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Nature of Suit Code: 790
Nature of Suit: Other Labor Litigation
Cause of Action: 28:1332 Diversity-Employment Discrimination

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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VICKI WEST and WENDY FAGUNDES,

individually and on behalf of

others similarly situated,

NO. CIV. S-04-0438 WBS GGH

Plaintiffs,

v. ORDER RE: CONTINUANCE

AND EVIDENTIARY OBJECTIONS

CIRCLE K STORES, INC.,

Defendant.

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Stipulation

Plaintiffs Vicki West and Wendy Fagundes, on behalf of

themselves and a proposed class, and defendant Circle K Stores,

Inc., by and through their respective counsel of record, have

agreed to pursue mediation in this case on May 15, 2006 before

the Hon. Richard Neal (Ret.). The parties wish to complete

mediation prior to the hearing on plaintiffs’ motion for class

certification, currently calendared to be heard on April 17,

2006. Accordingly, the parties hereby request the Court to

continue the class certification hearing for forty-five (45) days

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to permit adequate time to complete mediation.

Dated: April 10, 2006 DEWEY BALLANTINE LLP

By:__________________

Matthew M. Walsh

Attorneys for Defendant

Circle K Stores, Inc.

Dated: April 10, 2006 McINERNEY & JONES

By:__________________

Charles A. Jones

Attorneys for Plaintiffs and

the Proposed Class

O R D E R

Based upon the foregoing stipulation of the parties,

and good cause appearing, it is hereby ORDERED that the hearing

on Plaintiffs’ Motion for Class Certification shall be continued

to June 12, 2006 at 1:30 p.m. in Courtroom 5. 

Regardless of this order, however, the court still

requests that the parties appear on April 17, 2006, at 1:30 p.m.

in Courtroom 5 as previously scheduled. On April 3, 2006,

defendant filed two objections to plaintiffs’ requests for

judicial notice, eleven objections to statements in the

declarations of named plaintiffs Vicki West and Wendy Fagundes

(submitted in support of plaintiffs’ motion), and one objection

to excerpts from the deposition of Robert Crandall. Defendant’s

objections are made primarily on the grounds that the statements

at issue constitute inadmissable personal opinions of lay

witnesses (inappropriate expert testimony), or are conclusory,

lacking in foundation, argumentative, and/or speculative. To

rule on plaintiffs’ motion for class certification, the court

must first decide these objections and, in the interest of

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avoiding further delay if and when the court finally hears

plaintiffs’ motion for class certification, the court thinks it

best to consider these objections sooner rather than later. 

Accordingly, at the hearing currently set for April 17, 2006, at

1:30 p.m., the court will hear only the evidentiary objections. 

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

DATED: April 11, 2006

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