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Nature of Suit Code: 790
Nature of Suit: Other Labor Litigation
Cause of Action: 28:1332 Diversity-Petition for Removal

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JOINT STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER TO EXTEND EXPERT DEADLINES, DEFENDANT’S 

DECERTIFICATION MOTION BRIEFING DEADLINES, PRETRIAL CONFERENCE AND TRIAL DATE 

Shaun Setareh (SBN 204514) 

shaun@setarehlaw.com 

Thomas Segal (SBN 222791) 

thomas@setarehlaw.com 

William M. Pao (SBN 219846) 

 william@setarehlaw.com 

SETAREH LAW GROUP 

315 South Beverly Drive, Suite 315 

Beverly Hills, California 90212 

Telephone: (310) 888-7771 

Facsimile: (310) 888-0109 

Attorneys for Plaintiff 

John Utne and the Class 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

JOHN UTNE, on behalf of himself, all others 

similarly situated, and the general public,

 Plaintiff, 

vs.

HOME DEPOT U.S.A., INC., a Delaware 

corporation; and DOES 1-50, inclusive, 

 Defendants.

Case No.3:16-cv-01854-RS 

JOINT STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] 

ORDER TO EXTEND EXPERT 

DEADLINES, DEFENDANT’S 

DECERTIFICATION MOTION 

BRIEFING DEADLINES, PRETRIAL 

CONFERENCE AND TRIAL DATE

Action Filed: March 8, 2016 

AS MODIFIED BY THE COURT

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JOINT STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER TO EXTEND EXPERT DEADLINES, DEFENDANT’S 

DECERTIFICATION MOTION BRIEFING DEADLINES, PRETRIAL CONFERENCE AND TRIAL DATE 

JOINT STIPULATION 

This Joint Stipulation to extend expert deadlines, Defendant’s decertification motion briefing 

deadlines, pretrial deadlines and trial date is made by and between plaintiff John Utne and defendant

Home Depot U.S.A., Inc., through their respective counsel of record: 

1. Pursuant to the Court’s Case Management Order (DE 116), as amended (DE 158), 

Plaintiff has designated three experts for trial, and defendant has designated one expert. 

2. Defendant has produced a voluminous quantity of material related to the expert report of 

Robert Crandall, including 30 hard drives of video footage and 15,000 pages of documents. After meeting 

and conferring, defendant has agreed to produce additional material to plaintiff in connection with Mr. 

Crandall’s report to expedite completion of expert discovery. 

3. Plaintiff’s expert, Dr. Jon Krosnick, has produced a 597-page report and a voluminous 

documents and data that defendant’s expert needs time to review and analyze. In addition, on January 14, 

2020 (DE 172), the Court overruled plaintiff’s objections to the Magistrate Judge’s December 27, 2019 

Order Regarding Expert Discovery Dispute (DE 165) and compelled Dr. Krosnick to produce documents 

and information related to individual respondents. Plaintiff also has agreed to produce additional material 

to defendant after meeting and conferring in connection with the reports of its other experts. 

4. Given the volume of discovery and supplemental productions by the experts for both 

sides, both plaintiff and defendant and their experts need additional time to review and analyze these 

materials prior to conducting expert depositions and the presentation of rebuttal experts. The parties 

believe the current expert discovery schedule is not feasible in light of these developments, including the 

Court’s recent orders on discovery and the parties’ good faith efforts to resolve other matters related to 

expert discovery. 

5. In addition, because much of the expert discovery relates to defendant’s pending motion 

for decertification, and such discovery and the decertification motion will impact the parties’ preparation 

for the pretrial conference and trial, the parties believe it is necessary to continue the briefing schedule and 

hearing date for the pending decertification motion, all pretrial deadlines and the trial date. 

6. Based on the foregoing, the parties agree to extend all deadlines and dates in this case by 

approximately 30 days. The parties respectfully request that the Court adopt the below proposed revised 

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JOINT STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER TO EXTEND EXPERT DEADLINES, DEFENDANT’S 

DECERTIFICATION MOTION BRIEFING DEADLINES, PRETRIAL CONFERENCE AND TRIAL DATE 

case schedule. 

