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Nature of Suit Code: 791
Nature of Suit: Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA)
Cause of Action: 29:1132 E.R.I.S.A.: Employee Benefits

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JOINT STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER REGARDING BRIEFING SCHEDULE

ON DEFENDANTS’ RESPONSES TO PLAINTIFF’S PROPOSED SECOND AMENDED COMPLAINT AND CASE

MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE

Dennis Lorenz v. Safeway, Inc.., Case No. 3:16-cv-04903-JST

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Todd M. Schneider (SBN 158253)

Jason H. Kim (SBN 220279)

Kyle G. Bates (SBN 299114)

SCHNEIDER WALLACE

COTTRELL KONECKY 

WOTKYNS LLP

2000 Powell Street, Suite 1400

Emeryville, California 94608

Tel: (415) 421-7100

Fax: (415) 421-7105

tschneider@schneiderwallace.com

jkim@schneiderwallace.com

kbates@schneiderwallace.com

Attorneys for Plaintiff

Randall W. Edwards (SBN 179053)

O'Melveny & Myers LLP 

Two Embarcadero Center 

28th Floor 

San Francisco, CA 94111 

415-984-8700 

Fax: (415) 984-8701 

Email: REdwards@omm.com

Attorneys for Defendant Great-West 

Financial RPS LLC

R. Bradford Huss (SBN 71303)

Angel L. Garrett (SBN 255682)

Dylan D. Rudolph (SBN 278707)

Trucker Huss

A Professional Corporation

One Embarcadero Center, 12th Floor

San Francisco, CA 94111-2628

Tel: (415) 788-3111

Fax: (415) 421-2017

Email: bhuss@truckerhuss.com

 agarrett@truckerhuss.com

drudolph@truckerhuss.com

Joseph C. Faucher (SBN 137353)

Trucker Huss

A Professional Corporation

633 W. 5th Street, 26th Floor

Los Angeles, California 90071

Tel: (213) 537-1016

Fax: (213) 537-1020

E-mail: jfaucher@truckerhuss.com

Attorneys for Defendants Safeway Inc. and

Safeway Benefit Plans Committee

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

OAKLAND DIVISION

DENNIS M. LORENZ, Individually and On 

Behalf of All Others Similarly Situated,

Plaintiff,

vs.

SAFEWAY, INC.; SAFEWAY BENEFIT 

PLANS COMMITTEE; GREAT-WEST 

FINANCIAL RPS LLC; and DOES 1 through 

50, inclusive,

Defendants.

Case No.: 3:16-cv-04903-JST

JOINT STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED]

ORDER REGARDING BRIEFING 

SCHEDULE ON DEFENDANTS’

RESPONSES TO PLAINTIFF’S 

PROPOSED SECOND AMENDED 

COMPLAINT AND CASE MANAGEMENT 

CONFERENCE

Case 3:16-cv-04903-JST Document 29 Filed 11/15/16 Page 1 of 5
JOINT STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER REGARDING BRIEFING SCHEDULE

ON DEFENDANTS’ RESPONSES TO PLAINTIFF’S PROPOSED SECOND AMENDED COMPLAINT AND CASE

MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE

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Plaintiff Dennis Lorenz (“Plaintiff”) and Defendants Safeway Inc., Safeway Benefit Plans 

Committee (collectively, “Safeway”), and Great-West Financial RPS LLC (“Great-West”)

(collectively, Safeway and Great-West are referred to herein as “Defendants,” and together with 

Plaintiff “the Parties”), by and through their respective counsel of record, jointly submit this 

Stipulation seeking an Order Modifying the Briefing Schedule on Defendant’s Response to

Plaintiff’s Proposed Second Amended Complaint. By this stipulation, the Parties (1) consent to 

the filing of Plaintiff’s Second Amended Complaint and seek an Order granting Plaintiff leave to 

file his Second Amended Complaint, (2) seek an Order setting the deadline by which Defendants 

must respond to Plaintiff’s Second Amended Complaint as December 15, 2016, and (3) seek an 

Order setting the deadline for the Parties to submit the Joint Case Management Statement by 

December 15, 2016 and continuing the Case Management Conference to December 22, 2016. In 

support of such relief, the Parties state as follows:

1. The Complaint in this action was filed on August 25, 2016. On September 16, 2016, 

Plaintiff filed an Amended Complaint (ECF No. 7). By Stipulation, Defendants’ time for 

responding to the Amended Complaint was extended to November 15, 2016. (ECF Nos. 16 and 

18).

2. On November 7, 2016, this matter was reassigned to Judge Donato, and an Initial 

Case Management Conference was set for December 1, 2016. (ECF No. 24).

3. On November 14, 2016, and pursuant to a Motion for Administrative Relief to 

Consider Whether Cases Should be Related in Maria Terraza v. Safeway Inc., et al., Case No. 16-

cv-03994 (“the Terraza matter”), this matter was found to be related to the Terraza matter and 

reassigned to this Court. Related Case Order, Terraza v. Safeway Inc., et al., Case No. 16-cv03994, ECF No. 35 (Nov. 14, 2016).

