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Nature of Suit Code: 370
Nature of Suit: Other Fraud
Cause of Action: 28:1332 Diversity-Fraud

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JOINT STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER TO CONTINUE CASE MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE 

SCHEDULED FOR OCTOBER 19, 2016

(CASE NO. 3:14-CV-05615-JST) 

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Tina Wolfson (CSB# 174806) 

twolfson@ahdootwolfson.com 

Robert Ahdoot (CSB# 172098) 

rahdoot@ahdootwolfson.com 

Meredith S. Lierz (CSB# 296650) 

mlierz@ahdootwolfson.com 

AHDOOT & WOLFSON, PC 

1016 Palm Avenue 

West Hollywood, California 90069 

Tel: (310) 474-9111 

Fax: (310) 474-8585 

Attorneys for Plaintiffs, Matthew Philliben, et al. 

Andra Barmash Greene (CSB# 123931) 

agreene@irell.com 

A. Matthew Ashley (CSB# 198235) 

mashley@irell.com 

IRELL & MANELLA LLP 

840 Newport Center Drive, Suite 400 

Newport Beach, California 92660 

Tel: (949) 760-0991 

Fax: (949) 760-5200 

Attorneys for Defendant, Uber Technologies, Inc. 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

MATTHEW PHILLIBEN, JULIAN MENA, 

TODD SCHREIBER, NATE COOLIDGE, 

ERNESTO MEJIA, and BYRON MCKNIGHT, 

individually and on behalf of all others similarly 

situated, 

 Plaintiffs, 

 vs. 

UBER TECHNOLOGIES, INC., a Delaware 

Corporation, and RASIER, LLC, a Delaware 

Limited Liability Company, 

 Defendants. 

Case No. 3:14-cv-05615-JST

HON. JON S. TIGAR 

JOINT STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] 

ORDER TO CONTINUE CASE 

MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE 

SCHEDULED FOR OCTOBER 19, 2016 

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TO THE HONORABLE COURT AND THE CLERK OF THE COURT: 

Pursuant to Civil Local Rule 6-2, Plaintiffs Matthew Philliben, Julian Mena, Todd Schreiber, 

Nate Coolidge, Ernesto Mejia, and Byron McKnight (collectively, “Plaintiffs”) and Defendants Uber 

Technologies, Inc. and Rasier, LLC (collectively “Defendants”) (collectively with Plaintiffs, the 

“Parties”) provide this stipulation to inform the Court that they are in the process of mediating this 

dispute in an effort to address the issues raised in this Court's denial of the Parties Motion for 

Preliminary Approval of Class Action Settlement (Dkt. 98). As a result, the Parties respectfully request 

that this Court continue the Case Management Conference, currently scheduled for October 19, 2016 for 

forty-five (45) days in order to allow the Parties to continue their mediation efforts. 

By and through their respective counsel of record, the Parties hereby stipulate and request that 

the Court enter an Order as follows: 

WHEREAS, Plaintiffs commenced this action on January 6, 2015 (Dkt. 1); 

WHEREAS, on February 11, 2016, Plaintiffs filed a Motion for Preliminary Approval of Class 

Action Settlement (herein the "Motion") (Dkt. 75-4); 

WHEREAS, on August 30, 2016, the Court issued its Order Denying Motion For Preliminary 

Approval Of Class Action Settlement (herein the "Denial Order") (Dkt. 98); 

WHEREAS, since the date of the Denial Order, the Parties have been negotiating potential 

amendments to the settlement that would address the issues raised in the Denial Order; 

WHEREAS, the Parties participated in a full day mediation on October 5, 2016; 

WHEREAS, a follow-up mediation has been scheduled for November 22, 2016; 

WHEREAS, a Case Management Conference is currently scheduled for October 19, 2016, and a 

Joint Case Management Conference Statement is due October 11, 2016 (Dkt. 100); 

WHEREAS, no scheduling order has been entered and no trial date has been set for this case; 

NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing, the Parties, by and through their 

undersigned counsel, hereby stipulate, agree and request that the Court enter an Order as follows: 

1. Continuing the currently scheduled Case Management Conference forty-five (45) days; 

or 

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2. If the Court intends to keep the currently scheduled Case Management Conference date, 

permitting this Stipulation to constitute the Parties Joint Case Management Conference Statement; and 

3. That discovery remains stayed. 

IT IS SO STIPULATED. 

Dated: October 7, 2016 AHDOOT & WOLFSON, PC 

By: /s/ Robert Ahdoot 

Tina Wolfson 

Robert Ahdoot 

Counsel for Plaintiffs Matthew Philliben, Julian Mena, Todd 

Schreiber, Nate Coolidge, Ernesto Mejia and Byron 

McKnight

Dated: October 7, 2016 IRELL & MANELLA LLP 

By: /s/ A. Matthew Ashley 

 Andra Barmash Greene 

 A. Matthew Ashley 

Counsel for Defendants Uber Technologies, Inc. and Rasier, 

LLC

CERTIFICATION PER GENERAL ORDER NO. 45, § X-B 

 Pursuant to General Order No. 45, § X-B, I, Robert Ahdoot, hereby certify that on October 7, 

2016, A. Matthew Ashley authorized me to submit this Joint Stipulation And [Proposed] Order Updating 

the Court on the Parties’ Settlement In Principle and Requesting That Arbitration Hearing Be Vacated: 

October 7, 2016 /s/ Robert Ahdoot 

 Robert Ahdoot 

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[PROPOSED] ORDER 

Pursuant to the Parties’ October 7, 2016 Stipulation, the Court: 

 

(1) Orders that the Case Management Conference presently set for October 19, 2016 at 1:30 

p.m. be continued to ______________________, 2016 at ______ p.m.; and 

 (2) Orders that discovery shall remain stayed. 

PURSUANT TO STIPULATION, IT IS SO ORDERED: 

DATED: __________________ _____________________________________ 

 Honorable Jon S. Tigar 

 United States District Court Judge 

December 14, 2016 2:00 October 11, 2016

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