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Nature of Suit Code: 710
Nature of Suit: Fair Labor Standards Act
Cause of Action: 28:1331 Fed. Question: Fair Labor Standards

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United States District Court

Northern District of California

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

IRAM BAKHTIAR,

Plaintiff,

v.

INFORMATION RESOURCES, INC.,

Defendant.

Case No. 17-cv-04559-JST 

ORDER AMENDING DEADLINES 

FOR MOTION FOR CLASS

CERTIFICATION

Re: ECF No. 101

The parties have filed a joint stipulation to continue the deadlines for Plaintiff’s motion for 

class certification and Defendant’s motion to decertify the conditional Fair Labor Standards Act 

(“FLSA”) collective, as well as competing proposals for the briefing schedule on those motions. 

ECF No. 101. 

The Court will adopt the parties’ stipulated deadline for Plaintiff to file a motion for class 

certification. The Court will further adopt Plaintiff’s proposed briefing schedule on that motion. 

Bearing in mind, however, that the standard for FLSA decertification “is different, and easier to 

satisfy, than the requirements for a class action certified under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 

23(b)(3),” Heath v. Google Inc., 215 F. Supp. 3d 844, 852 (N.D. Cal. 2016), the Court anticipates 

that the resolution of Plaintiff’s motion will clarify the issues pertinent to FLSA decertification 

and perhaps even remove some issues from dispute. The Court will therefore entertain 

Defendant’s FLSA decertification motion only after it decides Plaintiff’s motion for class 

certification.

Accordingly, the Court sets the following deadlines for Plaintiff’s motion:

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Event Deadline

Plaintiff’s motion for class certification due May 31, 2019

Defendant’s opposition due July 2, 2019

Plaintiff’s reply due July 16, 2019

Hearing on motion August 7, 2019 or 

any date thereafter

After the Court decides the motion for class certification, Defendant may file a motion for 

FLSA decertification.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: January 23, 2019

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JON S. TIGAR

United States District Judge

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