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Nature of Suit Code: 890
Nature of Suit: Other Statutory Actions
Cause of Action: 28:1332 Diversity-(Citizenship)

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STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER TO VACATE CASE MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE

Ben F. Pierce Gore (SBN 128515)

PRATT & ASSOCIATES 

1871 The Alameda, Suite 425

San Jose, CA 95126

Telephone: (408) 429-6506

Fax: (408) 369-0752

pgore@prattattorneys.com

[Additional counsel listed on 

signature page]

Attorneys for Plaintiffs and all others 

similarly situated

Robert D. Phillips, Jr.

Thomas A. Evans

REED SMITH LLP

101 Second Street

San Francisco, CA 94105

Telephone: (415) 543-8700

Facsimile: (415) 391-8269

rphillips@reedsmith.com

tevans@reedsmith.com

Counsel for Defendants

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SAN JOSE DIVISION

PAUL DE LA TORRE and 

JOSHUA OGDEN, an individual, on 

behalf of himself and all others 

similarly situated, 

 Plaintiffs,

v.

GNC HOLDINGS, INC., 

GENERAL NUTRITION 

CORPORATION, GENERAL 

NUTRITION CENTERS, INC., 

 Defendants.

Case No. 5:15-cv-00561-BLF

ORDER CONTINUING CASE 

MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE 

PENDING DETERMINATION BY 

THE JUDICIAL PANEL ON 

MULTIDISTRICT LITIGATION TO 

TRANSFER CASE PURSUANT TO 

28 U.S.C. § 1407

On March 27, 2015, the Court entered an order extending Defendants’ time 

to respond to the Complaint in this matter until after the resolution of a motion to 

create a Multi-District Litigation (“MDL”) pending before the Judicial Panel on 

Multidistrict Litigation (“JPML”) that, if granted, would transfer this action and 

related actions to a single court as part of MDL No. 2621 for consolidated pretrial 

proceedings, pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1407. Since the entry of the order, the JPML 

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has set a hearing on the Motion to Transfer for May 28, 2015.

On April 4, the clerk issued a notice setting a Case Management Conference 

for June 4, 2015, and setting the deadline for CMC Statements on May 28, 2015. 

Because the JPML will not hear the motion until May 28, the Motion to Transfer

will likely not be resolved as of the June 4, CMC date. If the motion is granted, it 

will moot the need for further proceedings in this Court. If the motion is denied, 

Defendants’ time to respond to the Complaint will likely not expire until some time 

in July 2015. 

In light of the foregoing the undersigned parties stipulate and request that the 

Court vacate the Case Management Conference currently set for June 4, 2015 in 

this matter, subject to being reset, if necessary, after the JPML has ruled on the 

pending Motion to Transfer.

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Dated: April 17, 2015 PRATT & ASSOCIATES 

By: /s/ Ben F. Pierce Gore__________

Ben F. Pierce Gore (SBN 128515)

1871 The Alameda, Suite 425

San Jose, CA 95126

Telephone: (408) 429-6506

Fax: (408) 369-0752

pgore@prattattorneys.com

Kenneth R. Shemin, ABA No. 78138

SHEMIN LAW FIRM, PLLC

3333 Pinnacle Hills Parkway, Suite 603

Rogers, AR 72758

Telephone: (479) 845-3305

Facsimile: (479) 845-2198

Thomas P. Thrash (ABA No. 80147)

Marcus N. Bozeman (ABA No. 95287)

THRASH LAW FIRM, P.A.

1101 Garland Street

Little Rock, AR 72201

Telephone: (501) 374-2222

Facsimile: (501) 374-2222

Dewitt M. Lovelace

Valerie Lauro Nettles

LOVELACE AND ASSOCIATES, PA

12870 U.S. Hwy 98 West, Suite 200

Miramar Beach, FL 32550

Telephone: (850) 827-6020

Facsimile: (850) 837-4093

Charles J. LaDuca

CUNEO GILBERT & LADUCA, LLP

8120 Woodmont Avenue, Suite 810

Bethesda, MD 20814

Telephone: (202) 789-3960

Facsimile: (202) 589-1813

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Taylor Asen

CUNEO GILBERT & LADUCA, LLP

16 Court Street, Suite 1012

Brooklyn, NY 11241

Telephone: (202) 789-3960

Facsimile: (202) 589-1813

Richard R. Barrett

Law Office of Richard R. Barrett, PLLC

2086 Old Taylor Road, Suite 1011

Oxford, Mississippi 38655

Telephone: (662) 380-5018

Facsimile: (866) 430-5459

Attorneys for Plaintiffs and all others 

similarly situated

REED SMITH LLP

By: /s/_Thomas A. Evans______ Robert D. Phillips, Jr.

Thomas A. Evans

101 Second Street

San Francisco, CA 94105

Telephone: (415) 543-8700

Facsimile: (415) 391-8269

rphillips@reedsmith.com

tevans@reedsmith.com

Attorneys for Defendants

The Case Management Conference set for June 4, 2015 in this matter is 

CONTINUED to August 20, 2015 at 1:30 p.m. 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: April 20, 2015

______________________________

THE HON. BETH LABSON 

FREEMAN

UNITED STATES DISTRICT

COURT JUDGE

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