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Nature of Suit Code: 710
Nature of Suit: Fair Labor Standards Act
Cause of Action: 15:1938 Fair Labor Standards Act

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STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER

Case No. CV 14-4324 JST

129524341.3

Sue J. Stott, State Bar No. 91144

SStott@perkinscoie.com

Jonathan S. Longino, State Bar No. 273936

JLongino@perkinscoie.com

Aaron J. Ver, State Bar No. 295409

AVer@perkinscoie.com

PERKINS COIE LLP

505 Howard Street, Suite 1000

San Francisco, CA 94105

Telephone: 415.344.7000

Facsimile: 415.344.7050

Attorneys for Defendants

FAST WATER HEATER PARTNERS I, LP DBA 

FAST WATER HEATER COMPANY, FWH 

ACQUISITION COMPANY, LLC DBA FAST 

WATER HEATER COMPANY; JEFFREY DAVID 

JORDAN; AND JASON SPARKS 

HANLEYBROWN

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

MIHAIL SLAVKOV, NIKOLA 

VLAOVIC AND MARTIN ARNAUDOV, 

individually and on behalf of those 

similarly situated,

Plaintiffs,

v.

FAST WATER HEATER PARTNERS I, 

LP dba Fast Water Heater Company, a 

Delaware Limited Partnership; FWH 

ACQUISITION COMPANY, LLC dba 

Fast Water Heater Company, a Delaware 

Limited Liability Company; JEFFREY 

DAVID JORDAN, an individual; and 

JASON SPARKS HANLEYBROWN, an 

individual,

Defendants.

Case No. CV 14-4324 JST

STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] 

ORDER GRANTING CONTINUANCE OF 

THE CLASS CERTIFICATION BRIEFING 

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STIPULATION AND REQUEST FOR A CONTINUANCE 

Plaintiffs MIHAIL SLAVKOV, NIKOLA VLAOVIC and MARTIN ARNAUDOV 

(“Plaintiffs”) and Defendants FAST WATER HEATER PARTNERS I, LP dba FAST WATER 

HEATER COMPANY, FWH ACQUISITION COMPANY, LLC dba FAST WATER HEATER 

COMPANY; JEFFREY DAVID JORDAN; and JASON SPARKS HANLEYBROWN 

(“Defendants”) (collectively, “Parties”), stipulate to and request an order continuing the current 

class certification briefing schedule by 45 days. This additional time will enable the Parties to 

focus their time and resources towards ongoing settlement communications as part of the Court’s 

ADR program. The parties are concerned that unless there is a continuance of the certification 

briefing schedule, their settlement efforts may be hindered by the necessity of devoting all of their

time and litigation resources to class certification briefing. If the Court extends the schedule, the 

Parties have agreed that there will be a corresponding stay of discovery and a tolling of the statute 

of limitations on the claim brought under the Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”). 

This stipulation and proposed order is made on the following facts. The Parties attended 

an early mediation in May 2015 before a private mediator. On January 19, 2016, the Parties 

attended a second mediation, this time a day-long mediation with Arthur R. Siegel, the Courtassigned Mediator to this matter. The Parties did not resolve the litigation at the mediation, but 

settlement discussions are ongoing. The parties are facing substantial immediate discovery and 

briefing efforts including the depositions of the named lead class members, additional written

discovery, Plaintiffs’ discovery motion relating to the Defendant’s deposition and written 

discovery, a class certification motion and perhaps other motions. 

Accordingly, the Parties request that this Court grant a 45 day continuation of the class 

certification deadlines, as set forth below

Event Deadline

Plaintiffs’ motion for class certification February 26, 2016 April 15, 2016

Defendants’ opposition to class certification March 25, 2016 May 16, 2016

Plaintiffs’ reply brief re class certification April 8, 2016 May 30, 2016

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Hearing on class certification May 26, 2016 June 30, 2016 at 2:00 p.m.

The parties also request that for the next 45 days, the statute of limitations relating to FLSA 

claims of putative class members is tolled and discovery (including discovery motions) is stayed. 

IT IS SO STIPULATED, THROUGH COUNSEL OF RECORD.

DATED: January 26, 2016 PERKINS COIE LLP

By: /s/ Jonathan S. Longino

Sue J. Stott

Jonathan S. Longino

Aaron J. Ver

Attorneys for Defendants

FAST WATER HEATER PARTNERS I, LP 

DBA FAST WATER HEATER COMPANY, 

FWH ACQUISITION COMPANY, LLC 

DBA FAST WATER HEATER COMPANY; 

JEFFREY DAVID JORDAN; AND JASON 

SPARKS HANLEYBROWN

DATED: January 26, 2016 WOODALL LAW OFFICES

DOUGLAS LAW OFFICES

BARNES LAW OFFICES

By: /s/ Kevin F. Woodall

Kevin F. Woodall

Attorneys for Plaintiffs

MIHAIL SLAVKOV, NIKOLA VLAOVIC 

AND MARTIN ARNAUDOV

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[PROPOSED] ORDER

The Parties’ stipulation, request for a continuance, and revised case management schedule 

are adopted. IT IS SO ORDERED.

DATED: _________________ ________________________

The Honorable Jon S. Tigar

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

January 27, 2016

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