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Nature of Suit Code: 442
Nature of Suit: Civil Rights Employment
Cause of Action: 42:1981 Job Discrimination (Race)

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ORDER APPROVING STIPULATION REGARDING EXTENSION OF CLASS CERTIFICATION DISCOVERY AND BRIEFING 

SCHEDULES AND STATUS CONFERENCE; VACATING NOVEMBER 9, 2007 STATUS CONFERENCE - CASE NO. C05-02670-

MMC

TERESA DEMCHAK (SB #123989) tdemchak@gdblegal.com 

ROBERTA L. STEELE (SB #188198) rsteele@gdblegal.com 

JAMES KAN (SB #240749) jkan@gdblegal.com 

GOLDSTEIN, DEMCHAK, BALLER, 

 BORGEN & DARDARIAN 

300 Lakeside Drive, Suite 1000 

Oakland, CA 94612 

(510) 763-9800

(510) 835-1417 (fax) 

CRAIG ACKERMANN (SB # 2229832) cja@laborgators.com 

ACKERMANN & TILAJEF, P.C. 

1180 South Beverly Drive, Suite 512 

Los Angeles, CA 90035 

(310) 277-0614 

(310) 277-0635 (fax) 

Attorneys for Plaintiffs 

Defendant’s Counsel Listed on the Next Page 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION 

CORNELIUS CLARK, CHESTER LEWIS, 

JOHN PONDS, AND GARRANT COSEY, on 

behalf of themselves and all other persons 

similarly situated, 

Plaintiffs,

vs.

ANNA’S LINENS, INC., 

Defendant.

CLASS ACTION 

Case No. C05-02670-MMC 

ORDER APPROVING STIPULATION 

REGARDING EXTENSION OF CLASS 

CERTIFICATION DISCOVERY AND 

BRIEFING SCHEDULES AND STATUS 

CONFERENCE; VACATING NOVEMBER 

9, 2007 STATUS CONFERENCE

Hon. Maxine M. Chesney

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10745-1 

ORDER APPROVING STIPULATION REGARDING EXTENSION OF CLASS CERTIFICATION DISCOVERY AND BRIEFING 

SCHEDULES AND STATUS CONFERENCE; VACATING NOVEMBER 9, 2007 STATUS CONFERENCE - CASE NO. C05-02670-

MMC

MICHAEL T. LUCEY (SB # 9927) mlucey@gordonrees.com 

MICHAEL D. BRUNO (SB # 166805) mbruno@gordonrees.com 

BRIAN P. MASCHLER (SB # 111824) bmaschler@gordonrees.com 

GORDEN & REES LLP 

Embarcadero Center West 

275 Battery Street, Suite 2000 

San Francisco, CA 94111 

(415) 986-5900 

(415) 986-8054 (fax) 

KENNETH E. JOHNSON (SB # 115814) kjohnson@sortm.com 

STEPHAN, ORINGHER, RICHMAN, 

 THEODORA & MILLER 

2029 Century Park East 

Sixth Floor 

Los Angeles, CA 90067-2907 

(310) 557-2009 

(310) 551-0283 (fax)

Attorneys for Defendant

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ORDER APPROVING STIPULATION REGARDING EXTENSION OF CLASS CERTIFICATION DISCOVERY AND BRIEFING 

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STIPULATION

Plaintiffs Cornelius Clark, Chester Lewis, John Ponds, and Garrant Cosey (“Plaintiffs”) and 

Defendant Anna’s Linens, Inc. (“Anna’s Linens”) by and through their counsel of record agree that the 

a number of imminent deadlines previously approved by this Court should be revised as set forth 

below for the following reasons: As set forth in the Joint Status Conference Statement, the Parties 

have reached agreement in principle on the major terms of settlement of the Plaintiffs’ claims, which is 

conditioned on the termination of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission’s (“EEOC”) 

investigation of charges of discrimination filed by plaintiffs and other persons represented by 

plaintiffs’ counsel then pending before the EEOC’s San Francisco and Los Angeles offices. The EEoc 

has not completed its investigation and the EEOC and Anna’s Linens have engaged and are continuing 

to engage in negotiations regarding the resolution of those charges. The extension of the deadlines as 

requested herein, as shown below in bold, would allow the Parties to focus exclusively on these tasks 

and also would conserve the Parties’ resources that would otherwise necessarily be spent in preparing 

to meet deadlines related to class certification discovery and briefing that will be mooted by the 

finalization of the Parties’ settlement and resolution of the EEOC charges. The Parties, hereby 

stipulate and respectfully request that the Court modify, approve, and adopt the Class Certification 

Discovery and Briefing Schedules and Status Conference as follows: 

