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Nature of Suit Code: 890
Nature of Suit: Other Statutory Actions
Cause of Action: 28:1391 Personal Injury

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JOINT STIPULATION TO CONTINUE CMC AND EXTEND TIME TO ANSWER FAC 

CASE NO. C 14-03895 EJD 

sf-3547397

WILLIAM L. STERN (CA SBN 96105)

WStern@mofo.com 

JAMES M. SCHURZ (CA SBN 145874) 

JSchurz@mofo.com 

KEVIN M. COLES (CA SBN 271518) 

KColes@mofo.com 

MORRISON & FOERSTER LLP 

425 Market Street 

San Francisco, California 94105-2482 

Telephone: 415.268.7000 

Facsimile: 415.268.7522 

Attorneys for Defendant 

THE HAIN CELESTIAL GROUP, INC. 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

SAN JOSE DIVISION 

BARBARA ANDERSON, on behalf of 

herself and all others similarly situated, 

Plaintiff, 

v. 

THE HAIN CELESTIAL GROUP, INC., and 

DOES 1 through 10, inclusive, 

Defendants. 

Case No. C 14-03895 EJD 

CLASS ACTION 

JOINT STIPULATION TO CONTINUE 

CASE MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE 

AND EXTEND DEFENDANT’S TIME TO 

ANSWER THE FIRST AMENDED 

COMPLAINT 

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Plaintiff Barbara Anderson (“Plaintiff”), on behalf of herself and all others similarly 

situated, and Defendant The Hain Celestial Group, Inc. (“Hain” or “Defendant”), through their 

undersigned counsel, hereby stipulate as follows: 

WHEREAS, on November 11, 2014, Ms. Anderson filed her First Amended Complaint 

(“FAC”) in this action; 

WHEREAS, on January 12, 2015, Hain moved to the dismiss the FAC; 

WHEREAS, on April 8, 2015, the Court granted in part and denied in part Hain’s motion, 

and ordered Hain to answer the FAC within 15 days of its Order on April 23, 2015 (Dkt. No. 46); 

WHEREAS, on April 8, 2015, the Court ordered the parties to submit a Joint Case 

Management Statement on May 14, 2015, and scheduled a Case Management Conference for 

May 21, 2015; 

WHEREAS, on April 17, 2015, the Court granted the parties’ joint stipulation to extend 

Hain’s time to answer the FAC to May 28, 2015 (Dkt. No. 48); 

WHEREAS, the parties were contemplating submitting a joint stipulation to stay the 

action pending the Ninth Circuit’s decisions in Jones v. ConAgra and Brazil v. Dole; 

WHEREAS, on May 12, 2015, the Court granted the parties’ joint stipulation to continue 

the case management conference to June 25, 2015 and extend Hain’s time to answer the FAC 

until July 2, 2015; 

WHEREAS, despite their negotiations and a general agreement to stay this action pending 

the Ninth Circuit’s decisions in Jones v. ConAgra and Brazil v. Dole, the parties were unable to 

agree to the precise terms and parameters of a stay; 

WHEREAS, Hain now intends to file a motion to stay the action pending those decisions; 

WHEREAS, Plaintiff intends to not oppose a stay but, instead, request that the Court 

establish reasonable terms and parameters of a stay, including as to matters that may be 

implicated or otherwise affected by a stay; 

WHEREAS, the parties agree to continue the Case Management Conference and extend 

Hain’s time to answer the FAC until after the Court rules on Hain’s motion to stay the action. 

THE PARTIES HEREBY STIPULATE, subject to the approval of the Court, that: 

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 The Case Management Conference is continued pending the Court’s ruling on 

Hain’s motion to stay the action. Should the motion be denied, the Court shall set 

a new date for the Case Management Conference and related deadline for 

submission of a Joint Case Management Statement. 

 Hain’s deadline to answer the FAC shall be extended accordingly. 

 Dated: June 17, 2015 WILLIAM L. STERN 

JAMES M. SCHURZ 

KEVIN M. COLES 

MORRISON & FOERSTER LLP 

By: /s/ James M. Schurz 

JAMES M. SCHURZ 

Attorneys for Defendant 

THE HAIN CELESTIAL GROUP, INC. 

Dated: June 17, 2015 CHANT YEDALIAN

CHANT & COMPANY 

A Professional Law Corporation 

1010 N. Central Ave. 

Glendale, CA 91202 

(877) 574-7100 

chant@chant.mobi 

By: /s/ Chant Yedalian 

CHANT YEDALIAN 

Attorney for Plaintiff Anderson 

[PROPOSED] ORDER 

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

DATED: 

THE HONORABLE EDWARD J. DAVILA 

United States District Court Judge 

The Motion to Stay shall be noticed for September 24, 2015 at 9:00 AM 6/18/2015

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ECF ATTESTATION 

I, Kevin M. Coles, am the ECF User whose ID and password are being used to file the 

following: JOINT STIPULATION TO CONTINUE CASE MANAGEMENT 

CONFERENCE AND EXTEND DEFENDANT’S TIME TO ANSWER THE FIRST 

AMENDED COMPLAINT. In compliance with Civil Local Rule 5-1(i)(3), I hereby attest that 

Chant Yedalian and James M. Schurz have concurred in this filing. 

Dated: June 17, 2015 WILLIAM L. STERN 

JAMES M. SCHURZ 

KEVIN M. COLES 

MORRISON & FOERSTER LLP 

By: /s/ Kevin M. Coles

KEVIN M. COLES 

 

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