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Nature of Suit Code: 790
Nature of Suit: Other Labor Litigation
Cause of Action: 28:1332 Diversity-(Citizenship)

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STIPULATION AND PROPOSED ORDER 

CASE NO. 1:11-CV-02053-LJO-BAM 

Catha Worthman (SBN 230399) 

Kirsten Scott (SBN 253464) 

Michael Caesar (SBN 280548) 

LEWIS, FEINBERG, LEE, RENAKER & 

JACKSON, P.C. 

476 9th Street 

Oakland, California 94607 

Telephone: (510) 839-6824 

Facsimile: (510) 839-7839 

cworthman@lewisfeinberg.com 

kscott@lewisfeinberg.com 

mcaesar@lewisfeinberg.com 

Charles Trudrung Taylor (SBN 127105) 

Ana de Alba (SBN 253917) 

LANG, RICHERT & PATCH 

Fig Garden Financial Center 

5200 North Palm Avenue, Fourth Floor 

Fresno, California 93704 

Telephone: (559) 228-6700 

Facsimile: (559) 228-6727 

ctt@lrplaw.net 

ada@lrplaw.net 

Counsel for Plaintiff and the Certified Classes 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

TROY M. LINDELL, ON BEHALF OF HIMSELF 

AND ALL OTHERS SIMILARLY SITUATED, 

Plaintiff, 

vs. 

SYNTHES USA, SYNTHES USA SALES LLC, 

SYNTHES SPINE COMPANY, LP, 

Defendants. 

Case No. 1:11-CV-02053-LJO-BAM 

 

STIPULATION AND ORDER RE: 

WITHDRAWAL OF PLAINTIFF’S 

MOTION TO COMPEL 

Date: February 20, 2015 

Time: 9:00 a.m. 

Courtroom 8 

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 WHEREAS, on January 30, 2015, Plaintiff filed a Notice of Motion and Motion to Compel 

Pursuant to Local Rule 251 (ECF No. 170) seeking an order (1) compelling Defendants to respond in 

full to Requests for Production of Documents Nos. 1-3, which seek documents from Defendants 

setting forth the expense, deduction, and compensation policies that have affected Synthes Sales 

Consultants in California since 2007, and (2) compelling the appearance of Defendants’ designated 

representative(s) for a Rule 30(b)(6) deposition; 

 WHEREAS, on February 6, 2015, the parties stipulated to the Court’s Informal Discovery 

Dispute Resolution process; 

 WHEREAS, on February 6, 2015, the Court set a telephone conference call with the Court 

for February 11, 2015, at 9:30 a.m., to address the pending discovery dispute; 

 WHEREAS, in meet and confer efforts the parties have resolved their current discovery 

disputes, while reserving rights, objections, and arguments that may be presented to the parties and 

to the Court in the future, by (1) the parties agreeing that the 30(b)(6) deposition shall take place on 

February 25, 2015, and (2) Defendants producing additional policy documents, and confirming that 

Defendants have now produced all policy documents setting forth the expense, deduction, and 

compensation policies that have affected Synthes Sales Consultants in California since 2007; 

 

 IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED AND AGREED, by and between the undersigned counsel on 

behalf of the respective parties, that Plaintiff shall withdraw his pending Motion to Compel (ECF 

No. 170), and the matter shall be taken off calendar. 

 

DATED: February 11, 2015 BLANK ROME LLP

 By: /s/ Anthony Haller

 Anthony Haller

 Attorneys for Defendants

 SYNTHES USA, SYNTHES USA SALES LLC, 

SYNTHES SPINE COMPANY, LP 

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DATED: February 11, 2015 LEWIS, FEINBERG, LEE, RENAKER & JACKSON, 

P.C. 

 By: /s/ Kirsten Scott

 Kirsten Scott

 Attorneys for Plaintiffs 

TROY M. LINDELL AND MARK POPE and the 

Proposed Class 

 

ORDER 

 IT IS SO ORDERED, pursuant to the parties’ Stipulation, Plaintiff’s Motion to Compel (ECF 

No. 170) shall be taken off calendar. 

Dated: February 12, 2015 /s/ Barbara A. McAuliffe UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE 

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