EVENT PROPOSED DATE

Rebuttal and Supplemental Expert Designation Deadline March 2, 2020 

Plaintiff’s Opposition to Defendant’s Decertification Motion Deadline March 2, 2020 

Defendant’s Reply ISO Defendant’s Decertification Motion Deadline April 6, 2020 

Last Day for Hearing Pretrial Motions April 2, 2020 

Completion of Expert Discovery April 13, 2020 

Hearing Date for Defendant’s Decertification Motion May 7, 2020, 1:30 p.m. 

Pretrial Conference July 22, 2020, 10:00 a.m. 

Trial Date September 21, 2020 

7. The parties request however that as to the trial that the trial be dark on Jewish holidays that 

may overlap with it, which some members of Plaintiff’s trial team observe, and that jurors may also observe. 

Those dates include September 18 through 20 (Rosh Hashanah), September 28 (Yom Kippur), and October 

3, 4, 10 and 11 (Sukkot). 

8. To date, the following deadlines in this action have been modified: Stipulation to Continue 

Initial Case Management Conference and Order granting same (Dkt Nos. 17 and 18); Stipulation to 

Continue Class Certification Briefing and Hearing and Order granting same (Dkt Nos. 35 ad 36); Stipulation 

to Continue Briefing and Hearing and Order granting same (Dkt Nos. 110 and 111); Defendant’s Motion to 

Enlarge Time to Oppose Plaintiff’s Motion for Partial Summary Judgment and Order granting same (Dkt 

Nos. 122 and 124); Stipulation to Extend Plaintiff’s Deadline to Oppose Motion for Partial Summary 

Judgment and Order Granting Same (Dkt 130); Stipulation to Extend Expert Deadlines, Defendant’s

Decertification Motion Deadline, Pretrial Conference and Trial Date (Dkt 144); Stipulation to Extend Expert 

Deadlines, Decertification Motion Deadline, Pretrial Conference and Trial Date (Dkt 151) and Stipulation to 

Set Briefing Schedule and Hearing Date for Defendant’s Motion to Decertify (Dkt 155); and Stipulation to 

Extend Expert Deadlines, Defendant’s Decertification Motion Briefing Deadlines, Pretrial Conference, and 

Trial Date (DE 158). 

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IT IS SO STIPULATED. 

Dated: January 29, 2020 SETAREH LAW GROUP 

 By: ___/s/ Shaun Setareh__________________

 Shaun Setareh 

Attorneys for Plaintiff John Utne and the Class 

 

Dated: January 29, 2020 AKIN GUMP STRAUSS HAUER & FELD LLP

By: /s/ Donna M. Mezias 

Donna M. Mezias 

Attorneys for Defendant Home Depot U.S.A., Inc. 

Pursuant to Civil Local Rule 5-1(i)(3), the filer attests that concurrence in the filing of this 

document has been obtained from each of the above signatories. 

 

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[PROPOSED] ORDER 

GOOD CAUSE APPEARING, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the following deadlines 

and hearing date are entered: 

EVENT PROPOSED DATE

Rebuttal and Supplemental Expert Designation Deadline March 2, 2020 

Plaintiff’s Opposition to Defendant’s Decertification Motion Deadline March 2, 2020 

Defendant’s Reply ISO Defendant’s Decertification Motion Deadline April 6, 2020 

Last Day for Hearing Pretrial Motions April 2, 2020 

Completion of Expert Discovery April 13, 2020 

Hearing Date for Defendant’s Decertification Motion May 7, 2020, 1:30 p.m. 

Pretrial Conference July 22, 2020, 10:00 a.m. 

Trial Date September 21, 2020 

Dated: ___________________ ______________________________ 

Honorable Richard Seeborg

United States District Judge

AS MODIFIED BY THE COURT

September 23,

October 13,

1/30/2020

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