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Nature of Suit Code: 790
Nature of Suit: Other Labor Litigation
Cause of Action: 28:1332 Diversity-Other Contract

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[PROPOSED] ORDER RE: JOINT MOTION TO VACATE BRIEFING 

SCHEDULE AND FOR JURISDICTIONAL DISCOVERY 08cv1596 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

MARINA PUCHALSKI and RAJEEV 

CHHIBBER, individually and on behalf of all 

others similarly situated, 

Plaintiffs, 

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TACO BELL CORP., a California 

Corporation, and DOES 1-20, inclusive, 

Defendants. 

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Case No. 08cv1596-L (CAB) 

[PROPOSED] ORDER REGARDING 

JOINT MOTION BY PLAINTIFFS AND 

DEFENDANTS TO VACATE BRIEFING 

SCHEDULE, PROVIDE LIMITED 

JURISDICTIONAL DISCOVERY, AND 

VACATING EARLY NEUTRAL 

EVALUATION CONFERENCE AND 

SETTING TELEPHONIC STATUS 

CONFERENCE 

[Doc. No. 8] 

PROPOSED CLASS ACTION

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[PROPOSED] ORDER RE: JOINT MOTION TO VACATE BRIEFING 

SCHEDULE AND FOR JURISDICTIONAL DISCOVERY 08cv1596 

Having considered Defendant Taco Bell Corp.'s ("Taco Bell") and Plaintiffs Marina 

Puchalski's and Rajeev Chhibber's (collectively "Plaintiffs") Joint Motion to Vacate Briefing 

Schedule and Provide Limited Jurisdictional Discovery (the "Joint Motion,” Doc. No. 8), and good 

cause appearing therefor, the parties' Joint Motion is hereby GRANTED IN PART. 

The Court ORDERS the following: 

1. The briefing schedule for Plaintiffs' Motion for Class Certification set forth in the 

State Court Order shall be vacated. A new briefing schedule shall be set within 

five (5) court days of the Court's ruling on Plaintiffs' motion to remand. 

2. The Early Neutral Evaluation Conference (ENE), presently scheduled to take place 

on October 15, 2008, shall be vacated and reset as a status conference. Therefore, 

on October 15, 2008, at 2:00 p.m., there will be a telephonic, attorneys-only, 

status conference before Magistrate Judge Cathy Ann Bencivengo. Counsel for 

defendant shall coordinate and initiate the conference call. 

3. Upon the entry of the Court's order on this joint motion, Plaintiffs shall promptly 

provide Taco Bell with a copy of the excel spreadsheet containing identifying 

contact information for putative class members that Plaintiffs received from thirdparty administrator Rosenthal & Co. ("Rosenthal") under the opt-out procedure set 

forth in the April 3, 2007 Stipulation and Order Re: Production of the Names, 

Addresses and Telephone Numbers of the Putative Class Members ("Opt-Out 

Procedure"). If Plaintiffs have identifying contact information for any putative 

class member identified in the excel spreadsheet that is different from the contact 

information listed in the spreadsheet, Plaintiffs shall promptly provide the different 

identifying contact information to Taco Bell. 

4. Upon the entry of the Court's order on this joint motion, Plaintiffs may request that 

Rosenthal perform an updated address search for each putative class member 

whose information was previously provided by Taco Bell to Rosenthal under the 

Opt-Out Procedure. 

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a. For each individual who (1) returned the exclusion postcard within the 

applicable time period under the Opt-Out Procedure or (2) whose notices 

under the Opt-Out Procedure were returned as undeliverable, Rosenthal 

shall not provide the parties with any identifying contact information. 

Rosenthal shall assign each such individual a unique control number. Taco 

Bell shall provide Rosenthal with the name of each such individual that was 

employed by Taco Bell in California as of August, 2008. Rosenthal shall 

provide both Plaintiffs and Taco Bell with an excel spreadsheet identifying 

by control number: (1) the state or states of each mailing address for the 

individual that Rosenthal identified under the Opt-Out Procedure; (2) the 

state or states of each mailing address for the individual that Rosenthal 

identifies through any updated address search; and (3) whether the 

individual was employed by Taco Bell in California as of August 2008. 

b. For individuals other than those identified in ¶ 4(a), Rosenthal shall provide 

both Plaintiffs and Taco Bell with an excel spreadsheet containing the 

address or addresses it obtains as a result of any updated address search. 

5. Upon the entry of the Court's order on this joint motion, Taco Bell shall promptly 

provide Rosenthal with an excel spreadsheet containing the names and last known 

addresses of salaried Restaurant General Managers and salaried Market Training 

Managers whose information was not provided by Taco Bell to Rosenthal under the 

Opt-Out Procedure because their last known mailing address was not within the 

State of California. Taco Bell will also state in the excel spreadsheet which 

individuals, if any, identified therein were employed by Taco Bell in California as 

of August, 2008. Rosenthal shall not provide the parties with any identifying 

contact information concerning such individuals. Rosenthal shall assign each such 

individual a unique control number and provide both Plaintiffs and Taco Bell with 

an excel spreadsheet identifying by control number: (1) the state of the mailing 

address for the individual that Taco Bell provided to Rosenthal; (2) the state or 

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states of each mailing address for the individual that Rosenthal identifies through 

its updated address search; and (3) whether the individual was employed by Taco 

Bell in California as of August, 2008. 

6. The costs for Rosenthal's performance of the procedures identified herein shall be 

allocated to the Plaintiffs. 

7. The parties' use of the information obtained from Rosenthal under the Court's order 

shall be subject to the limitations and protections set forth in the Stipulation and 

Order Re: Production of the Names, Addresses and Telephone Numbers of the 

Putative Class Members. 

8. Upon the entry of the Court's order on this joint motion, Taco Bell shall promptly 

provide to Plaintiffs in writing the number and percentage of putative class 

members, defined as Restaurant General Managers and salaried Market Training 

Managers who were employed by Taco Bell in the State of California at 

corporately owned Taco Bell restaurant locations at any time between August 7, 

2002 and the date Taco Bell reclassified them as non-exempt employees, that were 

employed by Taco Bell in California as of August, 2008. Taco Bell will also 

provide to Plaintiffs a list of the names of individuals (1) whose identifying contact 

information was provided to Plaintiffs under the Opt-Out Procedure and (2) who 

were employed by Taco Bell in California as of August, 2008. 

9. Plaintiffs' motion for remand shall be due within fourteen (14) days of the entry of 

the Court's order on this joint motion. The opposition and reply papers shall be due 

in accordance with the applicable rules, except that either party may seek additional 

time for further limited discovery if necessary. 

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Dated: September 22, 2008 

CATHY ANN BENCIVENGO 

United States Magistrate Judge 

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