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Nature of Suit Code: 370
Nature of Suit: Other Fraud
Cause of Action: 28:1331 Fed. Question

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Case No. 3:18-cv-03534-RS

STIPULATION & [PROPOSED] ORDER TO EXTEND DISCOVERY CUTOFF DATES AND ALL 

OTHER PROCEDURAL DEADLINES

Daniel J. Orlowsky James A. Morris, Esq. (CSBN 296852)

ORLOWSKY LAW, LLC jmorris@jamlawyers.com

7777 Bonhomme, Suite 1910 Shane. A. Greenberg, Esq. (CSMN 210932)

St. Louis, Missouri 63105 sgreenberg@jamlawyers.com

Phone: (314) 725-5151 MORRIS LAW FIRM

Fax; (314) 455-7375 4111 W. Alameda Avenue, Suite 611

dan@orlowskylaw.com Burbank, CA 91505

(Pro Hac Vice) Tel: (747) 283-1144

Fax: (747) 283-1143

Adam M. Goffstein

GOFFSTEIN LAW, LLC

7777 Bonhomme, Suite 1910

St. Louis, Missouri 63105

Phone: (314) 725-5151

Fax: (314) 455-7278

adam@goffsteinlaw.com

(Pro Hac Vice)

Attorneys for Plaintiffs

SHEPPARD MULLIN RICHTER & HAMPTON LLP

P. CRAIG CARDON, Cal. Bar No. 168646

ROBERT J. GUITE, Cal. Bar. No. 244590

BENJAMIN O. AIGBOBOH, Cal. Bar No. 268531

ALYSSA M. SHAUER, Cal. Bar No. 318359

1901 Avenue of the Stars, Suite 1600

Los Angeles, California 90067-6055

Telephone: 310.228.3700

Facsimile: 310.228.3701

E mail ccardon@sheppardmullin.com

baigboboh@sheppardmullin.com

ashauer@sheppardmullin.com

Attorneys for Defendant

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION

BRIAN KUTZA and ANIL KUMAR URMIL 

on behalf of themselves and all others 

similarly situated,

Plaintiffs,

v.

WILLIAMS-SONOMA, INC.,

Defendant.

Case No. 3:18-cv-03534-RS 

JOINT STIPULATION AND ORDER TO 

EXTEND ALL DISCOVERY CUTOFF 

DATES AND ALL OTHER 

PROCEDURAL DEADLINES 

Complaint Filed: June 13, 2018

Trial Date: None Set

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STIPULATION & [PROPOSED] ORDER TO EXTEND DISCOVERY CUTOFF DATES AND ALL OTHER 

PROCEDURAL DEADLINES

TO THE COURT, ALL PARTIES, AND THEIR ATTORNEYS OF RECORD:

Pursuant to Local Rules 6-1(b) and 6-2, Plaintiffs Brian Kutza and Anil Kumar Urmil

(“Plaintiffs”) and Defendant Williams-Sonoma, Inc. (“Defendant”), by and through their 

respective counsel, submit this Stipulation to extend all discovery cut-off dates and all other 

procedural deadlines. The Stipulation is based on the following facts, which demonstrate that the 

continuance will allow the Parties to continue marshalling the evidence necessary for properly 

briefing class-certification issues:

RECITALS

1. Plaintiff filed the Class Action Complaint (the “Complaint”) against Defendant on

June 13, 2018 (Dkt. 1); 

2. On February 15, 2019, the Court issued a Case Management Scheduling Order

(Dkt. 45) and on April 11, 2019, the Court issued an Amended Case Management Scheduling 

Order (Dkt. 46).

3. On June 21, 2019, Plaintiffs filed a Motion to Amend the Case Management

Scheduling Order (Dkt. 49). Defendant opposed that Motion (Dkt. 52).

4. On July 2, 2019, the Court entered a Further Scheduling Order (Dkt. 53), inter alia,

modifying the current scheduling order as follows:

a) The non-expert discovery cut-off was continued to March 31, 2020.

b) The deadline to designate experts was continued to February 28, 2020.

c) The deadline to designate supplemental and rebuttal experts was continued to

March 20, 2020.

d) The expert discovery cut-off was continued to April 10, 2020.

e) The hearing date for class certification was continued to July 24, 2020.

5. Since the date of the Further Scheduling Order, the Parties have diligently engaged

in discovery including various meet-and-confer sessions to address interrogatories and requests for 

production to which Defendant posed objections. In those conferral efforts, Plaintiffs agreed to 

refine certain discovery requests and the Parties reached agreement regarding the provision of 

supplemental responses. Defendant provided supplemental responses to certain of Plaintiffs’ 

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discovery requests and intends to provide second supplemental responses. Defendant having 

served interrogatories and requests for production on Plaintiffs. Plaintiffs provided initial 

responses thereto, provided supplemental responses to requests for production, and intend to 

provide second supplemental responses to requests for production and supplemental responses to 

interrogatories.

