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Nature of Suit Code: 442
Nature of Suit: Civil Rights Employment
Cause of Action: 29:185 Labor/Mgt. Relations (Contracts)

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STIPULATION AND ORDER GRANTING PLAINTIFFS LEAVE TO FILE THIRD AMENDED COMPLAINT FOR DAMAGES

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WANGER JONES HELSLEY PC

265 East River Park Circle, Suite 310

Fresno, California 93720

Telephone: (559) 233-4800

Facsimile: (559) 233-9330

Patrick D. Toole #190118

Dylan J. Crosby #299536

Erin T. Huntington #306037

Attorneys for: Plaintiffs and Proposed Class Representatives BECKY GREER, TIMOTHY C. 

BUDNIK, HALEY MARKWITH, ROSARIO SAENZ and IAN CARTY

LITTLER MENDELSON, P.C.

333 Bush Street, 34th Floor

San Francisco, California 94104

Telephone: (415) 433-1940

Facsimile: (415) 399-8490

Robert G. Hulteng # 071293

Joshua D. Kienitz # 244903

Aurelio J. Perez # 282135

Attorneys for: Defendant PACIFIC GAS & ELECTRIC COMPANY

LEONARD CARDER LLP

1330 Broadway, Suite 1450

Oakland, California 94612

Telephone: (510)272-0169

Facsimile: (510) 272-0174

Philip Monrad # 151073

Alex Pacheco # 302852

Attorneys for: Defendant IBEW LOCAL 1245

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

BECKY GREER; TIMOTHY C. BUDNIK; 

ROSARIO SAENZ; and IAN CARTY, 

Individually and as “Class Representatives,”

Plaintiffs,

v.

PACIFIC GAS AND ELECTRIC 

COMPANY, and DOES 1 through 10, 

inclusive,

Defendants.

Case No. 1:15-CV-01066-EPG

STIPULATION AND ORDER 

GRANTING PLAINTIFFS LEAVE TO 

FILE THIRD AMENDED 

COMPLAINT FOR DAMAGES

[FRCP 15(a)(2)]

Complaint Filed: August 28, 2015

Trial Date: None Set

Judge: Honorable Erica P. Grosjean

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WHEREAS on July 10, 2015, Plaintiffs’ BECKY GREER, TIMOTHY C. 

BUDNIK, ROSARIO SAENZ, HALEY MARKWITH, and IAN CARTY (collectively, 

“Plaintiffs”) filed their Complaint for Damages, Injunctive and Declaratory Relief in this 

action against PACIFIC GAS & ELECTRIC COMPANY (“PG&E”).

WHEREAS on August 26, 2015, Plaintiffs filed their First Amended 

Complaint for Damages, Injunctive and Declaratory relief against PG&E.

WHEREAS on January 27, 2016, Plaintiffs filed their Second Amended 

Complaint for Damages against PG&E.

WHEREAS Plaintiffs seek to file a Third Amended Complaint for Damages

pursuant to FRCP 15, which adds two potential Class Representatives, a related cause of action 

for False or Misleading Advertising against PG&E, and adds a specific cause of action for 

Breach of the Duty of Fair Representation against IBEW LOCAL 1245 (“IBEW”). 

WHEREAS a copy of Plaintiffs’ proposed Third Amended Complaint for 

Damages is attached hereto as Exhibit “A.”

WHEREAS the parties wish to avoid delay in resolving this case, which 

currently has a deadline for close of paper discovery on November 21, 2016, and a deadline for 

close of non-expert depositions of January 21, 2017, pursuant to which the parties have 

scheduled 19 depositions, commencing on November 29, 2016.

WHEREAS to avoid having to extend the paper discovery deadline any more 

than necessary, to avoid rescheduling of currently scheduled depositions, and to avoid any 

modification of the September 1, 2016, Stipulated Scheduling Order (Doc. 92), the parties have 

agreed that: 

1) The current cut-off for paper discovery will remain at November 21,

2016;

2) That PG&E will provide the employee file and payroll records for 

Ms. Muldrow and Pesina within 14 days of filing the Third Amended Complaint; 

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3) Plaintiffs Muldrow and Pesina will provide supplemental responses to 

special interrogatories served on extant Plaintiffs by PG&E and by IBEW within 14 days after 

receipt of their payroll records, as provided above; 

4) Plaintiffs will also agree to e-mail service of an additional twenty-seven-

(27) Interrogatories in total,1and Requests for Admissions from Local 1245 on or before 

5 p.m. on October 27; and

5) Plaintiffs will further agree to provide responses (with verifications to 

follow) to discovery served under the preceding paragraph by e-mail on or before 

November 21, 2016. 

IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED, by and between Plaintiffs, PG&E and IBEW 

through their respective counsel, that pursuant to Rule 15:

1. Plaintiffs may file their Third Amended Complaint for Damages, a copy 

of which is attached hereto as Exhibit “A;”

2. That PG&E will serve, within fourteen (14) days of the entry of the 

attached Order, the employee file and payroll records for Ms. Muldrow and Pesina. In turn, 

Plaintiffs’ will agree to serve supplemental answers from Ms. Muldrow and Pesina to all 

previously served interrogatories by both Defendants within fourteen (14) days of service of 

documents by PG&E;2 

3. Plaintiffs will also agree to e-mail service of an additional twentyseven (27) Special Interrogatories in total, and Requests for Admissions from Local 1245 on or 

before 5 p.m. on October 27; 

4. Plaintiffs will further agree to provide responses (with verifications to 

follow) to discovery served under the preceding paragraph by e-mail on or before 

November 21, 2016; and 

 

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Plaintiffs agree that Local 1245’s Interrogatories regarding the general allegations of the Third Amended 

Complaint (i.e., allegations that do not address the circumstances of a specific Plaintiff) can be served on one 

Plaintiff, and that Plaintiff’s response will be binding on all Plaintiffs.

2 The parties’ further agree that service of the employee records and supplemental responses can be by e-mail or 

fax. 

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5. Defendant PG&E’s and IBEW’s responses are due twenty-one (21) days 

after the Third Amended Complaint for Damages is deemed filed.

DATED: October 27, 2016 WANGER JONES HELSLEY PC

By: /s/ Patrick D.Toole 

Patrick D. Toole

Dylan J. Crosby

Erin T. Huntington

Attorneys for Plaintiffs and Proposed Class 

Representatives BECKY GREER, 

TIMOTHY C. BUDNIK, HALEY 

MARKWITH, ROSARIO SAENZ and IAN 

CARTY

DATED: October 27, 2016 LITTLER MENDELSON, P.C.

By: /s/ Robert G. Hulteng 

Robert G. Hulteng

Joshua D. Kienitz

Aurelio J. Perez

Attorneys for Defendant PACIFIC GAS &

ELECTRIC COMPANY

DATED: October 27, 2016 LEONARD CARDER, LLP

By: /s/ Philip Monrad 

Philip Monrad

Alex Pacheco

Attorneys for Defendant IBEW LOCAL 1245

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ORDER

Based on the foregoing Stipulation, and good cause appearing therein, the Court 

orders that:

1. Pursuant to Rule 15, Plaintiffs are granted leave to file their Third Amended 

Complaint for Damages. The Clerk of the Court is DIRECTED to file the proposed Third 

Amended Complaint, which is attached to the Stipulation as ECF Nos. 103-1, 103-2, 103-3, 

103-4, 103-5, 103-6, and 103-7;

2. The Clerk of the Court is DIRECTED to update the docket to reflect that Haley 

Markwith, Maria Garcia Pesina, and Monica Muldrow are named plaintiffs;

3. The Third Amended Complaint for Damages is deemed filed as of the date this 

Order is docketed;

4. Defendant PG&E’s and IBEW’s responses to the Third Amended Complaint are 

due 21 days from the date this Order is filed;

5. The current cut-off for paper discovery will remain as November 21, 2016; 

6. PG&E will provide the employee files and payroll records for Plaintiffs

Muldrow and Pesina within 14 days after the Third Amended Complaint is filed as ordered;

7. Plaintiffs Muldrow and Pesina will serve responses to the same discovery 

requests served on extant Plaintiffs by PG&E and by IBEW within 14 days after receipt of 

their payroll records;

8. Local 1245 will serve no more than 27 Interrogatories in total, and Requests for 

Admissions by e-mail on or before 5 p.m. on October 27, 2016; and,

9. Plaintiffs will provide responses (with verifications to follow) to discovery 

served under the preceding paragraph by e-mail on or before November 21, 2016. 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: October 31, 2016 /s/

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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