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Nature of Suit Code: 790
Nature of Suit: Other Labor Litigation
Cause of Action: 28:1441 Petition for Removal- Labor/Mgmnt. Relations

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MARLIN & SALTZMAN 

[LEAD COUNSEL FOR DEDICATED/INTERMODAL DRIVERS]

Stanley D Saltzman, Esq. (SBN 90058) 

Louis M. Marlin, Esq. (SBN 54053) 

Marcus J. Bradley, Esq. (SBN 174156) 

Christina A. Humphrey, Esq. (SBN 226326) 

29229 Canwood Street, Suite 208 

Agoura Hills, California 91301-1555 

Telephone: (818) 991-8080 

Facsimile: (818) 991-8081 

ssaltzman@marlinsaltzman.com 

louismarlin@marlinsaltzman.com 

mbradley@marlinsaltzman.com 

chumphrey@marlinsaltzman.com 

HAGENS BERMAN SOBOL SHAPIRO LLP 

[LEAD COUNSEL FOR REGIONAL DRIVERS]

Steve W. Berman, Esq. 

Lee M. Gordon, Esq. (SBN 174168) 

301 N. Lake Avenue, Suite 203 

Pasadena, California 91101 

Telephone: (213) 330-7150 

Facsimile: (213) 330-7152 

Lee@hbsslaw.com 

Attorneys for Plaintiffs and Putative Class 

(additional counsel listed on next page) 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

MORRIS BICKLEY, MICHAEL D. 

PATTON, RAYMOND GREWE, DENNIS 

VANHORN, and DOUGLAS PUMROY, 

individually and on behalf of all others 

similarly situated, and the general public, 

 Plaintiffs, 

v. 

SCHNEIDER NATIONAL CARRIERS, INC., 

a Nevada corporation, and DOES 1 to 10, 

inclusive, 

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CASE NO.: 4:08-cv-05806-JSW 

CLASS ACTION (FRCP 23) 

JOINT STIPULATION TO CONTINUE 

CASE MANAGEMENT ORDER DATES 

AND DEADLINES IN FURTHERANCE OF 

CONTINUED APRIL15, 2015 

MEDIATION; PROPOSED ORDER

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Additional Plaintiffs’ Counsel 

Paul T. Cullen, Esq. (SBN 193575) 

THE CULLEN LAW FIRM, APC 

29229 Canwood Street, Suite 208 

Agoura Hills, California 91301-1555 

Telephone: (626) 744-9125; (818) 338-8915 

Facsimile: (866) 794-5741 

paul@cullenlegal.com 

Peter M. Hart, Esq. (SBN 198691) 

LAW OFFICES OF PETER M. HART 

12121 Wilshire Boulevard, Suite 205 

Los Angeles, California 90025 

Telephone: (310) 478-5789 

Facsimile: (509) 561-6441 

hartpeter@msn.com 

Kenneth H. Yoon, Esq. (SBN 198443) 

LAW OFFICES OF KENNETH H. YOON 

One Wilshire Blvd., Suite 2200 

Los Angeles, California 90017 

Telephone: (213) 612-0988 

Facsimile: (213) 947-1211 

kyoon@yoon-law.com 

Eric Honig, Esq. (SBN 140765) 

LAW OFFICE OF ERIC HONIG 

P.O. Box 10327 

Marina del Rey, California 90295 

Telephone: (310) 314-2603 

Facsimile: (310) 314-2793 

erichonig@aol.com

Steve W. Berman, Esq. 

HAGENS BERMAN SOBOL SHAPIRO LLP 

1918 Eighth Avenue, Suite 3300 

Seattle, Washington 98101 

Telephone: (206) 623-7292 

Steve@hbsslaw.com 

William Rehwald, Esq. (SBN 51396) 

Lawrence Glasner, Esq. (SBN 142677) 

Daniel Chaleff, Esq. (SBN 173028) 

REHWALD GLASNER & CHALEFF 

5855 Topanga Canyon Blvd., Suite 400 

Woodland Hills, California 91367-4600 

Telephone: (818) 703-7500 

Facsimile: (818) 703-7498 

DChaleff@rehwaldlaw.com 

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Defendant’s Counsel 

MCGUIREWOODS LLP

Matthew C. Kane, Esq. (SBN 171829) 

 Email: mkane@mcguirewoods.com 

Michael D. Mandel, Esq. (SBN 216934) 

 Email: mmandel@mcguirewoods.com 

Sabrina A. Beldner, Esq. (SBN 221918) 

 Email: sbeldner@mcguirewoods.com 

John A. Van Hook, Esq. (SBN 205067) 

 Email: jvanhook@mcguirewoods.com 

1800 Century Park East, 8th Floor 

Los Angeles, California 90067 

Telephone: (310) 315-8200 

Facsimile: (310) 315-8210 

Attorneys for Defendant 

SCHNEIDER NATIONAL CARRIERS, INC. 

