joint Status Report and corresponding meet and confer and 

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(NO. 2:15-CV-01069-MCE-DAD) 4. STIPULATION AND ORDER TO VACATE DEADLINE TO 

FILE JOINT STATUS REPORT AND CORRESPONDING 

DEADLINES

other related deadlines should be vacated to provide this Court with the opportunity to review and 

approve the Parties’ dismissal request and ultimately dismiss Krueger. 

Dated: September 4, 2015 SCHNEIDER WALLACE COTTRELL

KONECKY WOTKYNS LLP

By: /s/ Carolyn Hunt Cottrell

 CAROLYN HUNT COTTRELL 

NICOLE N. COON

Attorneys for Plaintiff 

Dated: September 4, 2015 LITTLER MENDELSON, P.C.

By: /s/ R. Keith Chapman

JOSEPH A. SCHWACHTER

R. KEITH CHAPMAN

Attorneys for Defendant

MISTRAS GROUP, INC.

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(NO. 2:15-CV-01069-MCE-DAD)

STIPULATION AND ORDER TO VACATE DEADLINE TO 

FILE JOINT STATUS REPORT AND CORRESPONDING 

DEADLINES

ORDER ON STIPULATION

Having reviewed the foregoing stipulation and for good cause appearing,

IT IS HEREBY ORDERED:

The Joint Status Report and corresponding meet and confer and other related

deadlines are vacated to allow for this Court’s review of the Parties’ Stipulation and [Proposed] 

Order for Court Approval of Dismissal Without Prejudice filed concurrently with this stipulation and 

to facilitate the coordination with Edgar Viceral v. Mistras Group, Inc., Case No. 3:15-cv-02198-

EDL by dismissal of the pending matter, David Krueger v. Mistras Group, Inc., Case No. 2:15-cv01069-MCE-DAD. 

Dated: September 8, 2015

SIGNATORY ATTESTATION

The e-filing attorney hereby attests that concurrence in the content of the document and 

authorization to file the document has been obtained from each of the other signatories indicated

by a conformed signature (/s/) within this e-filed document.

Dated: September 4, 2015 Signed: /s/ Carolyn Hunt Cottrell 

CAROLYN H. COTTRELL 

SCHNEIDER WALLACE

COTTRELL KONECKY WOTKYNS LLP

Attorneys for Plaintiff David Krueger and the 

Proposed Class

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