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Nature of Suit Code: 790
Nature of Suit: Other Labor Litigation
Cause of Action: 28:1331 Fed. Question: Fair Labor Standards

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PILLSBURY WINTHROP SHAW PITTMAN LLP 

PAULA M. WEBER # 121144 

THOMAS N. MAKRIS # 104668 

LARA-BEYE MOLINA # 251560 

50 Fremont Street 

San Francisco, CA 94105-2228 

Telephone: (415) 983-1000 

Facsimile: (415) 983-1200 

Attorneys for Defendant 

PACIFIC BELL TELEPHONE COMPANY, INC. 

LAW OFFICES OF ALLEN & MARLES P.C. 

JUSTIN THOMAS ALLEN # 238195 

601 E. Main Street 

Turlock, CA 95380 

Telephone: (209) 656-6705 

Facsimile: (209) 656-6757 

Attorneys for Plaintiff 

CHRISTOPHER M. SOUZA 

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

EASTERN DISTRICT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA 

CHRISTOPHER M. SOUZA, and all others 

similarly situated, 

 Plaintiff, 

vs. 

PACIFIC BELL TELEPHONE COMPANY, 

INC., AT & T COMMUNICATIONS OF 

CALIFORNIA, INC., SBC 

COMMUNICATIONS, INC., AT&T, INC., 

COMMUNICATIONS WORKERS OF 

AMERICA LOCAL 9333 UNION, AFLCIO, COMMUNICATIONS WORKERS OF 

AMERICA DISTRICT 9 UNION AFL-CIO, 

and DOES 1-100, 

 Defendants. 

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STIPULATION AND ORDER TO 

AMEND THE COMPLAINT AND 

EXTEND THE TIME FOR 

DEFENDANT’S RESPONSE

JUDGE OLIVER W. WANGER

Pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 15(a)(2) and Local Rule 83-143(a)(1), 

Plaintiff CHRISTOPHER M. SOUZA (“Plaintiff”) and Defendant PACIFIC BELL 

STIPULATION AND ORDER TO AMEND THE COMPLAINT AND EXTEND THE TIME FOR DEFENDANT’S RESPONSE 

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TELEPHONE COMPANY (“Pacific Bell”), agree to the following: 

1. Plaintiff may amend his Complaint to strike the following: 

a. The following portions of Jurisdiction and Venue, page 1, lines 6-7: “and 

under the Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”), 29 U.S.C. section 201 et 

seq.,” 

b. The following portions of Jurisdiction and Venue, page 1, line 9: “AT&T 

COMMUNICATIONS OF CALIFORNIA, INC.” 

c. The following portions of General Allegations, page 4, lines 27: 

“(“FLSA”)” 

d. The following portions of Second Count, Violation of California Business 

and Professions Code § 17200, et seq., page 9, lines 26-28: “Defendant also 

breached the 2004 Contract made between the Defendant Employer and 

Defendant Union in terminating the Plaintiff without just cause. Finally, the 

Defendant violated the Fair Labor Standards Act by failing to provide the 

Plaintiff with adequate rest & meal breaks as mandated by law.” 

e. The following portions of Third Count, Violation of California Labor Code 

Section 226.7, page 13, line 21: “& Federal” 

2. Plaintiff may amend his Complaint define or describe the class of persons to 

which Pacific Bell allegedly denied meal or rest breaks in violation of California Labor 

Code section 226.7. 

3. If Plaintiff chooses to make the above amendments, he will file an amended 

Complaint by May 2, 2008. 

4. Pacific Bell will have ten days to respond to Plaintiff’s amended Complaint 

from the date that Plaintiff amends his Complaint. If Plaintiff does not amend his 

Complaint by May 2, 2008, Pacific Bell will have ten days to respond to the Plaintiff’s 

Complaint submitted April 9, 2008. 

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Dated: April 25, 2008 

PILLSBURY WINTHROP SHAW PITTMAN LLP 

PAULA M. WEBER 

THOMAS N. MAKRIS 

LARA-BEYE MOLINA 

50 Fremont Street 

Post Office Box 7880 

San Francisco, CA 94120-7880 

By /s/ Lara-Beye Molina 

 LARA-BEYE MOLINA 

 Attorneys for Defendant 

 PACIFIC BELL TELEPHONE COMPANY 

LAW OFFICES OF ALLEN & MARLES P.C. 

JUSTIN THOMAS ALLEN 

601 E. Main Street 

Turlock, CA 95380 

By /s/ Justin Thomas Allen_(as authorized on April 25, 2008)

 JUSTIN THOMAS ALLEN 

 Attorneys for Plaintiff 

 CHRISTOPHER M. SOUZA 

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ORDER

Having read the foregoing Stipulation to Amend the Complaint and Extend the Time 

for Defendant’s Response and, good cause appearing therefore; 

IT IS HEREBY ORDERED:

That the Plaintiff be permitted to amend his Complaint as set forth above and that the 

Defendant’s time for responding to Plaintiff’s Complaint be extended as set forth above. 

Dated: May 5, 2008 /s/ Dennis L. Beck

 Dennis L. Beck, U.S. Magistrate Judge 

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