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Nature of Suit Code: 190
Nature of Suit: Other Contract Actions
Cause of Action: 28:1332 Diversity-Fraud

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JOINT STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER CONTINUING DISCOVERY DEADLINES AND 

MODIFYING CLASS CERTIFICATION BRIEFING AND HEARING SCHEDULE 

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V ENABLE LLP

101 CALIFORNIA STREET, SUITE 3800

SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94111

415-653-3750

VENABLE LLP 

Angel A. Garganta (163957) 

 agarganta@venable.com 

Jessica L. Grant (178138) 

 jgrant@venable.com 

Amit Rana (291912) 

 arana@venable.com 

Yuhan Chi (324072) 

 achi@venable.com 

101 California Street, Suite 3800 

San Francisco, CA 94111 

Telephone: 415.653.3750 

Facsimile: 415.653.3755 

Attorneys for Defendant 

PREMIER NUTRITION CORPORATION 

f/k/a/ JOINT JUICE, INC.

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

VINCENT D. MULLINS, individually and on 

behalf of all others similarly situated, 

Plaintiffs, 

v. 

PREMIER NUTRITION CORPORATION 

f/k/a JOINT JUICE, INC. 

Defendant. 

[THIS DOCUMENTS APPLIES TO ALL 

RELATED ACTIONS EXCEPT BLAND] 

LEAD CASE NO.: 3:13-cv-01271-RS 

Related to: 

3:16-cv-06685-RS (Caiazzo-FL) 

3:16-cv-06703-RS (Lux-CT) 

3:16-cv-06704-RS (Ravinsky-PA) 

3:16-cv-06708-RS (Sandoval-NM) 

3:16-cv-06721-RS (Dent-IL) 

3:16-cv-07078-RS (Simmons-MI) 

3:16-cv-07090-RS (Spencer-MD) 

3:16-cv-06980-RS (Fishon-NY) 

3:17-cv-00054-RS (Schupp-MA) 

3:19-cv-00875-RS (Bland-CA) 

JOINT STIPULATION AND 

[PROPOSED] ORDER CONTINUING 

DISCOVERY DEADLINES AND 

MODIFYING CLASS CERTIFICATION 

BRIEFING AND HEARING SCHEDULE 

CLASS ACTION 

Judge: Hon. Richard Seeborg 

Courtroom: 3, 17th Floor 

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Pursuant to Local Rule 6-1 and 6-2, the parties in the above-captioned Related Actions 

enter into this stipulation and agreement (“Agreement”), subject to the Court’s approval, to 

continue the fact discovery cutoff. 

WHEREAS, on March 13, 2019, the Court entered an Order that set a fact discovery 

cutoff of July 31, 2019 and a hearing on Plaintiffs’ motions for class certification on September 

26, 2019 (ECF 269 in Lead Case 13-cv-01271-RS); 

WHEREAS, the parties have been diligently pursuing discovery. Subsequent to the 

March 13, 2019 Order, Premier has produced hundreds of thousands of pages of documents in 

response to Plaintiffs’ Requests for Production. This is in addition to the documents produced in 

the Lead Case that the parties have stipulated would be deemed produced in the Related Actions; 

WHEREAS, the parties have conducted several meet and confer conferences about 

written discovery responses and discovery disputes remain which may require judicial 

intervention; 

WHEREAS, Plaintiffs have served a deposition notice on Premier pursuant to Fed. R. 

Civ. P. 30(b)(6) and Plaintiffs have indicated their intention to serve additional deposition 

notices on other fact witnesses. Premier has also indicated its intention to take the depositions of 

all nine named Plaintiffs. The parties are meeting and conferring regarding depositions 

scheduling, and anticipate that depositions will take place throughout August and September; 

WHEREAS, Premier intends to file a Motion for Judgment on the Pleadings (“MJOP”) in 

all the Related Actions on July 18, 2019, to be heard on August 22, 2019; 

WHEREAS, Plaintiff in the related action entitled Bland v. Premier Nutrition Corp., No. 

3:19-cv-00875 (N.D. Cal.) has served discovery requests on Premier and subpoenas for 

documents and testimony on Costco, Walmart, and Sam’s Club, and intends to file a motion to 

remand pursuant to CAFA’s home-state controversy exception on July 25, 2019, to be heard on 

August 29, 2019; 

WHEREAS, the parties agree to modify the hearing and briefing schedule for Plaintiffs’ 

class certification motions as follows: The deadline for Plaintiffs to file their motions for class 

certification shall be August 29, 2019; the deadline for Defendant to file its response shall be 

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October 10, 2019; the deadline for Plaintiffs to file their reply in support of their motions shall be 

October 24, 2019; and the hearing on Plaintiffs’ class certification motions shall be November 7, 

2019 or as soon thereafter as the Court may be available; 

WHEREAS, the parties believe there is good cause for the requested extension because 

they believe it will conserve party and judicial resources, allow the parties to focus on the 

forthcoming substantive motions, and because without an extension the parties will be prejudiced 

in their ability to obtain needed factual evidence before the currently set fact discovery cutoff 

and class certification briefing schedule. 

ACCORDINGLY, IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED AND AGREED, subject to the 

approval of the Court, that: 

1. The fact discovery cutoff is continued to ninety (90) days from the date on which 

the Court issues an order on Premier’s forthcoming MJOP. 

2. The deadline for Plaintiffs to file their motions for class certification shall be 

August 29, 2019; the deadline for Defendant to file its response shall be October 10, 2019; the 

deadline for Plaintiffs to file their reply in support of their motions shall be October 24, 2019; 

and the hearing on Plaintiffs’ class certification motions shall be November 7, 2019 at 1:30 p.m. 

or as soon thereafter as the Court may be available. 

NOW, THEREFORE, this Agreement is entered into by and among the Parties, by and 

through their respective counsel and representatives. 

Dated: July 16, 2019 VENABLE LLP 

By: /s/ Angel A. Garganta

ANGEL A. GARGANTA

101 California Street, Suite 3800

San Francisco, CA 94111 

Tel: 415/653-3750 

415/653-3755 (fax)

Attorneys for Defendant 

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Dated: July 16, 2019 

BLOOD HURST & O’REARDON, LLP

By: /s/ Timothy G. Blood

TIMOTHY G. BLOOD

501 West Broadway, Suite 1490

San Diego, California 92101 

Tel: 619/338-1100 

619/338-1101 (fax) 

Attorneys for Plaintiff

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ECF CERTIFICATION 

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

document from the signatories to this document. 

Dated: July 16, 2019 VENABLE , LLP

By: /s/ Angel A. Garganta 

Angel A. Garganta

[PROPOSED] ORDER 

Pursuant to the above Joint Stipulation and Proposed Order Continuing Discovery 

Deadlines and Modifying Class Certification Briefing and Hearing Schedule, IT IS HEREBY 

ORDERED that the Court finds that good cause exists for the entry of this Order. 

1. The fact discovery cutoff is continued to ninety (90) days from the date on which the 

Court issues an order on Defendant’s forthcoming Motion for Judgment on the Pleadings; 

2. The deadline for Plaintiffs to file their motions for class certification shall be August 29, 

2019; the deadline for Defendant to file its response shall be October 10, 2019; the 

deadline for Plaintiffs to file their reply in support of their motions shall be October 24, 

2019; and the hearing on Plaintiffs’ class certification motions shall be 

__________________, 2019 at ____. 

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Dated: ______________ 

Hon. Richard Seeborg 

United State District Court Judge 

November 7 1:30 pm

7/18/19

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