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Nature of Suit Code: 790
Nature of Suit: Other Labor Litigation
Cause of Action: 28:1441 Petition for Removal- Labor/Mgmnt. Relations

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STIPULATION RE STAY OF ACTION 

MICHAEL MALK (Bar No. 222366)

mm@malklawfirm.com 

MICHAEL MALK, ESQ., APC 

1180 South Beverly Drive, Suite 302 

Los Angeles, CA 90035 

Telephone: 310.203.0016 

Facsimile: 310.499.5210 

Attorneys for Plaintiff OSMIN MELGAR 

and KARO KHATCHADOORIAN 

JAMES M. PETERSON (Bar No. 137837) 

peterson@higgslaw.com 

EDWIN M. BONISKE (Bar No. 265701) 

boniske@higgslaw.com 

HIGGS FLETCHER & MACK LLP 

401 West “A” Street, Suite 2600 

San Diego, CA 92101-7913 

Telephone: 619.236.1551 

Facsimile: 619.696.1410 

Attorneys for Defendant CSK AUTO, INC. 

n/k/a O’Reilly Auto Enterprises, LLC 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

OSMIN MELGAR, individually and on 

behalf of all others similarly situated, 

Plaintiff, 

 v. 

CSK AUTO, INC., an Arizona 

Corporation, and DOES 1-100, 

Defendants. 

Case No. C 3:13-CV-03769 (EMC)

STIPULATION RE STAY OF ACTION 

PENDING DECISION BY NINTH 

CIRCUIT; [PROPOSED] ORDER 

 

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STIPULATION RE STAY OF ACTION 

Plaintiffs OSMIN MELGAR and KARO KHATCHADOORIAN (“Plaintiffs”), 

individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated, and Defendant CSK AUTO, INC. n/k/a 

O’Reilly Auto Enterprises, LLC (“Defendant”) (collectively, the “Parties”), by and through their 

respective attorneys of record, hereby stipulate and agree as follows:

1. On December 22, 2015, the Court granted in part, and denied in part, Plaintiffs’ 

Motion for Class Certification; 

2. On January 8, 2016, Defendant filed a Petition for Permission to appeal this 

Court’s ruling on Plaintiffs’ Motion for Class Certification pursuant to Rule 23(f); 

3. On March 8, 2016 the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals granted Defendant’s Petition 

and set a briefing schedule for the appeal; 

4. The Parties agree that the action should be stayed pending resolution of the appeal, 

and that class notice should not be sent before the Ninth Circuit rules on this matter; 

5. As such, the Parties hereby stipulate and jointly request that the Court stay 

discovery and all proceedings in this action until such time as the Ninth Circuit rules on the 

ongoing appeal. 

IT IS SO STIPULATED. 

DATED: March 16, 2016 

 

MICHAEL MALK, ESQ., APC 

By: /s/ Michael Malk

MICHAEL MALK. 

Attorneys for Plaintiff OSMIN MELGAR

DATED: March 16, 2016 

 

HIGGS FLETCHER & MACK, LLP

By: /s/ Edwin Boniske

JAMES M. PETERSON, ESQ. 

EDWIN BONISKE, ESQ. 

Attorneys for Defendant CSK AUTO, INC. n/k/a 

O’REILLY AUTO ENTERPRISES, LLC

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STIPULATION RE STAY OF ACTION 

[PROPOSED] ORDER 

In accordance with the above stipulation, and for good cause shown, this case is hereby 

stayed until the Ninth Circuit issues a decision in the appeal from this Court’s December 22, 2015 

class certification ruling. It is hereby ordered that the Parties file a Joint Case Status Report 

within 30 days of the Court of Appeals issuing its decision. 

______________________________ 

Hon. Edward M. Chen 

United States District Judge 

The further CMC is reset 

from 3/24/16 to 10/20/16 at 10:30 

a.m. 

U

NITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

IT IS SO ORDERED

AS MODIFIED

Judge Edward M. Chen

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STIPULATION RE STAY OF ACTION 

MICHAEL MALK (Bar No. 222366)

mm@malklawfirm.com 

MICHAEL MALK, ESQ., APC 

1180 South Beverly Drive, Suite 302 

Los Angeles, CA 90035 

Telephone: 310.203.0016 

Facsimile: 310.499.5210 

Attorneys for Plaintiff OSMIN MELGAR 

and KARO KHATCHADOORIAN 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

OSMIN MELGAR, individually and on 

behalf of all others similarly situated, 

Plaintiff, 

 v. 

CSK AUTO, INC., an Arizona 

Corporation, and DOES 1-100, 

Defendants. 

Case No. C 3:13-CV-03769 (EMC)

ATTESTATION REGARDING 

STIPULATION RE STAY OF ACTION 

PENDING DECISION BY NINTH 

CIRCUIT; [PROPOSED] ORDER 

ATTESTATION 

I, Michael Malk, am am the ECF user whose User ID and Password are being used to file 

this Stipulation Re Stay Of Action Pending Decision By Ninth Circuit; [Proposed] Order (“Joint 

Stipulation”). In compliance with applicable Local Rules, I hereby attest that concurrence in the 

filing of this Joint Stipulation has been obtained from signatory Edwin Boniske, Esq. 

DATED: March 16, 2016 

 

MICHAEL MALK, ESQ., APC 

By: /s/ Michael Malk

MICHAEL MALK. 

Attorneys for Plaintiff OSMIN MELGAR

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