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Nature of Suit Code: 710
Nature of Suit: Fair Labor Standards Act
Cause of Action: 29:206 Collect Unpaid Wages

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Matthew S. Parmet (SBN 296742)

PARMET PC

340 South Lemon Avenue, #1228

Walnut, California 91789

Tel: (310) 928-1277

matt@parmet.law

Don J. Foty (Pro Hac Vice)

William M. Hogg (SBN 338196)

HODGES & FOTY, LLP

4409 Montrose Boulevard, Suite 200

Houston, Texas 77006

Tel: (713) 523-0001

dfoty@hftrialfirm.com

whogg@hftrialfirm.com

Counsel for Plaintiff and Putative Class 

Members

AKIN GUMP STRAUSS HAUER & FELD, LLP

Gregory W. Knopp (SBN 237615)

Jonathan P. Slowik (SBN 287635)

Laura L. Vaughn (SBN 329470)

1999 Avenue of the Stars, Suite 600

Los Angeles, California 90067

Tel: (310) 229-1000

gknopp@akingump.com

jpslowik@akingump.com

vaughnl@akingump.com

Nathan J. Oleson (Pro Hac Vice)

2001 K Street, N.W.

Washington, D.C. 60006

Tel: (202) 887-4000

noleson@akingump.com

Counsel for Defendant

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

FRESNO DIVISION

AMADO HARO and ROCHELLE 

ORTEGA, On Behalf of Themselves and 

All Others Similarly Situated,

Plaintiff,

v.

WALMART, INC.,

Defendant.

Case No. 1:21-CV-00239-ADA-SKO

ORDER GRANTING JOINT 

STIPULATION FOR EXPERT 

DEPOSITIONS FOR CLASS 

CERTIFICATION

(Doc. 51)

Complaint Filed: Feb. 23, 2021

Trial Date: None

The Court, having considered the parties’ Joint Stipulation to engage in Expert Depositions 

for Class Certification (Doc. 51), and good cause having been shown, rules that the relief requested 

in the Stipulation is hereby GRANTED.

IT IS ORDERED THAT:

• That each side’s experts shall be deposed after the class certification discovery deadline 

of May 19, 2022, and both side waive any challenge to the timeliness of these expert 

depositions;

• That these depositions shall be taken for purposes of Defendant preparing its Opposition 

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Brief and for Plaintiffs to prepare their Reply Brief. 

• That the Parties are permitted to rely on the deposition testimony taken from the expert 

depositions in their Opposition and Reply Briefs. 

• That no documents may be used by the questioning attorney during the expert depositions 

that are responsive to an existing discovery request but were not available to the opposing 

party at the time said opposing party disclosed its experts’ reports/declarations pertaining 

to the certification motions.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: October 5, 2022 /s/ Sheila K. Oberto .

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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