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Nature of Suit Code: 442
Nature of Suit: Civil Rights Employment
Cause of Action: 28:1332 Diversity-Employment Discrimination

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STIPULATION AND JOINT REQUEST TO MODIFY PRETRIAL SCHEDULING ORDER; 

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WILLIAN O. STEIN (SBN 150124) 

wstein@fisherphillips.com 

FISHER & PHILLIPS LLP 

444 South Flower Street, Suite 1500 

Los Angeles, CA 90071 

Telephone: (213) 330-4500 

Facsimile: (213) 330-4501 

BORIS SORSHER (SBN 251718) 

bsorsher@fisherphillips.com 

LAUREN ROSEMAN (SBN 316800) 

lroseman@fisherphillips.com 

FISHER & PHILLIPS LLP 

2050 Main Street, Suite 1000 

Irvine, CA 92614 

Telephone: (949) 851-2424 

Facsimile: (949) 851-0152 

Attorneys for Defendants, BARRETT BUSINESS SERVICES, INC. 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

ANGELA CRUZ, MARIA MADRIGAL, 

LOURDES BAIZ, AND CHRISTIE 

GOODMAN, individually and on behalf 

of all others similarly situated, 

 Plaintiffs, 

 v. 

MM879, INC., a corporation; BARRETT 

BUSINESS SERVICES, INC., a 

corporation 

 Defendants. 

CASE NO.: 1:15-cv-01563-TLN-EPG 

Assigned for all purposes to the 

Honorable Troy L. Nunley

STIPULATION AND JOINT REQUEST TO 

MODIFY PRETRIAL SCHEDULING 

ORDER; ORDER 

Complaint Filed: April 6, 2011 

Removed: October 14, 2015 

Trial Date: TBD 

 

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Plaintiffs ANGELA CRUZ, MARIA MADRIGAL, LOURDES BAIZ, and CHRISTIE 

GOODMAN (“Plaintiffs”), and Defendant BARRETT BUSINESS SERVICES, INC. 

(“Defendant”) (hereinafter collectively “the Parties”), by and through their counsel of record, 

hereby stipulate and agree as follows: 

RECITALS AND JOINT STIPULATION 

WHEREAS, on August 8, 2022, the Court issued a Pretrial Scheduling Order (ECF No. 

209), setting a deadline for the completion of nonexpert discovery on June 30, 2023; 

WHEREAS, on June 28, 2023, the Court granted Plaintiffs’ motion to modify the Pretrial 

Scheduling Order, thereby extending the nonexpert discovery deadline to September 30, 2023 

(ECF No. 224); 

WHEREAS, on September 11, 2023, Fisher & Phillips LLP filed and served a Notice of 

Association of Counsel as new counsel for Barrett Business Services with the Court; 

WHEREAS, on September 21, 2023, the Court granted the Parties stipulation requesting 

to modify the Pretrial Scheduling Order, thereby extending the nonexpert discovery deadline to 

March 31, 2024, with all other dates and deadlines in the Scheduling Order to be calculated based 

on the March 31, 2024 extended deadline (ECF No. 227); 

 WHEREAS, since the Court’s order modifying the Pretrial Scheduling Order (ECF No. 

227), the Parties have acted diligently to litigate and prepare this case for trial in an efficient and 

expeditious manner; 

WHEREAS, on February 13, 2024, Plaintiff filed a Motion for Summary Adjudication 

(“MSJ”) (ECF No. 228) originally set for hearing on March 21, 2024; Defendant BBSI opposed 

Plaintiffs’ motion on February 27, 2024 (ECF No. 229); the Court removed the hearing date from 

calendar and has not set a new date for the hearing at this time; 

WHEREAS, on May 30, 2024, Plaintiffs filed Plaintiffs’ Disclosure of Expert Witness; 

WHEREAS, in addition to the ongoing discovery efforts of the Parties at the time of 

filing this stipulation, the Parties are also currently engaged in discussions regarding the potential 

for settlement, including the possibility of private mediation; 

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WHEREAS, the Parties seek that this Court continue the current supplemental expert 

designation discovery deadline of July 1, 2024, to July 31, 2024, and modify the current 

scheduling order to not require the accompanying written expert report per Fed. R. Civ. P. 

