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Nature of Suit Code: 720
Nature of Suit: Labor Management Relations Act
Cause of Action: 28:1331 Fed. Question: Fair Labor Standards

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George A. Hanson 

Eric L. Dirks 

STUEVE SIEGEL HANSON LLP

460 Nichols Road, Suite 200 

Telephone: 816-714-7100 

Facsimile: 816-714-7101 

ATTORNEYS FOR PLAINTIFFS

Denise K. Drake 

Eric P. Kelly 

SPENCER FANE BRITT & BROWNE LLP

1000 Walnut, Suite 1400 

Kansas City, MO 64106 

Telephone: 816-474-8100 

Facsimile: 816-474-3216 

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

IN RE WELLS FARGO LOAN PROCESSOR 

OVERTIME PAY LITIGATION 

THIS DOCUMENT RELATES TO ALL CASES 

MDL Docket No. 1841 

STIPULATION TO AMEND 

CASE MANAGEMENT ORDER 

AND EXTEND TOLLING 

AGREEMENT 

STIPULATION TO AMEND CASE MANAGEMENT 

ORDER AND EXTEND TOLLING AGREEMENT

THIS STIPULATION AND AGREEMENT, pursuant to Local Rule 6-2, is made and 

entered into by and between Plaintiffs and Defendants Wells Fargo Home Mortgage, a division 

of Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., and Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., and applies to the lawsuit captioned In 

Re Wells Fargo Loan Processor Overtime Pay Litigation, MDL 1841. The parties, by and 

through their counsel, jointly declare the following: 

1. Plaintiffs and Defendants proposed a Case Management Order which this Court 

entered on November 13, 2007. [Doc. 12]. That Case Management Order, among other matters, 

set forth an Initial Briefing Schedule for discovery and briefing of legal issues pertaining to the 

applicability of California Business and Professional Code §§ 17200 (“17200 Issues”) to claims 

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alleged by Plaintiffs and class certification in Basore v. Wells -Fargo Home Mortgage et al., 

N.D. Cal. 07-461. 

2. Pursuant to the Initial Briefing Schedule, discovery for the 17200 Issues was to be 

completed by December 31, 2007, with the Defendant’s moving papers to be filed and served by 

January 8, 2008, and Plaintiffs’ opposition papers to be filed and served by January 22, 2008. 

Defendant’s reply papers were to be filed and served by February 7, 2008, with a hearing on the 

17200 issues scheduled for February 25, 2008 at 2:00 P.M. 

3. Pursuant to the Initial Briefing Schedule, discovery for the Certification Issues

was to be completed by January 31, 2008, with the Plaintiff’s moving papers to be filed and 

served by March 3, 2008, and Plaintiffs’ opposition papers to be filed and served by March 24, 

2008. Defendant’s reply papers were to be filed and served by April 7, 2008, with a hearing on 

the Certification Issues scheduled for April 21, 2008 at 2:00 P.M. 

4. Since entry of the Case Management Order, the parties have engaged in 

significant discovery but have not completed the necessary discovery. Defendants have 

conducted nine depositions (of eight Plaintiffs and a third-party witness) and produced nearly 

11,000 pages of documents in response to Plaintiffs’ interrogatories and requests for production. 

Seven Plaintiffs have responded to interrogatories and requests for the production of documents 

from Defendants. Plaintiffs, after conferring with Defendants, conducted a deposition pursuant 

to Fed. R. Civ. P. 30(b)(6) on January 31, 2008, and have scheduled an additional deposition 

pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 30(b)(6) on February 7, 2008. The parties are also working to 

supplement discovery responses as necessary. Counsel for Defendants have conferred with 

Plaintffs’ counsel regarding the scheduling of several additional depositions related to 

Certification Issues; counsel is working to schedule these depositions for mutually convenient 

times and locations. 

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5. On December 31, 2008, the parties filed a stipulation to amend the Case 

Management Order regarding the discovery and briefing schedule for the 17200 Issues, for the 

reasons and as set forth therein. [Doc. 15]. 

6. After further consideration and evaluation of the schedule for Certification Issues

set forth in the Case Management Order, the parties stipulate and agree that additional time is 

necessary to complete discovery and brief the Certification Issues fully, which will follow the 

briefing of the 17200 Issues completed pursuant to the stipulation of the parties on December 31, 

2007. [Doc. 15]. In particular, counsel for the parties face several scheduling challenges and/or 

conflicts. For example, Plaintiffs’ counsel prepared and has been engaged in trial that began on 

January 28, 2008 (Overlap, Inc. v. A.G. Edwards & Sons, Inc., Case No. 03-cv-201858, Jackson 

County, Missouri). Defendants’ counsel has a trial presently set to begin on March 25, 2008 

(Werth v. The Guidance Center et al., Case No. 06-60, Jefferson County, Kansas). 

7. Accordingly, to afford the parties an opportunity to complete the necessary 

discovery and fully brief the requisite issues, the parties stipulate and agree to further amend the 

Case Management Order on the Certification Issues as follows. 

• Certification Issues discovery will be completed by March 31, 2008. 

• Certification Issues moving papers filed and served by April 15, 2008. 

• Certification Issues opposition papers due by April 29, 2008. 

• Certification Issues reply papers due by May 6, 2008. 

• Certificaiton Issues hearing on May 19, 2008 at 2:00 PM. 

8. To date, the parties have stipulated to one extension and modification of the Case 

Management Order entered by the Court. [Doc. 15]. 

9. These amendments to the Case Management Order have not and will not unduly 

delay these proceedings; rather, these amendments are necessary to assess and brief fully the 

17200 Issues and Certification Issues presented in this multidistrict proceeding. In particular, 

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this stipulation reschedules the due dates for various papers on Certification Issues by 

approximately forty-five days. 

10. Defendants have agreed to extend the tolling agreement previously entered by the 

parties, [Doc. 13], an additional forty-five days to accommodate these stipulated amendments to 

the Case Management Order. 

11. Accordingly, the parties agree and stipulate that the running of the statute of 

limitations applicable to claims that may be asserted through the collective action brought 

pursuant to 29 U.S.C. § 216(b) of the FLSA shall be tolled from July 30, 2007 through March 

16, 2008. 

 

Signed and agreed to this 1st day of February, 2008. 

STUEVE SIEGEL HANSON LLP 

s/ Eric L. Dirks 

George A. Hanson 

hanson@stuevesiegel.com 

Eric L. Dirks 

dirks@stuevesiegel.com 

Stueve Siegel Hanson LLP 

460 Nichols Road, Suite 200 

Kansas City, Missouri, 64112 

Telephone: (816) 714-7100 

Facsimile: (816) 714-7101 

ATTORNEYS FOR PLAINTIFFS

SPENCER FANE BRITT & BROWNE LLP 

s/ Eric P. Kelly 

Denise K. Drake 

ddrake@spencerfane.com 

Eric P. Kelly 

ekelly@spencerfane.com 

Spencer Fane Britt & Browne LLP 

1000 Walnut, Suite 1400 

Kansas City, MO 64106 

Telephone: 816-474-8100 

Facsimile: 816-474-3216 

ATTORNEYS FOR DEFENDANT

PURSUANT TO STIPULATION OF THE PARTIES, IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Dated: 

 

 Marilyn Hall Patel 

 United States District Judge 

4/8/2008

U

NITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DI

CT OF CALIFORNIA

IT IS SO ORDERED

Judge Marilyn H. Patel

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