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Nature of Suit Code: 442
Nature of Suit: Civil Rights Employment
Cause of Action: 28:1332 Diversity-Personal Property

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STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER REGARDING CLASS CERTIFICATION DISCOVERY 

CUTOFF AND CLASS CERTIFICATION BRIEFING SCHEDULE

Case No. 3:13-cv-04065-VC

979800.01

Counsel listed on following page.

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

PATRICK COTTER, ALEJANDRA 

MACIEL, and JEFFREY KNUDTSON, on 

behalf of themselves and all others similarly 

situated,

Plaintiffs,

v.

LYFT, INC.,

Defendant.

Case No. 3:13-cv-04065-VC

Hon. Vince Chhabria

STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] 

ORDER REGARDING CLASS 

CERTIFICATION DISCOVERY CUTOFF 

AND CLASS CERTIFICATION 

BRIEFING SCHEDULE

Date Filed: September 3, 2013

Trial Date: None Set

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STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER REGARDING CLASS CERTIFICATION DISCOVERY 

CUTOFF AND CLASS CERTIFICATION BRIEFING SCHEDULE

Case No. 3:13-cv-04065-VC

979800.01

Matthew D. Carlson (State Bar No. 273242)

CARLSON LEGAL SERVICES

100 Pine Street, Suite 1250

San Francisco, California 94111

Telephone: (510) 239-4710

Email: mcarlson@carlsonlegalservices.com

Shannon Liss-Riordan (Pro Hac Vice)

LICHTEN & LISS-RIORDAN, P.C.

729 Boylston Street, Suite 2000

Boston, MA 02116

Telephone: (617) 994-5800

Email: sliss@llrlaw.com

Attorneys for Plaintiffs

Attorneys for Plaintiffs

KEKER & VAN NEST LLP

RACHAEL E. MENY - # 178514

rmeny@kvn.com

R. JAMES SLAUGHTER - # 192813

rslaughter@kvn.com

MICHELLE YBARRA - # 260697

mybarra@kvn.com

ALEXANDER DRYER - # 291625

adryer@kvn.com

633 Battery Street

San Francisco, CA 94111-1809

Telephone: 415 391 5400 

Facsimile: 415 397 7188

OGLETREE, DEAKINS, NASH, SMOAK & STEWART, P.C.

THOMAS M. MCINERNEY - # 162055

tmm@ogletreedeakins.com

CHRISTOPHER M. AHEARN - # 239089

chris.ahearn@ogletreedeakins.com

Steuart Tower, Suite 1300

One Market Plaza

San Francisco, CA 94105

Telephone: 415 442 4810

Facsimile: 415 442 4870

Attorneys for Defendant LYFT, INC.

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STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER REGARDING CLASS CERTIFICATION DISCOVERY 

CUTOFF AND CLASS CERTIFICATION BRIEFING SCHEDULE

Case No. 3:13-cv-04065-VC

979800.01

The undersigned parties, by and through their respective counsel, do hereby stipulate:

WHEREAS, pursuant to the Court’s Amended Case Management Order (Dkt. No. 110),

the current deadline for completing discovery related to class certification is September 24, 2015;

WHEREAS, pursuant to the parties’ stipulation and subsequent Court Order (Dkt. No. 

136), Plaintiffs are to file their Motion for Class Certification on October 8, 2015, Defendant is to 

file its Opposition thereto on November 17, 2015, and Plaintiffs are to file their Reply on 

December 3, 2015;

WHEREAS, the parties have engaged in two settlement conferences to date and are 

scheduled to engage in their third settlement conference on October 13, 2015, five days after 

Plaintiffs are currently scheduled to file their Motion for Class Certification (Dkt. No. 150);

WHEREAS, the parties agree that it would be beneficial to focus their time and resources 

on this settlement conference;

WHEREAS, Defendant requires substantial additional time to supplement its previous 

production of documents in response to Plaintiffs’ Requests for Production of Documents in 

advance of the deposition(s) of Defendant’s Fed. R. Civ. P. 30(b)(6) designee(s); 

WHEREAS, Plaintiffs require that Defendant complete its supplemental document 

production in advance of taking Defendant’s deposition(s) and in advance of filing their Motion 

for Class Certification; 

IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED, by and between Plaintiffs and Defendant, by and through

their respective counsel, that:

1. The deadline to complete discovery related to class certification shall be Friday,

November 20, 2015.

2. Plaintiffs shall file their Motion for Class Certification on Tuesday, December 8, 

2015.

3. Defendant shall file their Opposition to Plaintiffs’ Motion for Class Certification 

on Tuesday, January 19, 2016.

4. Plaintiffs shall file their Reply in Support of their Motion for Class Certification 

on Tuesday, February 9, 2016.

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STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER REGARDING CLASS CERTIFICATION DISCOVERY 

CUTOFF AND CLASS CERTIFICATION BRIEFING SCHEDULE

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5. A hearing on Plaintiffs’ Motion for Class Certification shall be held on Thursday, 

February 25, 2016. 

IT IS SO STIPULATED.

Dated: August 14, 2015

By:

KEKER & VAN NEST LLP

/s/ R. James Slaughter

RACHAEL E. MENY

R. JAMES SLAUGHTER

MICHELLE YBARRA

ALEXANDER DRYER

Attorneys for Defendant LYFT, INC.

Dated: August 14, 2015

By:

LICHTEN & LISS-RIORDAN, P.C.

/s/ Shannon Liss-Riordan

SHANNON LISS-RIORDAN

Attorneys for Plaintiffs 

PATRICK COTTER, ALEJANDRA 

MACIEL, and JEFFREY KNUDTSON, on 

behalf of themselves and all others similarly 

situated

Dated: August 14, 2015

By:

CARLSON LEGAL SERVICES

/s/ Matthew D. Carlson

MATTHEW D. CARLSON

Attorneys for Plaintiffs 

PATRICK COTTER, ALEJANDRA 

MACIEL, and JEFFREY KNUDTSON, on 

behalf of themselves and all others similarly 

situated

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STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER REGARDING CLASS CERTIFICATION DISCOVERY 

CUTOFF AND CLASS CERTIFICATION BRIEFING SCHEDULE

Case No. 3:13-cv-04065-VC

979800.01

PURSUANT TO STIPULATION, IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: _______________________ _____________________________________

HONORABLE VINCE CHHABRIA

United States District Judge

August 17, 2015

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