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Nature of Suit Code: 442
Nature of Suit: Civil Rights Employment
Cause of Action: 42:2000e Job Discrimination (Employment)

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STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER CONTINUING CASE MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE 

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Bill Lann Lee (SBN 108452) 

Vincent Cheng (SBN 230827) 

Lindsay Nako (SBN 239090) 

Nina Wasow (SBN 242047) 

LEWIS, FEINBERG, LEE, RENAKER 

 & JACKSON, P.C. 

1330 Broadway, Suite 1800 

Oakland, CA 94612 

Telephone: 510-839-6824 

Facsimile: 510-839-7839 

Additional Attorneys for Plaintiffs 

and the Proposed Class on Signature Page

Roman M. Silberfeld (SBN 62783) 

David Martinez (SBN 193183) 

Benjamin M. Weiss (SBN 223163) 

ROBINS, KAPLAN, MILLER & 

 CIRESI L.L.P. 

2049 Century Park East, Suite 3700 

Los Angeles, CA 90067-3211 

Telephone: (310) 552-0130 

Facsimile: (310) 229-5800 

Attorneys for Defendants Best Buy Co., 

Inc. and Best Buy Stores, L.P.

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

SAN FRANCISCO/OAKLAND DIVISION 

JASMEN HOLLOWAY, AMY GARCIA, 

CHERYL CHAPPEL, ERIC BLACKSHER, 

JESSICA TREAS, LAWRENCE SANTIAGO, 

JR., MUEMBO MUANZA, MAURICE 

CALHOUN, NICHOLAS DIXON, AND SUSAN 

MYERS-SNYDER, on behalf of themselves and 

all others similarly situated, 

 Plaintiffs, 

 v. 

BEST BUY CO., INC., and BEST BUY STORES, 

L.P. 

 Defendants. 

Case No. C-05-5056 PJH (MEJ) 

CLASS ACTION

STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] 

ORDER CONTINUING CASE 

MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE 

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 WHEREAS, the Court has set a Case Management Conference in the above-captioned 

case for May 1, 2008; 

 WHEREAS, the parties have worked diligently to achieve significant progress in the 

case since the submission of the last case management statement; 

 WHEREAS, the parties have engaged in ongoing discovery, including Defendants’ 

production of over fifteen million pages of documents to Plaintiffs and over fifty depositions 

conducted by the parties of both fact witnesses and corporate representatives pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. 

P. 30(b)(6); 

 WHEREAS, Plaintiffs have filed a Second Amended Complaint, which conforms 

allegations to the evidence to date and narrows the proposed class and the class claims; 

 WHEREAS, the parties have engaged in two private mediation sessions held on 

October 16, 2007 and March 11, 2007, and have scheduled an additional mediation session for May 

20, 2008; 

 WHEREAS, Plaintiffs have served their expert reports with respect to class 

certification; 

 WHEREAS, Defendants have deposed one of Plaintiffs’ experts and have scheduled the 

deposition of Plaintiffs’ second expert for May 6, 2008; 

 WHEREAS, Plaintiffs will file their motion for class certification on August 27, 2008 

and the Court will hear the motion on December 10, 2008; 

 WHEREAS, there are no outstanding issues for resolution by the Court and continuing 

the Case Management Conference until after the December 10, 2008 hearing on class certification will 

not prejudice the parties and will serve the goal of judicial economy and efficiency; 

 THEREFORE, the parties hereby stipulate and agree, and respectfully request that the 

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Court continue the Case Management Conference set for May 1, 2008 until after Plaintiffs’ Motion for 

Class Certification has been heard on December 10, 2008. 

DATED: April 18, 2008 LEWIS, FEINBERG, LEE, RENAKER 

 & JACKSON, P.C. 

By: /s/ 

Bill Lann Lee 

Bill Lann Lee (SBN 108452) 

Vincent Cheng (SBN 230827) 

Lindsay Nako (SBN 239090) 

Nina Wasow (SBN 242047) 

1330 Broadway, Suite 1800 

Oakland, CA 94612 

Telephone: 510-839-6824 

Facsimile: 510-839-7839 

Todd M. Schneider (SBN 158253) 

Guy B. Wallace (SBN 176151) 

Clint J. Brayton (SBN 192214) 

Nancy Park (SBN 236750) 

SCHNEIDER & WALLACE 

180 Montgomery Street, Suite 2000 

San Francisco, CA 94104 

Telephone: (415) 421-7100 

Facsimile: (415) 421-7105 

James M. Finberg (SBN 114850) 

Eve H. Cervantez (SBN 164709) 

Katherine M. Pollock (SBN 243500) 

ALTSHULER BERZON LLP 

177 Post St., Suite 300 

San Francisco, CA 94108 

Telephone: 415-421-7151 

Facsimile: 415-362-8064 

Kelly M. Dermody (SBN 171716) 

Daniel M. Hutchinson (SBN 239458) 

Barbra L. Williams (SBN 249967) 

LIEFF, CABRASER, HEIMANN 

 & BERNSTEIN, LLP 

Embarcadero Center West 

275 Battery Street, 30th Floor 

San Francisco, CA 94111-3339 

Telephone: (415) 956-1000 

Facsimile: (415) 956-1008 

Attorneys for Plaintiffs 

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DATED: April 18, 2008 ROBINS, KAPLAN, MILLER & CIRESI L.L.P.

By: /s/ 

Roman M. Silberfeld 

Roman M. Silberfeld, Bar No. 62783 

David Martinez, Bar No. 193183 

Benjamin M. Weiss, Bar No. 223163 

ROBINS, KAPLAN, MILLER & 

 CIRESI L.L.P. 

2049 Century Park East, Suite 3700 

Los Angeles, CA 90067-3211 

Telephone: (310) 552-0130 

Facsimile: (310) 229-5800 

Attorneys for Defendants BEST BUY CO., INC. 

and BEST BUY STORES, L.P. 

[PROPOSED] ORDER

Pursuant to Stipulation, it is so ORDERED, 

DATED: 

 PHYLLIS J. HAMILTON, 

 United States District Judge

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ATTESTATION

I hereby certify that for all conformed signatures indicated by a /s/ I have holographic 

signatures on file. 

DATED: April 18, 2008 By: /s/ 

 Bill Lann Lee 

Bill Lann Lee (SBN 108452) 

Vincent Cheng (SBN 230827) 

Lindsay Nako (SBN 239090) 

Nina Wasow (SBN 242047) 

LEWIS, FEINBERG, LEE, RENAKER 

 & JACKSON, P.C. 

1330 Broadway, Suite 1800 

Oakland, CA 94612 

Telephone: 510-839-6824 

Facsimile: 510-839-7839 

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