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Nature of Suit Code: 190
Nature of Suit: Other Contract Actions
Cause of Action: 28:1332 Diversity-Fraud

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BLOOD HURST & O’REARDON, LLP

TIMOTHY G. BLOOD (149343)

THOMAS J. O’REARDON II (247952)

501 West Broadway, Suite 1490

San Diego, CA 92101

Tel: 619/338-1100

619/338-1101 (fax)

tblood@bholaw.com

toreardon@bholaw.com

Attorneys for Plaintiffs

VENABLE LLP

ANGEL A. GARGANTA (163957)

JESSICA L. GRANT (178138)

101 California Street, Suite 3800

San Francisco, CA 94111

Tel: 415/653-3750

415/653-3755 (fax)

agarganta@venable.com

jgrant@venable.com

Attorneys for Defendant Premier Nutrition 

Corporation

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA – SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION

VINCENT D. MULLINS, individually and 

on behalf of all others similarly situated,

Plaintiff,

v.

PREMIER NUTRITION CORPORATION 

f/k/a JOINT JUICE, INC.,

Defendant.

[THIS DOCUMENT APPLIES TO

ALL RELATED ACTIONS]

Lead Case No. 3:13-cv-01271-RS

Related to:

3:16-cv-06685-RS (Caiazzo-FL)

3:16-cv-06703-RS (Lux-CT)

3:16-cv-06704-RS (Ravinsky-PA)

3:16-cv-06708-RS (Sandoval-NM)

3:16-cv-06721-RS (Dent-IL)

3:16-cv-07078-RS (Avery-MI)

3:16-cv-07090-RS (Spencer-MD)

3:16-cv-06980-RS (Fishon-NY)

3:17-cv-00054-RS (Trudeau-MA)

JOINT STIPULATION AND PROPOSED 

ORDER CONTINUING DEADLINE TO 

COMPLETE FACT WITNESS 

DEPOSITIONS

CLASS ACTION

District Judge: Hon. Richard Seeborg

Courtroom: 3, 17th Floor, SF

Magistrate Judge: Donna M. Ryu

Courtroom: 4, 3rd Floor, Oakland

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Pursuant to Local Rules 6-1 and 6-2, the parties in the above-captioned Related 

Actions enter into this stipulation and agreement, subject to the Court’s approval, to permit 

Plaintiffs to conduct certain depositions after the fact discovery cutoff to accommodate the 

schedule of those witnesses and their counsel. Pursuant to Local Rule 6-2(a), the declaration of

Thomas O’Reardon is concurrently submitted in support of this request.

WHEREAS, on July 18, 2019, the Court granted the Parties Stipulated Order 

continuing the fact discovery deadline to ninety days from the date on which the Court issues 

an order on Premier’s motion for judgment on the pleadings. See ECF No. 48 in Caiazzo v. 

Premier Nutrition Corporation. On July 18, 2019, Premier filed its motion for judgment on the 

pleadings and on August 29, 2019, the Court entered an order denying the motion. See ECF 

No. 59 in Caiazzo. Therefore, under the current schedule, the fact discovery deadline is 

November 27, 2019.

WHEREAS, on August 29, 2019, Plaintiffs in the Related Actions filed an Omnibus 

Motion for Class Certification. That motion is now fully briefed and set for hearing on 

November 21, 2019. Throughout September and October 2019, the parties were engaged in the 

depositions of eight named Plaintiffs noticed by Premier. The parties also engaged in party and 

non-party discovery in the now-remanded Bland action, as well as a motion for remand that 

was filed August 29, 2019, and ruled on September 23, 2019.

WHEREAS, in February 2019, Plaintiffs served a Fed. R. Civ. P. 30(b)(6) notice of 

deposition on Premier. The Parties met and conferred about the 30(b)(6), discussed the 

likelihood that at least two designees would be necessary, and agreed to postpone the 

deposition until after Premier’s production of electronically stored information was completed. 

On October 28-29, 2019, Plaintiffs served notices of deposition for Darcy Horn Davenport, 

Lance Palumbo, Booker Lucas, Donna Imes, Nick Stiritz, Lee Partin, David Averill, Doug 

Cornille, and Kevin Stone (together with the Rule 30(b)(6) designee(s), these are the 

“Deponents”). Plaintiffs noticed these depositions to take place between November 18 – 26, 

2019. Counsel for Premier and certain of the Deponents are unavailable on the dates noticed 

for deposition. The Parties are meeting and conferring about other dates for the depositions, 

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but they will take place after the current fact discovery cutoff. The Parties agreed to utilize 

discovery obtained in Mullins, including documents and depositions, and avoid unnecessary 

duplication in these Related Actions. See ECF No. 29 in Caiazzo. Accordingly, the Parties are 

also exploring in good faith ways to potentially avoid depositions of certain of the Deponents, 

such as through stipulations about business records and authenticity.

