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Nature of Suit Code: 790
Nature of Suit: Other Labor Litigation
Cause of Action: 28:1332 Diversity-Petition for Removal

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JOINT STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER TO EXTEND EXPERT DEADLINES, DEFENDANT’S 

 DECERTIFICATION MOTION BRIEFING DEADLINES AND HEARING ON MOTION TO DECERTIFY

Shaun Setareh (SBN 204514) 

shaun@setarehlaw.com 

Thomas Segal (SBN 222791) 

thomas@setarehlaw.com

William M. Pao (SBN 219846) 

william@setarehlaw.com 

SETAREH LAW GROUP 

315 South Beverly Drive, Suite 315 

Beverly Hills, California 90212 

Telephone: (310) 888-7771 

Facsimile: (310) 888-0109 

Attorneys for Plaintiff, 

JOHN UTNE and CLASS MEMBERS 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

JOHN UTNE, on behalf of himself, all others 

similarly situated, and the general public, 

 Plaintiff, 

vs. 

HOME DEPOT U.S.A., INC., a Delaware 

corporation; and DOES 1-50, inclusive, 

Defendants.

Case No.3:16-cv-01854-RS 

JOINT STIPULATION AND ORDER TO 

EXTEND EXPERT DEADLINES, 

DEFENDANT’S 

DECERTIFICATION MOTION 

BRIEFING DEADLINES AND HEARING 

ON MOTION TO DECERTIFY

Action Filed: March 8, 2016 

AS MODIFIED BY THE COURT

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JOINT STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER TO EXTEND EXPERT DEADLINES, DEFENDANT’S 

DECERTIFICATION MOTION BRIEFING DEADLINES AND HEARING ON MOTION TO DECERTIFY

JOINT STIPULATION 

This Joint Stipulation to extend expert deadlines, Defendant’s decertification motion briefing 

deadlines, hearing on motion to decertify and pretrial conference is made by and between Plaintiff 

John Utne (“Plaintiff”) and Defendant Home Depot U.S.A., Inc. (“Defendant”), through their 

respective counsel of record, with reference to the following facts: 

1. Both parties have designated experts for trial.

2. The parties have met and conferred regarding scheduling issues and need to make some

changes to the deadlines set in the Court’s order of January 30, 2020 (ECF No. 181). The

proposed changes to the deadlines are intended to make expert discovery more efficient and

ensure parties have full access to expert discovery before briefing Defendant’s Decertification

Motion.

3. The requested edits to the deadlines will not require a continuance of the trial date of October

13, 2020.

4. The parties have stipulated to allow ten (10) extra pages per side on the decertification briefing

for the purposes of discussing any objections to the expert reports.

5. Accordingly, the parties respectfully request that the Court adopt the below proposed revised

case deadlines and enter an order permitting the parties ten (10) extra pages per side for the

opposition to and reply in support of Defendant’s decertification motion.

EVENT CURRENT DATE PROPOSED DATE

Rebuttal and Supplemental Expert Designation Deadline March 2, 2020 March 16, 2020

Parties complete the depositions of the designated experts N/A March 31, 2020

Completion of Expert Discovery April 13, 2020 April 13, 2020

Plaintiff’s Opposition to Decertification Motion Deadline March 2, 2020 April 14, 2020

Defendant’s Reply ISO Decertification Motion Deadline April 6, 2020 May 12, 2020

Last day for hearing pretrial motions April 2, 2020 May 26, 2020 at 1:30 

p.m. or earliest date 

available to the Court 

and agreed to by both 

sides

Hearing Date for Decertification Motion May 7, 2020, 1:30 

p.m.

