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Nature of Suit Code: 442
Nature of Suit: Civil Rights Employment
Cause of Action: 28:1332 Diversity-Petition for Removal

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Case No. 4:16-cv-07185-HSG 

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HUNTER PYLE (SBN 191125) 

CHAD SAUNDERS (SBN 257810) 

HUNTER PYLE LAW 

428 Thirteenth Street, Eleventh Floor 

Oakland, California 94612 

Telephone: (510) 444-4400 

Facsimile: (510) 444-4410 

Emails: hunter@hunterpylelaw.com; csaunders@hunterpylelaw.com 

Attorneys for Plaintiffs RONDA AUSTIN, 

CHRISTOPHER CORDUCK, ERNEST DIAL, 

BILLY WAYNE GIBSON and BOBBY G. SMITH 

MOLLIE M. BURKS (SBN 222112) 

NICHOLAS A. DEMING (SBN 287917) 

GORDON & REES SCULLY MANSUKHANI LLP 

275 Battery Street, Suite 2000 

San Francisco, CA 94111 

Telephone: (415) 986-5900 

Facsimile: (415) 986-8054 

Emails: mburks@gordonrees.com; jbriscoe@gordonrees.com 

Attorneys for Defendant 

FOODLINER, INC. 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION

RONDA AUSTIN, CHRISTOPHER 

CORDUCK, ERNEST DIAL, BILLY 

WAYNE GIBSON, and BOBBY G. SMITH, 

on behalf of themselves and others similarly 

situated; 

 Plaintiffs, 

 vs. 

FOODLINER, INC., 

 Defendant. 

Case No. 4:16-cv-07185-HSG 

STIPULATION REGARDING FILING 

OF FIRST AMENDED COMPLAINT 

 

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 Plaintiffs RONDA AUSTIN, CHRISTOPHER CORDUCK, ERNEST DIAL, BILLY 

WAYNE GIBSON, and BOBBY G. SMITH (“Plaintiffs”) and Defendant FOODLINER, INC. 

(“Defendant” or “FOODLINER”) (together with Plaintiffs, “the Parties”) hereby submit the 

following stipulation and proposed order for Plaintiffs to file a first amended complaint. 

 WHEREAS, Plaintiffs filed their initial complaint in Alameda County Superior Court 

on November 3, 2016; 

WHEREAS, Defendant answered the complaint on December 13, 2016; 

 WHEREAS, Defendant removed the case to the U.S. District Court for the Northern 

District of California on December 16, 2016; 

 WHEREAS, Plaintiffs filed a complaint in Alameda County Superior Court alleging 

violations of the California Labor Code pursuant to the Private Attorneys General Act of 2004 

(“PAGA”) on January 18, 2017 (“PAGA action”); 

 WHEREAS, the Parties met and conferred through counsel and agreed to attempt to 

settle both actions through private mediation before Mark Rudy, Esq., which took place on 

August 16, 2017; 

WHEREAS, after the unsuccessful mediation, counsel for the Parties met and conferred 

regarding the PAGA action and Plaintiffs’ intention to file an amended complaint in this action. 

As a result of those discussions, Plaintiffs now seek to file a First Amended Complaint in order 

to conform to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure and to add the claims in the PAGA action to 

this action; 

WHEREAS, Defendant agrees to the filing of the proposed First Amended Complaint, 

which is attached hereto as Exhibit A; 

WHEREAS, Defendant agrees that the PAGA claims in the First Amended Complaint 

will relate back to the filing of the PAGA action on January 18, 2017; and 

WHEREAS, the Parties agree that Defendant’s stipulation to allow the filing of the 

proposed First Amended Complaint will not serve to waive any defenses or objections, except as 

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regards the statute of limitations for the PAGA claims, to any of the causes of action, or to the 

First Amended Complaint, and without admitting anything contained therein to be true. 

Based on the foregoing, the Parties, by and through their counsel of record and subject to 

this Court’s approval, hereby stipulate and agree as follows: 

1. Plaintiffs shall have leave to file the First Amended Complaint attached hereto as 

Exhibit A; 

2. Defendant’s counsel will accept service of the First Amended Complaint; 

3. Defendant reserves all rights, defenses, and objections to the claims set forth in 

Plaintiffs’ First Amended Complaint, except as regards the statute of limitations for 

the PAGA claims; and 

4. Defendant will have thirty (30) days after their counsel is served with the First 

Amended Complaint to file a responsive pleading. 

 IT IS SO STIPULATED. 

DATED: October 16, 2017 HUNTER PYLE LAW 

 

 By:_/s/ Chad Saunders________________ 

 Hunter Pyle 

 Chad Saunders 

 

 Attorneys for Plaintiffs RONDA AUSTIN, 

CHRISTOPHER CORDUCK, ERNEST 

DIAL, BILLY WAYNE GIBSON and 

BOBBY G. SMITH

DATED: October 16, 2017 GORDON & REES SCULLY 

 MANSUKHANI LLP 

 By:_/s/ Nicholas A. Deming____________ 

 Mollie M. Burks 

 Nicholas A. Deming 

 Attorneys for Defendant 

 FOODLINER, INC. 

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