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 Plaintiffs and Defendants hereby submit the following Joint Stipulation to Continue Case 

Management Conference Dates and Deadlines in Furtherance of Continued April 15, 2015 

Mediation (“Stipulation”): 

 WHEREAS, on January 22, 2013, the Court entered its Order granting Defendant’s Motion to 

Stay this action pending the appeals before the Ninth Circuit in Dilts v. Penske, 819 F.Supp.2d 1109 

(S.D. Cal. 2011), and Campbell v. Vitran, 2012 WL 2317233 (C.D. Cal. June 8, 2012) (Dkt. #207). 

 WHEREAS, on July 21, 2014, after the Ninth Circuit’s decisions in those cases were 

rendered, the Court entered an Order lifting the stay of this action (Dkt. #216). 

 WHEREAS, in connection the stay of this action being lifted, on September 26, 2014, the 

Court held a Case Management Conference (“CMC”) to review the status of this case and set further 

dates and deadlines related thereto, for which the Parties filed a Joint CMC Statement with the Court 

on September 19, 2014 (Dkt. #227). 

 WHEREAS, after completion of the CMC, on October 3, 2014, the Court entered its Case 

Management Order Scheduling Trial and Pretrial Matters (the “CMO”) (Dkt. #229), which set the 

following dates and deadlines for this case: 

Deadline or Event Day Date Time 

Completion of Private Mediation Monday January 26, 2015 

Last Day for Expert Discovery Monday August 3, 2015 

Close of ALL Discovery Monday August 31, 2015 

Last Day to Hear Dispositive 

Motions 

Friday September 11, 2015 9:00 a.m. 

Pretrial Conference Monday December 7, 2015 2:00 p.m. 

Jury Selection Wednesday January 6, 2016 8:00 a.m. 

Jury Trial Date Monday January 11, 2016 8:00 a.m. 

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 WHEREAS, in accordance with the foregoing, the Parties agreed on the selection of David 

Rotman, Esq. in San Francisco for their mediator and scheduled such mediation to occur on 

Wednesday, January 21, 2015, and agreed that mailing of notice of the pendency of the action to the 

certified class members would be deferred until shortly after the completion of the mediation, in the 

hope that a successful mediation would obviate the need for notice to be sent other than for a 

preliminarily approved class action settlement. 

WHEREAS, in preparation for the mediation, the parties conferred throughout November 

and December 2014 and through January 15, 2015, on the parameters for a data pull to be prepared 

by Defendant and shared with Plaintiffs for purposes of evaluating the potential exposure in the case 

prior to the mediation. 

WHEREAS, due to the size of the certified classes and the almost decade-long class period 

involved, and significant changes in Defendant’s personnel who were involved in a prior data pull 

provided by Defendant in discovery during the case back in 2011 (including one who passed away 

not long thereafter), as well as the fact that Defendant substituted in new defense counsel in this 

action in 2014 that was not involved in the prior data pull provided in that earlier discovery, 

Defendant encountered significant challenges in terms of systems data and capacity, personnel with 

institutional knowledge, and familiarity with prior data provided earlier in the case during discovery. 

WHEREAS, as a result of the foregoing, Defendant was not able to provide an initial 

mediation data pull to Plaintiffs until January 5, 2015, but, unfortunately, Plaintiffs immediately 

identified issues with the potential integrity of the data provided, particularly when compared to the 

data previously provided by Defendant earlier in the case during discovery, which the Parties’ 

counsel conferred about extensively during the week of January 5, 2015. 

WHEREAS, as a result of the Parties’ conferring about the January 5, 2015 mediation data 

pull provided by Defendant, a second mediation data pull was provided by Defendant to Plaintiffs on 

January 13, 2015, but, unfortunately, Plaintiffs again immediately identified issues with the potential 

integrity of the data provided, and again particularly when compared to the data previously provided 

by Defendant earlier in the case during discovery, which the Parties’ counsel conferred about 

extensively during the days following that week. 

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WHEREAS, as a result of reviewing the issues raised by Plaintiffs about the mediation data 

pulls provided to them to date, on January 15, 2015, Defendant concluded that it would be 

impossible to reconcile the data issues identified by Plaintiffs sufficiently in advance of the January 

21, 2015 scheduled mediation which was only four business days away because significant work and 

coordination with Plaintiffs would be required to understand and agree that both sides are evaluating 

the same reliable data set and are in mutual agreement as to what the data therein represents. 

