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Nature of Suit Code: 710
Nature of Suit: Fair Labor Standards Act
Cause of Action: 29:201 Fair Labor Standards Act

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DEFENDANTS POSITION STATEMENT AND REQUEST FOR EXTENSION OF TIME ON EXCHANGE OF DECLARATION OF KOTAR 

DATA RECOVERY SYSTEMS

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CASE NO. CV 13-03230 EDL

4821-7100-0366v1 

CHL\15321004 

CHRISTINE H. LONG, CA STATE BAR NO. 199676 

EILEEN P. KENNEDY, CA STATE BAR NO. 204646 

BERLINER COHEN, LLP

TEN ALMADEN BOULEVARD

ELEVENTH FLOOR

SAN JOSE, CALIFORNIA 95113-2233 

TELEPHONE: (408) 286-5800 

FACSIMILE: (408) 998-5388 

christine.long@berliner.com 

eileen.kennedy@berliner.com 

ATTORNEYS FOR DEFENDANTS BOBBY A. ALI; RICK 

ALI1; M1 COLLISION CARE CENTERS, INC.

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; AUTOVEST 

COLLISION REPAIRS, INC., DBA AUTOWEST COLLISION 

REPAIRS, INC.; AND AW COLLISION OF SERRAMONTE3

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION 

RAFAEL SANDOVAL, LUIS MARTIN 

CALIXTO, and ADRIAN RAMIREZ on 

behalf of themselves, on behalf of all others 

similarly situated and in the interest of the 

general public, 

 Plaintiffs, 

 v. 

BOBBY A. ALI; RICK ALI, M1 AUTO 

COLLISIONS CENTERS, INC.; M1 

COLLISION CARE CENTERS, INC.; 

AUTOVEST COLLISION REPAIRS, INC. 

aka AUTOWEST COLLISION REPAIRS, 

INC.; and SERRAMONTE AUTO PLAZA 

BODY SHOP, INC., 

 Defendants. 

CASE NO. CV 13-03230 EDL 

DEFENDANTS POSITION STATEMENT 

AND REQUEST FOR EXTENSION OF 

TIME ON EXCHANGE OF DECLARATION 

OF KOTAR DATA RECOVERY SYSTEMS 

On or about February 16, 2016 the parties appeared before this Court on Plaintiffs’ Motion to 

Re-Open Discovery. At that hearing, the court instructed Defendants to obtain a declaration from 

 

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 Defendants Bobby Ali and Rick Ali were dismissed with prejudice in part by the Court’s Order of 7/10/2014. 

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 Erroneously sued as “M1 Auto Collisions Centers, Inc.” 

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 Erroneously sued as “Serramonte Auto Plaza Body Shop, Inc.” 

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CASE NO. CV 13-03230 EDL

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Kotar Data Recovery Systems based on the questions and topics identified by Plaintiffs’ counsel. At 

that time Defendants’ counsel advised the Court and all parties that Defendants counsel was starting 

a large trial on February 22, 2016 and would be unavailable and as a result requested until February 

26, 2016 to exchange the completed declaration. It was understood that Plaintiffs would promptly 

deliver their questions for Kotar to Defendants so that counsel could then work with Kotar during the 

week of February 16, 2016 and then if needed have evenings to finalize the declaration for 

submission during the week of February 22, 2016. 

As of this filing, despite repeated requests, Plaintiffs’ counsel has failed to provide any topics 

or questions for Kotar. Defendants counsel are otherwise unavailable until March 18, 2016 and 

therefore request that the Court grant them until March 30, 2016 to exchange such declaration. The 

trial at issue has been pending for over 5 years, involves dozens of witnesses, who are not native 

English speakers and as such requires the use of translators for witness preparation in the evenings 

and weekends. The Court does not observe regular “dark” days and runs for a full day of 8:30 – 4:45. 

Thus, it is impossible for Defendants counsel to now deal with this matter given the unreasonable 

delay of Plaintiffs’ counsel. 

DATED: FEBRUARY 25, 2016 BERLINER COHEN, LLP

BY: /S/CHRISTINE H. LONG

 CHRISTINE H. LONG

EILEEN P. KENNEDY

 ATTORNEYS FOR DEFENDANTS BOBBY A. ALI;

RICK ALI; M1 COLLISION CARE CENTERS, INC.;

AUTOVEST COLLISION REPAIRS, INC., DBA 

AUTOWEST COLLISION REPAIRS, INC.; AND AW

COLLISION OF SERRAMONTE

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNI

A

IT IS SO ORDERED

Judge Elizabeth D. Laporte

Date: 2/26/16

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