WHEREAS, the Parties have been diligent in pursuing discovery in these Related 

Actions, the Mullins action, and the Bland action. This has included multiple sets of written 

discovery, negotiation of detailed protocols for ESI, production of hundreds of thousands of 

pages of ESI, as well as a significant number of subpoenas and depositions. See ECF Nos. 40 

and 47 in Caiazzo (detailing the parties’ discovery efforts).

WHEREAS, under the current schedule, the deadline for completing fact discovery is 

November 27, 2019. As detailed above and in the attached declaration, the Parties have 

diligently pursued several different types and sources of discovery, but, given scheduling 

conflicts of counsel and certain of the Deponents, the Parties need more time to complete 

depositions of the Deponents.

WHEREAS, the Parties believe there is good cause for the requested extension because 

they believe that without the extension they will be prejudiced in their ability to obtain factual 

evidence needed for trial. This extension will not impact any deadlines, including trial. No 

post-certification deadlines have been set. 

ACCORDINGLY, IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED AND AGREED, subject to the 

approval of the Court, that: Plaintiffs are permitted to take the depositions of the Deponents 

after the current fact discovery cutoff and that these depositions will be completed no later 

than January 31, 2019.

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NOW, THEREFORE, this Agreement is entered into by and among the Parties, by and 

through their respective counsel and representatives.

Respectfully submitted,

Dated: November 11, 2019 BLOOD HURST & O’REARDON, LLP

TIMOTHY G. BLOOD (149343)

THOMAS J. O’REARDON II (247952)

By: s/ Thomas J. O’Reardon

THOMAS J. O’REARDON II

501 West Broadway, Suite 1490

San Diego, California 92101

Tel: 619/338-1100

619/338-1101 (fax)

tblood@bholaw.com

toreardon@bholaw.com

ALTAIR LAW

CRAIG M. PETERS (1840180)

465 California Street, 5th Floor

San Francisco, CA 94104-3313

Tel: 415/988-9828

cpeters@altairlaw.us

CARLSON LYNCH SWEET KILPELA

 & CARPENTER, LLP

TODD D. CARPENTER (234464)

1350 Columbia Street, Suite 603

San Diego, CA 92101

Tel: 619/762-1910

619/756-6991 (fax)

tcarpenter@carlsonlynch.com

Attorneys for Plaintiffs

Dated: November 11, 2019 VENABLE LLP

ANGEL A. GARGANTA (163957)

JESSICA L. GRANT (178138)

By: s/ Angel A. Garganta

ANGEL A. GARGANTA

101 California Street, Suite 3800

San Francisco, CA 94111

Tel: 415/653-3750

415/653-3755 (fax)

agarganta@venable.com

jgrant@venable.com

Attorneys for Defendant

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ECF CERTIFICATION

The filing attorney attests that he has obtained concurrence regarding the filing of this 

document from the signatories to this document.

Dated: November 11, 2019 BLOOD HURST & O’REARDON, LLP

By: s/ Thomas J. O’Reardon

THOMAS J. O’REARDON II

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[PROPOSED] ORDER

Having reviewed the above Joint Stipulation and Proposed Order Continuing Deadline 

re: Fact Witness Depositions, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the Court finds that good cause 

exists for the entry of this Order. Plaintiffs are permitted to take the depositions of the 

Deponents after the current fact discovery cutoff. These depositions must be completed no 

later than January 31, 2019.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

DATED:_______________________

THE HONORABLE RICHARD SEEBORG

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT JUDGE

11/12/19

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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

I hereby certify that on November 11, 2019, I electronically filed the foregoing with the 

Clerk of the Court using the CM/ECF system which will send notification of such filing to the 

e-mail addresses denoted on the Electronic Mail Notice List.

Executed on November 11, 2019.

s/ Thomas J. O’Reardon

THOMAS J. O’REARDON II

BLOOD HURST & O’REARDON, LLP

501 West Broadway, Suite 1490

San Diego, CA 92101

Tel: 619/338-1100

619/338-1101 (fax)

toreardon@bholaw.com

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