WHEREAS, in light of the foregoing, on January 15, 2015, Defendant notified Plaintiffs that 

proceeding with the mediation as scheduled on January 21, 2015 would not only not result in a 

resolution of the action, but would carry with it the probable risk of being counterproductive to 

achieving a resolution in the short term, an assessment which Plaintiffs shared at that point. 

WHEREAS, in order to avoid the foregoing, Defendant requested that Plaintiffs agree to an 

approximately 60-day continuance of the mediation with Mr. Rotman and, subject to the court’s 

approval, a comporting continuance of all dates and deadlines in the CMO, such that the Parties 

could focus their attention and efforts on reaching agreement on the sources and scope of, and 

preparing, a mediation data pull that both sides are comfortable with to prepare their assessments of 

the potential exposure in the case and have a productive mediation with Mr. Rotman. 

WHEREAS, due to Mr. Rotman’s reputation and demand to serve as a class action mediator, 

the first available date he had to continue the mediation which works for all Parties and their counsel 

is Wednesday, April 15, 2015, which the Parties have reserved, and, in order to facilitate the 

completion of that mediation as set forth above, the Parties are herein stipulating and requesting, for 

good cause as set forth above, that the CMO dates and deadlines be continued by the Court as set 

forth below. 

NOW THEREFORE, IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED AND REQUESTED by the Parties 

herein, through their counsel of record, that the dates and deadlines in the CMO be continued to the 

new dates as set forth below, or such other dates as are more convenient for the Court, and that all 

other provisions of the CMO remain unchanged, including the procedures for bringing dispositive 

motions as directed by the Court at the September 26, 2014 CMC: 

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Deadline or Event Day Old Date New Date Time 

Completion of Private 

Mediation 

Monday January 26, 2015 April 20, 2015 

Last Day for Expert 

Discovery 

Monday August 3, 2015 October 26, 2015 

Close of ALL Discovery Monday August 31, 2015 November 23, 2015 

Last Day to Hear 

Dispositive Motions 

Friday September 11, 2015 December 4, 2015 9:00 a.m. 

Pretrial Conference Monday December 7, 2015 February 29, 2016 2:00 p.m. 

Jury Selection Wednesday January 6, 2016 April 13, 2016 8:00 a.m. 

Jury Trial Date Monday January 11, 2016 April 20, 2016 8:00 a.m. 

IT IS SO STIPULATED. 

DATED: January 26, 2015 MARLIN & SALTZMAN 

 THE CULLEN LAW FIRM, APC 

 LAW OFFICES OF PETER M. HART 

 LAW OFFICES OF KENNETH H. YOON 

 LAW OFFICE OF ERIC HONIG 

 By: /S. Stanley D. Saltzman 

 Stanley D. Saltzman, Esq. 

 Attorneys for Plaintiffs and Lead Counsel for 

 Intermodal and Dedicated Subclasses 

DATED: January 26, 2015 HAGENS BERMAN SOBOL SHAPIRO LLP 

 REHWALD GLASNER & CHALEFF 

 By: /S/ Lee M. Gordon 

 Lee M. Gordon, Esq. 

 Attorneys for Plaintiffs and Lead Counsel for 

 Regional Subclass 

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DATED: January 26, 2015 MCGUIRE WOODS LLP 

 By: /S/ Matthew c. Kane 

 Matthew C. Kane, Esq. 

 Attorneys for Defendants 

SIGNATURE ATTESTATION

In accordance with Civil Local Rule 5-1(i)(3), I attest that concurrence in the filing of this 

document has been obtained from the signatories on this e-filed document. 

DATED: August 14, 2014 /S/ Matthew C. Kane 

 Matthew C. Kane 

(PROPOSED) ORDER 

PURSUANT TO THE PARTIES’ STIPULATION, IT IS SO ORDERED. 

DATED: __________________ _____________________________________ 

 Hon. Jeffrey S. White 

 United States District Judge 

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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE 

I hereby certify that on January 26, 2015, I electronically transmitted the foregoing document 

to the Clerk’s Office using the CM/ECF System for filing and service via transmittal of a Notice of 

Electronic Filing.

I declare under penalty of perjury under the laws of the United States of America that the 

foregoing is true and correct. 

Executed on January 26, 2015 at Los Angeles, California. 

/s/ Matthew C. Kane 

MATTHEW C. KANE 

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