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Nature of Suit Code: 790
Nature of Suit: Other Labor Litigation
Cause of Action: 28:1332 Diversity-Account Receivable

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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LIONEL HARPER, DANIEL SINCLAIR, 

HASSAN TURNER, LUIS VAZQUEZ, and 

PEDRO ABASCAL, individually and 

on behalf of all others 

similarly situated and all 

aggrieved employees,

Plaintiffs,

v.

CHARTER COMMUNICATIONS, LLC,

Defendant.

No. 2:19-cv-00902 WBS DMC

ORDER

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Before the court are multiple procedural motions in 

this case: (1) a motion by defendant Charter Communications to 

stay plaintiff Lionel Harper’s PAGA claim pending the U.S. 

Supreme Court’s decision in Viking River Cruises, Inc. v. 

Moriana, No. 20-1573 (Docket No. 246); (2) a motion by Harper 

requesting that the court sustain his objections to a discovery 

order by the Magistrate Judge relating to his PAGA claim or, in 

the alternative, that the court certify the discovery order for 

interlocutory appeal (Docket No. 243); and (3) an ex parte 

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application by Charter to extend its deadline to produce data 

pursuant to a discovery order by the Magistrate Judge (Docket No. 

248).

Plaintiffs have filed a statement of non-opposition in 

response to Charter’s motion to stay the PAGA claim. (Docket No. 

260.) In light of plaintiffs’ non-opposition, Charter’s motion

is GRANTED, and all proceedings on plaintiff Harper’s PAGA claim 

are STAYED pending the outcome in Viking River Cruises. Once 

Viking River Cruises has been decided by the Supreme Court, 

counsel shall promptly file a joint status report and shall take 

the necessary steps to have this matter set for a status 

conference.

Both Harper’s request to sustain objections and the 

request for certification for interlocutory appeal are DENIED AS 

MOOT in light of the court’s stay of the PAGA claim. This denial 

is without prejudice to the parties submitting any requests to 

the Magistrate Judge in light of the changed circumstances.

Finally, Charter’s ex parte application to extend the 

production deadline is hereby REFERRED to the assigned Magistrate 

Judge pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1)(A).

The hearings on these motions and on Harper’s motion 

for partial summary judgment (Docket No. 236), currently 

scheduled on February 7, and March 7, 2022, before the 

undersigned are hereby VACATED, subject to being renoticed for 

hearing after the stay has been lifted. 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: January 26, 2022

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