26(a)(2)(B) to be due until 30 days thereafter, i.e., on or before August 30, 2024; 

WHEREAS, Plaintiffs and Defendant BBSI agree, that if this Court denies the Parties’ 

request to continue the supplemental expert discovery deadline pursuant to this Joint Stipulation 

and/or has insufficient time to issue a ruling before the current expert discovery deadlines, they 

agree to extend the supplemental expert discovery designation deadline to July 31, 2024, and will 

not object to the admissibility of evidence due to it being sought after the current supplemental 

expert discovery deadline of July 1, 2024, but before July 31, 2024, with the report not due until 

30 days thereafter, i.e., on or before August 30, 2024; 

 WHEREAS, Plaintiffs and Defendant BBSI agree that no discovery, including expert 

depositions, will be conducted during the extension period contemplated by the stipulation, i.e., 

from July 1, 2024, through August 30, 2024; 

 WHEREAS, should the Parties solidify a date for mediation, the Parties agree to consider 

seeking to further continue the supplemental expert discovery deadlines, and to seek Court 

approval for any such continuance; 

WHEREAS, at the time of filing this stipulation: (1) all Parties have acted and continue 

to act diligently and cooperatively to facilitate all necessary discovery in a prompt and efficient 

manner; (2) Fisher & Phillips, LLP recently associated in as new counsel for BBSI on September 

11, 2023; (3) the Parties are discussing potential options for approaching settlement, including 

the possibility of mediation; (4) Plaintiffs’ Motion for Summary Adjudication remains pending; 

and (5) no trial date has been set for this case; 

WHEREAS, counsel for Plaintiffs and Defendant BBSI have met and conferred in good 

faith and agree that good cause exists for a further extension of the supplemental expert discovery 

deadline to allow all Parties to continue to meet and confer and mediate before trial; 

WHEREAS, Plaintiffs and Defendant BBSI agree that no Party will be prejudiced by the 

deadline extension requested herein; 

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NOW THEREFORE, IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED AND REQUESTED, by and 

between Plaintiffs and Defendants through their respective counsel, that the Court modify the 

Pretrial Scheduling Order by extending the deadline for the completion of supplemental expert 

discovery from July 1, 2024, to July 31, 2024, and the accompanying written expert reports per 

Fed. R. Civ. P. 26(a)(2)(B) shall not be due until 30 days thereafter, i.e., on or before August 30, 

2024. 

DATED: June 27, 2024 FISHER & PHILLIPS LLP 

 By: /s/ LAUREN ROSEMAN

 WILLIAN O. STEIN 

BORIS SORSHER 

LAUREN ROSEMAN 

Attorneys for Defendant 

BARRETT BUSINESS SERVICES, INC. 

DATED: June 27, 2024 SUTTON HAGUE LAW CORPROATION 

 By: /s/ BRADY BRIGGS

 BRADY BRIGGS 

Class Counsel and Attorneys for Plaintiffs ANGELA 

CRUZ, MARIA MADRIGAL, LOURDES BAIZ, 

and CHRISTIE GOODMAN 

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ORDER 

IT IS HEREBY ORDERED, pursuant to stipulation of the Parties, and for Good Cause 

appearing, that the Court’s Pretrial Scheduling Order (ECF No. 227), by and between Plaintiffs 

and Defendant BBSI through their respective counsel, that the Court modify the Pretrial 

Scheduling Order by extending the deadline for the completion of supplemental expert discovery 

from July 1, 2024, to July 31, 2024, and the accompanying written expert reports per Fed. R. Civ. 

P. 26(a)(2)(B) shall not be due until 30 days thereafter, i.e., on or before August 30, 2024. 

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

DATED: June 28, 2024 

Troy L. Nunley

United States District Judge

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