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Nature of Suit Code: 710
Nature of Suit: Fair Labor Standards Act
Cause of Action: 29:201 Fair Labor Standards Act

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MALLISON & MARTINEZ

1939 HARRISON STREET

SUITE 730

OAKLAND, CA 94612

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MALLISON & MARTINEZ

ATTORNEYS AT LAW

Stan S. Mallison (SBN 184191)

Hector R. Martinez (SBN 206336)

Marco A. Palau (SBN 242340)

Joseph D. Sutton (SBN 269951)

Eric S. Trabucco (SBN 295473)

1939 Harrison Street, Suite 730

Oakland, California 94612

Telephone: (510) 832-9999

Facsimile: (510) 832-1101

StanM@TheMMLawFirm.com

HectorM@TheMMLawFirm.com

MPalau@TheMMLawFirm.com

JSutton@TheMMLawFirm.com

ETrabucco@TheMMLawFirm.com

Attorneys for Plaintiff

Angel Gomez State (SBN 74476)

EPSTEIN BECKER & GREEN, P.C.

1925 Century Park East, Suite 500

Los Angeles, California 90067-2506

Telephone: 310.556.8861

Facsimile: 310.553.2165

agomez@ebglaw.com

Attorneys for Defendants

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

MIGUEL ROJAS-CIFUENTES on behalf 

of himself, on behalf of all other similarly 

situation and in interest of the general 

public, an individual,

Plaintiff,

v.

ACX PACIFIC NORTHWEST INC., 

PACIFIC LEASING, LLC, JOHN M. 

GOMBOS, JOHN E. GOMBOS and DOES 

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Defendant.

Case No. 2:14-cv-00697-GEB-CKD

STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] 

ORDER TO CONTINUE CLASS 

CERTIFICATION DEADLINE

Complaint Filed: March 14, 2014

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The Parties to the above-entitled action, through their respective counsel of 

record, submit this Stipulation and Proposed Order to continue the deadline to file a 

motion for class certification under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 23, and motion to 

certify a collective action under the Fair Labor Standards Act (together the “Motion 

Class Certification”).

On June 13, 2014, the Court issued an order setting two case deadlines: Plaintiff’s 

Motion for Class Certification, which is due September 28, 2015, and the Pretrial 

Scheduling Conference, which was continued from June 23, 2014 to December 7, 2015. 

(Docket #12 at 2.) No other case deadline has been set by the Court, and no Scheduling 

Conference has taken place.

The abbreviated Scheduling Order described above was issued after Plaintiff filed 

an individual Scheduling Report. (Docket #11.) In that report Plaintiff explained that he 

was unable to submit a Joint Report because, at the time, defense counsel was 

unauthorized to perform any work on behalf of Defendants. (Docket #11 at 2, 11.) The 

Court then continued the Scheduling Conference from June 2014 to December 2015, and 

set a deadline for class certification.

The Parties have proceeded with discovery in this matter. Plaintiff has served 

interrogatories and document requests, and has conducted a first round of 30(b)(6) 

depositions of the entity defendants, ACX Pacific Northwest, Inc. and Pacific Leasing, 

LLC. In addition, the Parties are meeting and conferring with regard to certain 

objections that Defendants have asserted to Plaintiff’s discovery requests, as well as the 

scheduling of the deposition of Plaintiff. The Parties have exchanged a protective order 

and anticipate submitting a proposed version for the Court’s approval in the coming 

days. The Parties also anticipate that additional discovery will be conducted before 

Plaintiff’s Motion for Class Certification is filed. In particular, the 30(b)(6) depositions 

have been continued while additional documents are produced and additional

individual(s) are designated to testify. Additionally, Plaintiff believes that other 

employer-affiliated witnesses will need to be deposed, and that additional documents 

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and electronically-stored information will be requested in anticipation of class 

certification. Despite the diligent efforts of the Parties, Plaintiff does not believe that he 

will be able to obtain the discovery necessary to meet the present certification deadline 

without unduly burdening the Parties and potentially the Court.

In light of the above, and after meeting and conferring, the Parties have agreed to 

continue the deadline for Plaintiff to file a Motion for Class Certification to January 26, 

2016. The Parties submit this Stipulation and Proposed Order for the Court’s approval.

Respectfully submitted,

DATED: September 1, 2015

DATED: September 1, 2015

MALLISON & MARTINEZ

By: ________________

MARCO A. PALAU

Attorney for Plaintiff

EPSTEIN BECKER & GREEN, P.C.

By: _________________

 ANGEL GOMEZ

 Attorney for Defendants

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[PROPOSED] ORDER

The deadline for Plaintiff to file a motion for class certification under Federal 

Rule of Civil Procedure 23, and motion to certify a collective action under the Fair 

Labor Standards Act, is hereby continued to January 26, 2016.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: September 1, 2015

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