May 26, 2020 at 1:30 

p.m. or earliest date 

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JOINT STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER TO EXTEND EXPERT DEADLINES, DEFENDANT’S 

DECERTIFICATION MOTION BRIEFING DEADLINES AND HEARING ON MOTION TO DECERTIFY

available to the Court 

and agreed to by both 

sides 

Hearing on Objections to experts for purposes of 

Decertification Motion 

N/A May 26, 2020 at 1:30 

p.m. or earliest date 

available to the Court 

and agreed to by both 

sides

Hearing on any pre-trial motions N/A May 26, 2020 at 1:30 

p.m. or earliest date 

available to the Court 

and agreed to by both 

sides

6. To date, the following deadlines in this action have been modified: Stipulation to Continue

Initial Case Management Conference and Order granting same (Dkt Nos. 17 and 18);

Stipulation to Continue Class Certification Briefing and Hearing and Order granting same (Dkt

Nos. 35 ad 36); Stipulation to Continue Briefing and Hearing and Order granting same (Dkt

Nos. 110 and 111); Defendant’s Motion to Enlarge Time to Oppose Plaintiff’s Motion for

Partial Summary Judgment and Order granting same (Dkt Nos. 122 and 124); Stipulation to

Extend Plaintiff’s Deadline to Oppose Motion for Partial Summary Judgment and Order

Granting Same (Dkt 130); Stipulation to Extend Expert Deadlines, Defendant’s Decertification

Motion Deadline, Pretrial Conference and Trial Date (Dkt 144); Stipulation to Extend Expert

Deadlines, Decertification Motion Deadline, Pretrial Conference and Trial Date (Dkt 151);

Stipulation to Set Briefing Schedule and Hearing Date for Defendant’s Motion to Decertify (Dkt

155); Stipulation to Extend Expert Deadlines, Defendant’s Decertification Motion Briefing

Deadlines, Pretrial Conference, and Trial Date (Dkt. 158); and Stipulation to Extend Expert

Deadlines, Defendant’s Decertification Motion Briefing Deadlines, Pretrial Conference, and

Trial Date (Dkt. 181).

IT IS SO STIPULATED. 

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JOINT STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER TO EXTEND EXPERT DEADLINES, DEFENDANT’S 

DECERTIFICATION MOTION BRIEFING DEADLINES AND HEARING ON MOTION TO DECERTIFY

Dated: February 26, 2020 SETAREH LAW GROUP 

 By:___/s/ Shaun Setareh_____________ 

 Shaun Setareh 

Attorneys for Plaintiff, 

John Utne 

 

Dated: February 26, 2020 Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP 

By: /s/ Shon Morgan 

Shon Morgan 

Attorneys for Defendant, 

Home Depot U.S.A., Inc. 

Pursuant to Civil Local Rule 5-1(i)(3), the filer attests that concurrence in the filing of this 

document has been obtained from each of the above signatories. 

 

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JOINT STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER TO EXTEND EXPERT DEADLINES, DEFENDANT’S 

DECERTIFICATION MOTION BRIEFING DEADLINES AND HEARING ON MOTION TO DECERTIFY

 ORDER 

GOOD CAUSE APPEARING, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the following deadlines 

and hearing date are entered: 

EVENT DATE

Rebuttal and Supplemental Expert Designation Deadline March 16, 2020

Parties complete the depositions of the designated experts March 31, 2020

Completion of Expert Discovery April 13, 2020

Plaintiff’s Opposition to Decertification Motion Deadline April 14, 2020

Defendant’s Reply ISO Decertification Motion Deadline May 12, 2020

Last day for hearing pretrial motions May 28, 2020 at 1:30 p.m. 

Hearing Date for Decertification Motion May 28, 2020 at 1:30 p.m. 

Hearing on Objections to experts for purposes of motion to 

decertify 

May 28, 2020 at 1:30 p.m. 

Hearing on any pre-trial motions May 28, 2020 at 1:30 p.m. 

The Court further orders that the parties’ page limitations for briefing on Defendant’s 

Motion to Decertify shall be increased by five (5) pages per side. Accordingly, Plaintiff shall have 

thirty (30) pages for its brief in opposition to Defendant’s Motion to Decertify and Defendant 

shall have twenty (20) pages for its reply brief in support of its Motion to Decertify. 

Dated: ___________________ ______________________________ 

Honorable Richard Seeborg 

United States District Judge 

[AS MODIFIED BY THE COURT]

February 27, 2020

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