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Nature of Suit Code: 790
Nature of Suit: Other Labor Litigation
Cause of Action: 28:1332 Diversity-Account Receivable

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ORDER GRANTING STIPULATION AND JOINT REQUEST TO MODIFY SCHEDULING ORDER

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

LIONEL HARPER, DANIEL SINCLAIR, 

HASSAN TURNER, LUIS VAZQUEZ, 

and PEDRO ABASCAL, individually and 

on behalf of all others similarly situated 

and all aggrieved employees,

Plaintiffs,

v. 

CHARTER COMMUNICATIONS, LLC, 

Defendant.

Case No. 2:19-cv-00902-WBS-DMC

Hon. William B. Shubb 

ORDER GRANTING JOINT 

STIPULATION TO (1) CONTINUE 

HEARINGS FOR (a) PLAINTIFF 

HARPER’S MOTION FOR PARTIAL 

SUMMARY JUDGMENT OR 

ADJUDICATION ON THE PAGA CLAIM; 

(b) CHARTER’S RENEWED MOTION TO 

DISMISS COUNT NINE OF PLAINTIFFS’ 

SECOND AMENDED COMPLAINT IN 

ITS ENTIRETY AND COUNT FIVE IN 

PART; AND (c) PLAINTIFFS’ RENEWED 

CLASS CERTIFICATION MOTION; AND 

(2) STAY DISCOVERY ORDER 

Having read and considered the Joint Stipulation to (1) Continue Hearings For (a) Plaintiff 

Harper’s Motion for Partial Summary Judgment or Adjudication of the PAGA claim; (b) 

Charter’s Renewed Motion to Dismiss Count Nine of Plaintiffs’ Second Amended Complaint in 

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its Entirety and Count Five in Part; and (c) Plaintiffs’ Renewed Class Certification Motion; and 

(2) Stay Discovery Order (“Stipulation”) submitted by Plaintiffs Lionel Harper, Daniel Sinclair, 

Hassan Turner, Luis Vazquez, and Pedro Abascal (“Plaintiffs”) and Defendant Charter

Communications, LLC (“Charter”) (collectively, the “Parties”), the Court finds GOOD CAUSE

to continue the hearings and stay the discovery order, and hereby GRANTS the Stipulation as 

follows:

WHEREAS, on December 13, 2021, Magistrate Judge Cota issued an order granting in 

part and denying in part Charter’s motion to compel further responses to various discovery 

requests, ordered Harper to provide further responses and produce documents within 30 days (by 

1/12/2022), and ordered Charter’s counsel to file a declaration in support of reasonable expenses 

associated with the motion within 30 days (by 1/12/2022). (Dkt. 234.);

WHEREAS, on the same day, the Court issued an order approving the following briefing 

schedule for Plaintiffs’ Renewed Class Certification Motion: Motion due by 1/10/2022; Response 

due by 2/9/2022; Reply due by 2/25/2022; Hearing on 3/7/2022 at 1:30 p.m. (Dkt. 235.); 

WHEREAS, on the same day, Plaintiff Harper filed his motion for Partial Summary 

Judgment on his PAGA claim, with a hearing date of 1/24/2022 at 1:30 p.m. (Dkt. 236.);

WHEREAS, on the same day, Charter filed its Renewed Motion to Dismiss, with a 

hearing date of 1/10/2022 at 1:30 p.m. (Dkt. 237.) The Court sua sponte continued that hearing 

date to 1/24/2022 at 1:30 p.m. to be argued on the same day as Harper’s Partial Summary 

Judgment motion. (Dkt. 239.);

WHEREAS, on December 16, 2021, Plaintiffs’ counsel informed Charter that he had to 

go to Alaska to attend to a serious family medical issue that would impede his ability to prepare, 

among other things, Plaintiffs’ Renewed Class Certification Motion and response to Charter’s 

Renewed Motion to Dismiss; 

WHEREAS, on December 19, 2021, one of Charter’s lead attorneys was diagnosed with a 

serious medical condition, which, although treatable, will impede Charter’s ability to prepare its 

response to Plaintiff Harper’s motion for Partial Summary Judgment;

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WHEREAS, on December 20, 2021, Plaintiffs’ counsel informed Charter’s counsel that 

Plaintiffs would be filing objections to the discovery order pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil 

Procedure 72(a), and would be seeking a stay of the discovery order ex parte, if necessary; and

WHEREAS, the Parties met and conferred and agree to continue the following hearing 

dates as described below, and to stay the effect of the discovery order until Plaintiffs’ objections 

have been ruled on by the Court, for the good cause of allowing Plaintiffs’ counsel and Charter’s 

counsel to address the above-described family and personal medical issues. 

Based on the foregoing, the Court ORDERS as follows:

1. The hearings on Harper’s Partial Summary Judgment Motion (Dkt. 236) and Charter’s 

Motion to Dismiss (Dkt. 237) are hereby continued until February 7, 2022 at 1:30 p.m. 

2. The briefing and hearing schedule for Plaintiffs’ Class Certification Motion is hereby 

modified as follows: 

a. January 24, 2022: Deadline to File Renewed Class Certification Motion

b. February 23, 2022: Deadline to File Response

c. March 11, 2022: Deadline to File Reply

d. March 21, 2022 at 1:30 p.m.: Hearing on Motion

3. Magistrate Judge Cota’s discovery order (Dkt. 234) is hereby stayed, along with the 

Parties’ respective obligations and deadlines, until 14 days after the Court rules on 

Plaintiffs’ objections to such order.

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Dated: December 23, 2021

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