4. Plaintiff seeks to file a Second Amended Complaint.

5. The Parties have met and conferred regarding Plaintiff’s proposed Second Amended 

Complaint, and in so doing Plaintiff circulated the draft of that complaint attached hereto as 

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ON DEFENDANTS’ RESPONSES TO PLAINTIFF’S PROPOSED SECOND AMENDED COMPLAINT AND CASE

MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE

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Exhibit A, which tracks the differences between Plaintiff’s Amended Complaint and proposed 

Second Amended Complaint.

6. While Defendants consent to the filing of the Second Amended Complaint, they do 

not waive any arguments that may be made against the Second Amended Complaint, including but 

not limited to those under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 12. 

7. The Parties have discussed the briefing schedule for Defendants to respond to the

Second Amended Complaint and agree that Defendants’ responses to the Second Amended 

Complaint shall be filed no later than December 15, 2016. The Parties agree that the Initial Case 

Management Conference should be held after Plaintiff files the Second Amended Complaint and 

Defendants respond to the Second Amended Complaint to ensure that the Case Management 

Conference is as productive as possible. 

8. Therefore, the Parties agree that the Initial Case Management Conference should be 

held on December 22, 2016 with the Joint Case Management Statement due on December 15, 

2016. 

ACCORDINGLY, THE PARTIES HEREBY STIPULATE and request that the Court orders as 

follows: 

(1) Plaintiff is granted leave to file his Second Amended Complaint forthwith.

(2) Defendants’ responses to the Plaintiffs’ Second Amended Complaint shall be filed no 

later than December 15, 2016.

(3) The parties will submit the Case Management Statement on December 15, 2016. 

(4) The Initial Case Management Conference shall be held at December 22, 2016 at 1:30 

p.m. 

 SO STIPULATED:

Dated: November 14, 2016 /s/_Jason H. Kim

SCHNEIDER WALLACE

COTTRELL KONECKY WOTKYNS LLP

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ON DEFENDANTS’ RESPONSES TO PLAINTIFF’S PROPOSED SECOND AMENDED COMPLAINT AND CASE

MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE

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Todd M. Schneider (SBN 158253)

Jason H. Kim (SBN 220279) 

Kyle G. Bates (SBN 299114)

2000 Powell Street, Suite 1400

Emeryville, California 94608

Tel: (415) 421-7100

Fax: (415) 421-7105

tschneider@schneiderwallace.com

jkim@schneiderwallace.com

kbates@schneiderwallace.com

Attorneys for Plaintiff Dennis Lorenz

Dated: November 14, 2016 /s/ R. Bradford Huss

R. Bradford Huss (SBN 71303)

Trucker Huss, APC 

One Embarcadero Center, 12th Floor 

San Francisco, CA 94111-2628 

415-788-3111 

Fax: 415-421-2017 

Email: bhuss@truckerhuss.com 

Attorneys for Defendants Safeway Inc. and

Safeway Benefit Plans Committee

Dated: November 14, 2016 /s/ Randall W. Edwards

Randall W. Edwards (SBN 179053)

O'Melveny & Myers LLP 

Two Embarcadero Center 

28th Floor 

San Francisco, CA 94111 

415-984-8700 

Fax: (415) 984-8701 

Email: REdwards@omm.com

Attorneys for Defendant Great-West Financial 

RPS LLC

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JOINT STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER REGARDING BRIEFING SCHEDULE

ON DEFENDANTS’ RESPONSES TO PLAINTIFF’S PROPOSED SECOND AMENDED COMPLAINT AND CASE

MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE

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ATTESTATION

I attest that concurrence in the filing of this document has been obtained from each of the other 

signatories.

Dated: November 14, 2016 /s/_Jason H. Kim

SCHNEIDER WALLACE

COTTRELL KONECKY WOTKYNS LLP

Todd M. Schneider (SBN 158253)

Jason H. Kim (SBN 220279) 

Kyle G. Bates (SBN 299114)

2000 Powell Street, Suite 1400

Emeryville, California 94608

Tel: (415) 421-7100

Fax: (415) 421-7105

tschneider@schneiderwallace.com

jkim@schneiderwallace.com

kbates@schneiderwallace.com

Attorneys for Plaintiff Dennis Lorenz

[PROPOSED] ORDER

Plaintiff is granted leave to file his Second Amended Complaint and Defendants shall file 

their responses to the Second Amended Complaint no later than December 15, 2016. The Case 

Management Conference shall be held on December 22, 2016 at 1:30 p.m. with the Case 

Management Statement to be filed no later than December 15, 2016. 

PURSUANT TO STIPULATION, IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated:

____________________________________

JON S. TIGAR

United States District Judge

November 15, 2016

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