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Nature of Suit Code: 370
Nature of Suit: Other Fraud
Cause of Action: 28:1441 Petition for Removal- Fraud

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STIPULATION FOR CONTINUANCE OF 

CLASS CERTIFICATION 

GUTRIDE SAFIER LLP 

ADAM J. GUTRIDE (State Bar No. 181446)

SETH A. SAFIER (State Bar No. 197427) 

MARIE MCCRARY (State Bar No. 262670) 

KRISTEN G. SIMPLICIO (State Bar No. 263291) 

100 Pine Street, Suite 1250 

San Francisco, California 94111 

Telephone: (415) 271-6469 

Facsimile: (415) 449-6469 

TYCKO & ZAVAREEI LLP 

LORENZO B. CELLINI 

1828 L Street, N.W., Suite 1000 

Washington, DC 20036 

Telephone: (202) 973-0900 

Facsimile: (202) 973-0950 

SPANGENBERG SHIBLEY & LIBER LLP 

STUART E. SCOTT 

DANIEL FRECH 

1001 Lakeside Avenue East, Suite 1700 

Cleveland, OH 44114 

Telephone: (216) 696-3232 

Facsimile: (216) 696-3924 

Attorneys for Plaintiff, Jamie Pettit 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

JAMIE PETTIT, an individual, on behalf of 

herself, the general public and those similarly situated 

 Plaintiff, 

 v. 

PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY 

 Defendant 

CASE NO. 15-cv-2150-RS 

JOINT STIPULATION TO 

EXTEND CLASS 

CERTIFICATION 

BRIEFING SCHEDULE 

 

Pursuant to Civil L.R. 6-1(b), 6-2, and 7-12, plaintiff Jamie Pettit and defendant The 

Procter & Gamble Company (“P&G”) respectfully submit this joint stipulation to extend the 

ORDER

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STIPULATION FOR CONTINUANCE OF 

CLASS CERTIFICATION - 2 - 

current briefing schedule for class certification. 

WHEREAS, at the August 13, 2015 Case Management Conference and in a subsequent 

order, this Court set the hearing for Plaintiff’s Motion for Class Certification for May 5, 2016 and 

ordered that the Plaintiff shall file her opening brief on February 25, 2016, P&G shall file its 

opposition by March 28, 2016, and Plaintiff shall file her reply by April 14, 2016 [Dkt. No. 24]; 

WHEREAS, the parties previously sought and received a time modification to permit the 

parties to review discovery taken to date and to defer additional discovery and briefing in light of 

the court’s order, in a similar case in which a plaintiff is challenging Charmin Freshmates 

flushable wipes (Belfiore v. Procter & Gamble Company, Case No. 14-cv-4090 (E.D.N.Y.) 

(Weinstein, J.)), that those parties participate in a settlement talks with Magistrate Judge Levy, 

which began on January 21; 

WHEREAS, the parties agreed and on February 11, 2016, this Court so ordered that 

Plaintiff shall file her motion for class certification by May 19, 2016; P&G shall file its 

opposition by June 23, 2016; Plaintiff shall file her reply by July 14, 2016; and the hearing shall 

be held at 1:30 p.m. on August 4, 2016 [Dkt. # 27]; 

WHEREAS, the settlement discussions being conducted under Magistrate Judge Levy’s 

direction are continuing; 

WHEREAS, the parties are deferring depositions and other discovery matters so as to 

conserve resources while those settlement discussions continue; 

WHEREAS, there has been one previous time modification in this case, discussed above; 

WHEREAS, in light of the foregoing, Plaintiff and P&G request that the briefing schedule 

for Plaintiff’s motion for class certification be continued approximately three months; 

WHEREAS, the effect of the requested time modification will to be extend the current 

class certification briefing schedule approximately three months; and 

WHEREAS, the parties have agreed that Plaintiff shall file her motion for class 

certification by August 24, 2016; P&G shall file its opposition by September 28, 2016; Plaintiff 

shall file her reply by October 19, 2016; and the hearing shall be held at 1:30 p.m. on November 

10, 2016, or another date convenient for the Court; 

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STIPULATION FOR CONTINUANCE OF 

CLASS CERTIFICATION - 3 - 

NOW THEREFORE, THE PARTIES BY COUNSEL HEREBY STIPULATE: 

Plaintiff shall file her motion for class certification by August 24, 2016; P&G shall file its 

opposition by September 28, 2016; Plaintiff shall file her reply by October 19, 2016; and the 

hearing shall be held at 1:30 p.m. on November 10, 2016 or another date convenient for the 

Court. 

Dated: April 25, 2016 

GUTRIDE SAFIER LLP 

By: /s/ Kristen G. Simplicio 

Kristen G. Simplicio 

Attorneys for Plaintiff 

Jamie Pettit 

 

DATED: April 25, 2016 COVINGTON & BURLING LLP 

By:/s/ Cortlin Lannin 

 Cortlin Lannin 

Attorneys for Defendant 

The Procter & Gamble Company 

 

 

 PURSUANT TO STIPULATION, IT IS SO ORDERED. 

DATED: 

 THE HONORABLE RICHARD SEEBORG 

 UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE 

4/25/16

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