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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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JOINT STIPULATION ALLOWING PLAINTIFF TO FILE AMENDED COMPLAINT

Matthew C. Helland, CA State Bar No. 250451 

Helland@nka.com 

NICHOLS KASTER, LLP 

One Embarcadero Center, Suite 720 

San Francisco, CA 94111 

Telephone: (415) 277-7235 

Facsimile: (415) 277-7238 

Attorney for Plaintiffs and those similarly situated 

SHEPPARD, MULLIN, RICHTER & HAMPTON LLP

A Limited Liability Partnership 

Including Professional Corporations 

SAMANTHA D. HARDY, Cal. Bar No. 199125 

shardy@sheppardmullin.com 

HALI M. ANDERSON, Cal. Bar No. 261816 

handerson@sheppardmullin.com 

501 West Broadway, 19th Floor 

San Diego, California 92101-3598 

Telephone: 619.338.6500 

Facsimile: 619.234.3815 

Attorneys for Defendant 

U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION 

IN THE UNTIED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

KAREN WILLIAMS, individually and on 

behalf of all others similarly situated, 

Plaintiff, 

vs. 

U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, 

Defendant. 

Case No. 2:12-cv-01907-LKK-EFB 

CLASS ACTION 

JOINT STIPULATION AND ORDER 

ALLOWING PLAINTIFF TO FILE 

AMENDED COMPLAINT 

The Hon. Lawrence K. Karlton 

Magistrate Judge Edmund F. Brennan 

 

The parties, by and through their attorneys of record, hereby stipulate and agree as 

follows, pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 15(a)(2): 

 WHEREAS, on July 20, 2012, Plaintiff Karen Williams filed her initial complaint 

asserting claims under the Fair Labor Standards Act; 

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JOINT STIPULATION AND [proposed] ORDER ALLOWING PLAINTIFF TO FILE AMENDED COMPLAINT

 WHEREAS, Plaintiff filed her motion for conditional certification of her FLSA claims on 

February 25, 2013; 

 WHEREAS, on June 20, 2013, the Court granted Plaintiff’s motion for conditional 

certification; 

 WHEREAS, Plaintiff distributed judicial notice to the FLSA Collective on July 11, 2013; 

 WHEREAS, additional Plaintiffs filed consent forms to join the case during the opt-in 

period; 

 WHEREAS, Plaintiff seeks to amend her complaint to add additional opt-in Plaintiffs with 

California state law claims; 

 WHEREAS, the parties met and conferred regarding the filing of the proposed First 

Amended Complaint, attached as Exhibit A; 

 WHEREAS, Defendant maintains that the claims in the First Amended Complaint do not 

have merit, but Defendant is nevertheless willing to allow the filing of the First Amended 

Complaint; 

 WHEREAS, the parties agree that the applicable statutes of limitations will not relate back 

to the filing of Plaintiff’s original complaint; and 

 WHEREAS, the deadline for Plaintiff to amend her complaint and add parties is 

November 8, 2013; 

 WHEREFORE, the parties hereby STIPULATE AND AGREE that Plaintiff may have 

leave to file her First Amended Complaint, attached as Exhibit A. 

Dated: November 8, 2013 NICHOLS KASTER, LLP

 

 By: /s/Matthew C. Helland 

 Matthew C. Helland 

 

Attorney for Plaintiff and Others Similarly Situated 

Dated: November 8, 2013 SHEPPARD MULLIN RICHTER & HAMPTON 

 

 By: s/Samantha Hardy (as authorized on 11/8/13) 

Samantha Hardy 

Attorneys for Defendant 

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JOINT STIPULATION AND [proposed] ORDER ALLOWING PLAINTIFF TO FILE AMENDED COMPLAINT

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Dated: November 15, 2013.

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