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Nature of Suit Code: 710
Nature of Suit: Fair Labor Standards Act
Cause of Action: 29:1131 E.R.I.S.A. Collection of Delinquent Trust Funds

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Stipulation to Extend Deadline for Filing Unopposed Motion for Preliminary Approval – 07-03993 CW 

T. JOSEPH SNODGRASS (MN# 231071) (pro hac vice) Email: jsnodgrass@larsonking.com 

KELLY A. SWANSON (MN# 330838) (pro hac vice) Email: kswanson@larsonking.com 

LARSON KING, LLP 

2800 Wells Fargo Place 

30 East 7th Street 

St. Paul, Minnesota 55101 

Telephone: (651) 312-6500 

Facsimile: (651) 312-6619 

Attorneys for Plaintiffs 

MONTE RUSSELL and DANIEL FRIEDMAN 

GLENN L. BRIGGS (SB# 174497) Email: gbriggs@hbwllp.com 

THERESA A. KADING (SB# 211469) 

Email: tkading@hbwllp.com 

HODEL BRIGGS WINTER LLP 

8105 Irvine Center Drive, Suite 1400 

Irvine, CA 92618 

Telephone: (949) 450-8040 

Facsimile: (949) 450-8033 

Attorneys for Defendants 

WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A.; WELLS FARGO & 

COMPANY 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA – OAKLAND DIVISION 

MONTE RUSSELL and DANIEL 

FRIEDMAN, on behalf of themselves 

and others similarly situated, 

Plaintiff, 

vs. 

WELLS FARGO & COMPANY, 

Defendants. 

CASE NO. C 07-03993 CW 

JUDGE CLAUDIA WILKEN COURTROOM 2 

ORDER GRANTING 

STIPULATION TO EXTEND 

DEADLINE FOR FILING 

UNOPPOSED MOTION FOR 

PRELIMINARY APPROVAL OF 

SETTLEMENT 

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Stipulation to Extend Deadline for Filing Unopposed Motion for Preliminary Approval – 07-03993 CW 

Plaintiffs Monte Russell and Daniel Friedman (“Plaintiffs”) and Defendants 

Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., and Wells Fargo & Company (“Defendants”), through 

their respective counsel, hereby stipulate as follows: 

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Stipulation to Extend Deadline for Filing Unopposed Motion for Preliminary Approval – 07-03993 CW 

WHEREAS, the Court issued an Order continuing the Case Management 

Conference to April 6, 2010, pursuant to a Stipulation by the parties, on December 

8, 2009 (ECF No. 134); 

WHEREAS, the Court’s December 8, 2009 Order further provided that if the 

parties should reach a settlement, they may file no later than January 26, 2010, an 

unopposed motion for preliminary approval, without noticing it for hearing, and the 

motion would be decided by the Court on the papers; 

WHEREAS, since the Court’s December 8, 2009 Order, counsel for the 

parties have agreed in principle on an settlement amount, formulae and structures 

for this conditionally certified collective action and putative Rule 23 state law class 

action, the number and identity of settlement subclasses which shall make up the 

Opt-in and putative Rule 23 state law classes, and formulae for calculating damages 

awards for the Named Plaintiffs, Opt-in Plaintiffs, and members of the putative 

Rule 23 state law class; 

WHEREAS, while counsel for the parties have reached an agreement in 

principle for approximately 98 persons who have opted-in or are putative class 

members, they are still exchanging information regarding resolution of the claims 

of PC/LAN 5 engineers (or employees who worked for some period of time as 

PC/LAN 5s) who opted-into the litigation, and who number approximately 13 

employees; 

WHEREAS, counsel for the parties remain optimistic they can resolve of the 

claims of the PC/LAN 5s and include them in the settlement group of 98; 

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Stipulation to Extend Deadline for Filing Unopposed Motion for Preliminary Approval – 07-03993 CW 

WHEREAS, the Plaintiffs’ attorneys have discussed the status of 

negotiations with a percentage of their individual opt-in clients and, based on these 

privileged discussions, believe that the proposed settlement of this action will be 

well received by the Opt-in Plaintiffs and members of the putative Rule 23 state law 

class; 

WHEREAS, the parties have been working diligently to reduce the specific 

terms of the proposed FLSA collective action and Rule 23 class action settlement to 

writing, all of which takes time as this action is a complex putative class and 

collective action; and 

WHEREAS, presently the parties require and hereby request 30 days so as to 

allow the parties to further develop the specific terms of the settlement and draft the 

papers for preliminary FLSA and Rule 23 approval, including proposed class 

notices and claims forms, for submission to the Court. 

NOW, THEREFORE, through their respective counsel, THE PARTIES 

STIPULATE TO THE FOLLOWING: 

1. The parties propose that the deadline for submitting an unopposed 

motion for preliminary approval of settlement be extended until February 26, 2010. 

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Stipulation to Extend Deadline for Filing Unopposed Motion for Preliminary Approval – 07-03993 CW 

DATED: January 26, 2010 LARSON KING, LLP T. JOSEPH SNODGRASS KELLY A. SWANSON 

By: /s/ T. JOSEPH SNODGRASS 

T. JOSEPH SNODGRASS 

 Attorneys for Plaintiffs 

MONTE RUSSELL and DANIEL FRIEDMAN 

DATED: January 26, 2010 HODEL BRIGGS WINTER LLP 

GLENN L. BRIGGS 

THERESA A. KADING 

By: /s/ GLENN L. BRIGGS 

GLENN L. BRIGGS 

Attorneys for Defendants 

WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A.; WELLS FARGO 

& COMPANY 

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Stipulation to Extend Deadline for Filing Unopposed Motion for Preliminary Approval – 07-03993 CW 

ORDER

PURSUANT TO STIPULATION, IT IS SO ORDERED. 

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Dated: , 2010 

 

 

 

 CLAUDIA WILKEN 

 DISTRICT COURT JUDGE 

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