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

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STIPULATION AND JOINT REQUEST TO MODIFY SCHEDULING ORDER

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

LIONEL HARPER, DANIEL SINCLAIR, 

HASSAN TURNER, LUIS VAZQUEZ, 

and PEDRO ABASCAL, individually and 

on behalf of all others similarly situated 

and all aggrieved employees,

Plaintiffs,

v. 

CHARTER COMMUNICATIONS, LLC, 

Defendant.

Case No. 2:19-cv-00902-WBS-DMC

Hon. William B. Shubb 

ORDER GRANTING STIPULATION AND 

JOINT REQUEST TO MODIFY 

SCHEDULING ORDER 

Having read and considered the Stipulation and Joint Request to Modify Scheduling Order 

(“Stipulation”) submitted by Plaintiffs Lionel Harper, Daniel Sinclair, Hassan Turner, Luis 

Vazquez, and Pedro Abascal (“Plaintiffs”) and Defendant Charter Communications, LLC 

(“Charter”) (collectively, the Parties), the Court finds GOOD CAUSE to modify the Status 

(Pretrial Scheduling) Order, Dkts. 34, 104, 159, and 213, and hereby GRANTS the Stipulation as 

follows:

WHEREAS, on October 9, 2019, the Court issued an initial scheduling order (Dkt. 34 

(“Scheduling Order”)).

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WHEREAS, subsequently, the Court approved several stipulations and joint requests and

modified the dates and deadlines in the Scheduling Order (Dkts. 52, 60, 70, 83, 92, 104, 159, and 

213).

WHEREAS, on November 30, 2021, the Court lifted the stay of Sinclair’s claims (Dkt. 

223), and subsequently approved a proposed briefing and hearing schedule for Sinclair’s renewed 

motion for class certification. Dkt. 242.

WHEREAS, on January 10, 2022, Charter filed a Motion to Stay Proceedings related to 

Harper’s PAGA claim (Dkt. 246), and a related ex parte application to extend the deadline to 

produce sampling data and to continue a hearing on Harper’s motion for partial summary 

judgment. Dkt. 248.

WHEREAS, Sinclair filed his renewed motion for class certification on January 24, 2022. 

Dkt. 257. Charter’s response is due February 23, 2022 and Sinclair’s reply is due March 11, 2022. 

Dkt. 242. The hearing is scheduled for March 21, 2022. Dkt. 242.

WHEREAS, on January 26, 2022, the Court stayed all proceedings on plaintiff Harper’s 

PAGA claim pending the outcome in Viking River Cruises and referred Charter’s ex parte

application to extend the sampling production deadline to Magistrate Judge Cota. Dkt. 261.

WHEREAS, the parties agree that Charter’s deadline to complete its production of 

additional sampling documents/ESI pursuant to Dkts. 112 and 133 shall now be set at the earlier 

of (i) 14 days after the Court grants Plaintiff Sinclair’s Renewed Motion for Class Certification, if 

at all, or (ii) 14 days after the stay of Plaintiff Harper’s PAGA claim is lifted, if at all; 

WHEREAS, Charter and Plaintiffs stipulate to the withdrawal of Charter’s ex parte

application, Dkt. 248, without prejudice based on the Court’s stay of Harper’s PAGA claim; 

WHEREAS, the Parties have met and conferred and agree that lifting the stay of Sinclair’s 

claims, the continuance of Charter’s sampling production deadline, the granting of a stay of 

Harper’s PAGA proceedings, the referral of Charter’s ex parte application with respect to the 

sampling production deadline to Magistrate Judge Cota, and the pendency of Viking River 

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Cruises before the Supreme Court have significantly changed the current scope and timing of this 

case such that the current schedule should be modified;

WHEREAS, based on the rulings above, the continuance of Charter’s sampling 

production deadline, and the timing of the class certification briefing and hearing, the Parties have 

met and conferred and agree that, for judicial economy, and good cause showing, the Court 

should approve this Stipulation in its entirety and modify the Scheduling Order in this action as

shown in the table below in order to provide adequate time for the Court to issue a decision on 

class certification; for the Parties to complete fact discovery; for the Parties to prepare expert 

reports and engage in expert discovery (the scope of which will depend on the class certification 

decision and the result in Viking River Cruises); and the Parties to prepare and file additional 

motions following the close of discovery and thereafter prepare for trial.

Based on the foregoing, the Court ORDERS as follows:

1. The current Scheduling Order (Dkt. 213) is hereby modified as follows:

Event Current date/deadline Modified date/deadline

Deadline for Charter to complete its 

production of additional sampling 

documents/ESI pursuant to Dkts. 112 

and 133

January 14, 2022 

(continued pending 

ruling on Plaintiff 

Sinclair’s Motion for 

Class Certification)

The earlier of (i) 14 days 

after the Court grants

Plaintiff Sinclair’s 

Renewed Motion for Class 

Certification, if at all, or 

(ii) 14 days after the stay of 

Plaintiff Harper’s PAGA 

claim is lifted, if at all.

Deadline to disclose expert witnesses February 25, 2022 May 27, 2022

Deadline to disclose rebuttal expert 

witnesses

March 18, 2022 June 17, 2022

Discovery cut-off April 1, 2022 July 15, 2022

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Motions cut-off (for filing) April 25, 2022 August 12, 2022

Deadline to file opposition briefs May 23, 2022 September 9, 2022

Deadline to file reply briefs June 3, 2022 September 30, 2022

Hearing on all motions June 13, 2022 at 

1:30pm

October 17, 2022 at 

1:30pm

Final Pretrial Conference August 15, 2022 at 

1:30pm

December 5, 2022 at 

1:30pm

Jury Trial October 4, 2022 at 

9:00am

February 7, 2023 at 

9:00am

2. The briefing and hearing dates for Sinclair’s Renewed Motion for Class 

Certification remain unchanged.

3. When Viking River Cruises has been decided by the Supreme Court, the Parties 

shall promptly file a joint status report and shall take the necessary steps to have this matter set 

for a status conference to determine whether any additional modifications may be necessary or 

appropriate. Dkt. 261.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: February 9, 2022

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