6. Discovery is still ongoing, and the Parties are working together to ensure that the 

discovery requests are completed in a timely fashion. 

7. Over the past few months, the Parties have engaged in numerous discussions to 

identify what relevant Electronically Stored Information (ESI) is in Defendant’s possession, to 

identify custodians that have information responsive to Plaintiffs’ document requests, and to 

identify what search terms the Defendant will use to identify ESI to confirm that Plaintiffs are 

provided with the information they need to ensure meaningful discovery, but at the same time, not 

place an undue burden on Defendant by having to engage in voluminous searches for documents.

8. Plaintiffs are also working to locate any relevant documents and information in 

their possession, custody, or control, to allow Plaintiffs to fully respond to Defendants’ discovery 

requests.

9. Even with the exercise of due diligence, the Parties are unable to meet the timetable 

set forth in the current case management schedule – specifically, the April 10, 2020 fact discovery 

cut-off, and relatedly, the expert disclosure cut-off and the July 24, 2020 hearing date for 

Plaintiffs’ motion for class certification.

10. As a result, the Parties have agreed to seek an Order extending current deadlines in 

the case management order for ninety (90) days.

11. The Parties hereby stipulate and request that the Court enter an Order for the 

following extensions, if acceptable to the Court:

a) The non-expert discovery cut-off shall be continued to June 29, 2020.

b) The deadline for the Parties’ designation of experts shall be continued to May 28, 

2020.

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c) The deadline to designate supplemental and rebuttal experts shall be continued to 

June 18, 2020.

d) The expert discovery cut-off shall be continued to July 9, 2020.

e) The hearing date for class certification shall be continued to October 22, 2020.

12. The Court has only continued the deadlines in the case management order once for 

a very short period of time (two months), and the Parties have only sought three other schedule 

modifications. These were: (1) an extension of time to respond to the Complaint (Dkt. 6); (2) 

additional time to brief the issues raised in Defendant’s motion to dismiss (Dkt. 24); and (3) a 

continuance of the hearing date on the motion to dismiss and the Case Management Conference 

(Dkt. 24).

13. In light of the forgoing, the Parties believe that good cause exists to extend the 

current deadlines in the case management order in accordance with the aforementioned facts. 

12. Pursuant to Local Rule 5-1(i)(3), by his signature below, Daniel J. Orlowsky,

attests that concurrence in the filing of this document has been obtained from each of the 

signatories listed below. 

IT IS SO STIPULATED AND AGREED.

ORLOWSKY LAW LLC

Dated: January 23, 2020 By /s/ Daniel J. Orlowsky

DANIEL J. ORLOWSKY

Attorney for Plaintiff

GOFFSTEIN LAW LLC

Dated: January 23, 2020 By /s/ Adam M. Goffstein

ADAM M. GOFFSTEIN

Attorney for Plaintiff

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OTHER PROCEDURAL DEADLINES

SHEPPARD MULLIN RICHTER & HAMPTON LLP

Dated: January 23, 2020 By /s/ Alyssa M. Shauer

P. CRAIG CARDON

ROBERT J. GUITE

BENJAMIN O. AIGBOBOH

ALYSSA M. SHAUER

Attorneys for Defendant

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ORDER

The Court has received and considered Plaintiffs’ Motion to Amend the Case Management 

Scheduling Order in the above captioned manner. The Court has reviewed all materials submitted in 

support and opposition to the motion. After careful consideration, the Court concludes that 

Plaintiffs’ motion to amned the schedling order should be GRANED, and ORDERS as follows:

1. The Parties’ non-expert discovuery cut-off currently set for March 31, 2020, is

CONTINUED to June 29, 2020.

2. The deadline for the Parties’ designation of experts currently set for February 28,

2019 is CONTINUED to May 28, 2020.

3. The deadline for the Parties’ designation of supplemental and rebuttal experts

currently set for March 20, 2020 is CONTINUED to June 18, 2020.

4. The Parties’ expert discovuery cut-off currently set for April 10, 2020, is

CONTINUED to July 9, 2020.

5. The hearing date for Plaintiffs’ motion for class certification currently set for July 24,

2020 is CONTINUED to October 22, 2020.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

DATED: ________________________________________

HONORABLE RICHARD SEEBORG

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

1/27/2020

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