Non-Expert Discovery Schedule

Complete non-expert interrogatories and document discovery by 07/02/07 

Complete non-expert depositions (e.g., Parties, Fed.R.Civ.P. 30(b)(6) 

deponents, witnesses and records custodians) by

07/02/07

Expert Discovery and Reports

Plaintiffs to provide Fed.R.Civ.P. 26(a)(2) expert disclosures by 10/31/06

Plaintiffs’ expert(s) to be made available for deposition by 1/25/08 

Defendants to provide Fed.R.Civ.P. 26(a)(2) expert disclosures by 2/1/08 

Defendants’ expert(s) to be made available for deposition by 2/8/08 

Plaintiffs to serve rebuttal expert reports by 2/15/08

Defendant to serve supplemental expert reports by 2/22/08/ 

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Expert discovery cut-off 2/29/08 

Class Certification Briefing Schedule

Motion for Class Certification to be filed by 3/7/08 

Defendants’ Opposition to Class Certification to be filed by 4/4/08 

Plaintiffs’ Reply to be filed by 4/18/08 

Hearing on Motion for Class Certification (on or after) 5/2/08 

Status Conference To be determined by the Court

SO STIPULATED. 

Dated: November 2, 2007 Respectfully submitted, 

 /S/ Roberta L. Steele 

TERESA DEMCHAK (SB #123989) 

tdemchak@gdblegal.com 

ROBERTA L. STEELE (SB #188198) 

rsteele@gdblegal.com 

JAMES KAN (SB #240749) 

jkan@gdblegal.com 

GOLDSTEIN, DEMCHAK, BALLER, BORGEN & 

DARDARIAN 

300 Lakeside Drive, Suite 1000 

Oakland, CA 94612 

(510) 763-9800 

(510) 835-1417 (fax) 

CRAIG ACKERMANN (SB # 2229832) 

cja@laborgators.com 

ACKERMANN & TILAJEF, P.C. 

1180 South Beverly Drive, Suite 512 

Los Angeles, CA 90035 

(310) 277-0614 

(310) 277-0635 (fax) 

 ATTORNEYS FOR PLAINTIFFS 

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Dated: November 2, 2007 /S/ Brian P. Maschler 

MICHAEL T. LUCEY (SB # 9927) 

mlucey@gordonrees.com 

MICHAEL D. BRUNO (SB # 166805) 

mbruno@gordonrees.com

BRIAN P. MASCHLER (SB # 111824) 

bmaschler@gordonrees.com 

GORDEN & REES LLP 

Embarcadero Center West 

275 Battery Street, Suite 2000 

San Francisco, CA 94111 

(415) 986-5900 

(415) 986-8054 (fax) 

KENNETH E. JOHNSON (SB # 115814) 

kjohnson@sortm.com 

STEPHAN, ORINGHER, RICHMAN, THEODORA 

& MILLER 

2029 Century Park East 

Sixth Floor 

Los Angeles, CA 90067-2907 

(310) 557-2009 

(310) 551-0283 (fax) 

ATTORNEYS FOR DEFENDANT 

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ORDER

The November 9, 2007 Status Conference is VACATED. 

The Court has considered the above Stipulation, and good cause appearing therefor, the Court 

modifies, approves, and hereby ORDERS the following schedule and deadlines for class certification 

discovery and briefing. A Status Conference will be scheduled for a date to be determined by the 

Court following the Court’s ruling on Plaintiffs’ Motion for Class Certification.

Non-Expert Discovery Schedule

Complete non-expert interrogatories and document discovery by 07/02/07 

Complete non-expert depositions (e.g., Parties, Fed.R.Civ.P. 

30(b)(6) deponents, witnesses and records custodians) by

07/02/07

Expert Discovery and Reports

Plaintiffs to provide Fed.R.Civ.P. 26(a)(2) expert disclosures by 10/31/06 

Plaintiffs’ expert(s) to be made available for deposition by 1/25/08 

Defendants to provide Fed.R.Civ.P. 26(a)(2) expert disclosures by 2/1/08 

Defendants’ expert(s) to be made available for deposition by 2/8/08 

Plaintiffs to serve rebuttal expert reports by 2/15/08

Defendant to serve supplemental expert reports by 2/22/08/ 

Expert discovery cut-off 2/29/08 

Class Certification Briefing Schedule

Motion for Class Certification to be filed by 3/7/08 

Defendants’ Opposition to Class Certification to be filed by 4/4/08 

Plaintiffs’ Reply to be filed by 4/18/08 

Hearing on Motion for Class Certification 5/2/08 

Status Conference To be determined by the Court

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

DATED: November 7, 2007 

 THE HONORABLE MAXINE M. CHESNEY 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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