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Nature of Suit Code: 890
Nature of Suit: Other Statutory Actions
Cause of Action: 28:1331 Fed. Question

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JOINT STATUS UPDATE RE: 

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DAWN SESTITO (S.B. #214011)

dsestito@omm.com 

ADAM G. LEVINE (S.B. #200522) 

alevine@omm.com 

KATE IDES (S.B. #274820) 

kides@omm.com 

DANIEL J. FARIA (S.B. #285158) 

dfaria@omm.com 

O’MELVENY & MYERS LLP 

400 South Hope Street 

Los Angeles, California 90071-2899 

Telephone: (213) 430-6000 

Facsimile: (213) 430-6407 

RANDALL W. EDWARDS (S.B. #179053) 

redwards@omm.com 

O’MELVENY & MYERS LLP 

Two Embarcadero Center, 28th Floor 

San Francisco, CA 94111-3823 

Telephone: (415) 984-8700 

Facsimile: (415) 984-8701 

Attorneys for Defendant 

Trader Joe’s Company

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION 

AMY GITSON et al., 

Plaintiffs, 

v. 

TRADER JOE’S COMPANY, 

Defendant. 

Case No. 13-CV-1333 VC 

JOINT STATUS UPDATE 

REGARDING SCHEDULING OF 

MANDATORY SETTLEMENT 

CONFERENCE AND 

[PROPOSED] ORDER 

Judge: Hon. Joseph C. Spero 

TAC Filed: April 3, 2014 

Trial Date: Not Set 

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In accordance with this Court’s April 6, 2015 order, which is attached as Exhibit 1 to this 

Joint Status Update, Plaintiffs Amy Gitson and Deborah Ross and Defendant Trader Joe’s 

Company (collectively, the “Parties”), respectfully submit this Joint Status Update regarding the 

scheduling of the mandatory settlement conference in this matter. As explained below, given 

Judge Chhabria’s extension of the stay in this action until September 29, 2015, the Parties 

propose to submit a further joint status report to Judge Spero within ten days of the next case 

management conference (currently scheduled for September 29, 2015). 

As background, this matter originally was scheduled for a settlement conference on May 

5, 2014. However, on April 28, 2014, the Parties submitted a joint stipulation requesting that this 

Court vacate the settlement conference. At the time, Trader Joe’s had two motions pending—a 

motion to dismiss Plaintiffs’ Third Amended Complaint (Dkt. No. 82) and a motion to certify for 

interlocutory appeal. (Dkt. No. 74.) A central issue raised by both motions was whether 

Plaintiffs have standing to assert claims as to approximately 177 products they did not purchase. 

The Parties requested a continuance of the settlement conference because they did not believe 

they were in the position to engage in settlement discussions until this issue was resolved. On 

April 28, 2014, this Court vacated the May 5, 2014 settlement conference and continued it until a 

date approximately 60 days after the entry of an order on Trader Joe’s motion to dismiss, or 60 

days after entry of an order on Trader Joe’s motion to certify for interlocutory appeal. 

On August 8, 2014, Judge Chhabria entered a single order on both motions. (Dkt. No. 

101.) Judge Chhabria denied the motion for interlocutory appeal. (Id. at 2-3.) As to Trader Joe’s 

motion to dismiss, he stayed the entire case on primary jurisdiction grounds (id. at 3-4), and 

denied the remainder of Trader Joe’s motion to dismiss without prejudice to re-filing once the 

stay is lifted (id. at 4). Judge Chhabria also set a case management conference for November 4, 

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 at which he would revisit the propriety of maintaining the stay. (Id.) The November 2014 

case management conference was subsequently rescheduled to March 24, 2015. (Dkt. No. 106.) 

Accordingly, on November 17, 2014, this Court granted the Parties’ request to further continue 

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 Judge Chhabria subsequently continued the case management conference scheduled for 

November 4, 2014, to November 13, 2014. 

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the mandatory settlement conference previously scheduled in this action, and ordered the Parties 

to file a joint status report on the status of the stay ten days after the March 24, 2015 case 

management conference (April 3, 2015). (Dkt. No. 108.) 

On March 20, 2015, Judge Chhabria granted the Parties’ request to continue the current 

stay of this lawsuit and scheduled a case management conference for June 23, 2015. (Dkt. No. 

113.) At the June 23, 2015 case management conference, Judge Chhabria further continued the 

stay until September 29, 2015 and set a case management conference for the same date. (Dkt. 

No. 117.) 

In short, the Parties are in no different position than when they last submitted an update. 

Therefore, the Parties propose that within ten days of the next case management conference in 

this matter, which is presently scheduled for September 29, 2015, they will jointly submit a status 

update wherein they will report on (1) the status of the stay; (2) if the stay is lifted, whether 

Trader Joe’s intends to re-file its motion to dismiss the Third Amended Complaint and, if so, by 

which date the Parties anticipate the motion will be resolved; and (3) if the stay is lifted and 

Trader Joe’s refiles its motion to dismiss the Third Amended Complaint, the date by which the 

Parties propose to jointly contact Judge Spero’s chambers to select a settlement conference date. 

Dated: July 6, 2015 

 O’MELVENY & MYERS LLP 

By: /s/ Kate Ides 

 Kate Ides 

Attorneys for Defendant 

Trader Joe’s Company 

Dated: July 6, 2015 

 CLIFFORD LAW OFFICES, P.C. 

By: /s/ Colin H. Dunn 

 Colin H. Dunn 

Attorneys for Plaintiffs 

Amy Gitson and Deborah Ross 

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[PROPOSED] ORDER 

Having reviewed the Parties’ joint status update regarding the scheduling of the 

mandatory settlement conference in this matter, it is hereby ordered that within 10 days of the 

next case management conference, which is currently scheduled for September 29, 2015, the 

Parties will jointly submit a status update to this Court wherein they will report on (1) the status 

of the stay; (2) if the stay is lifted, whether Trader Joe’s intends to re-file its motion to dismiss the 

Third Amended Complaint and, if so, by which date the Parties anticipate the motion will be 

resolved; and (3) if the stay is lifted and Trader Joe’s refiles its motion to dismiss the Third 

Amended Complaint, the date by which the Parties propose to jointly contact Judge Spero’s 

chambers to select a settlement conference date. 

 IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Dated: ____________________

 THE HONORABLE JOSEPH C. SPERO

7/7/15

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORN

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Judge Joseph C. Spero

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SIGNATURE ATTESTATION 

The filing attorney attests that he has obtained concurrence regarding the filing of this 

document from each of the other signatories to this document. 

Dated: July 6, 2015 

 O’MELVENY & MYERS LLP 

By: /s/ Kate Ides 

 Kate Ides 

Attorneys for Defendant 

Trader Joe’s Company 

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