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Nature of Suit Code: 790
Nature of Suit: Other Labor Litigation
Cause of Action: 29:1801 Farmworker Rights

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ORDER RE: CLASS CERTIFICATION BRIEFING SCHEDULE Case No. 09-cv-00701-AWI-JLT

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GLYNN & FINLEY, LLP

CLEMENT L. GLYNN, Bar No. 57117

JAMES M. HANLON, JR., Bar No. 214096

MORGAN K. LOPEZ, Bar No. 215513

One Walnut Creek Center

100 Pringle Avenue, Suite 500

Walnut Creek, CA 94596

Telephone: (925) 210-2800

Facsimile: (925) 945-1975

Attorneys for Defendant 

Castlerock Farming and Transport, Inc.

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

FRESNO DIVISION

SILVESTRE SOTO and OLGA GALVAN, 

on behalf of themselves and all others 

similarly situated,

Plaintiff,

vs.

CASTLEROCK FARMING AND 

TRANSPORT, INC., and DOES 1-20,

Defendant.

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Case No. 09-cv-00701-AWI-JLT

ORDER GRANTING STIPULATION 

TO AMEND THE BRIEFING 

SCHEDULE RE: MOTION FOR CLASS 

CERTIFICATION

(Doc. 144)

On May 24, 2013, Magistrate Judge Jennifer L. Thurston amended the briefing 

schedule governing Plaintiff’s motion for class certification. Docket No. 137. Both Mr. Glynn 

and Mr. Hanlon, counsel for defendant Castlerock Farming and Transport, Inc. (“Castlerock”), 

are currently engaged in trial in Santa Clara County, Case No. 1-00-CV-788657, a public 

nuisance suit brought by ten cities and counties seeking abatement of lead paint on residences. 

Mr. Glynn and Mr. Hanlon represent E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Company, one of five 

defendants. The plaintiffs seek abatement with a forecast cost in excess of $1 billion. The 

presentation of evidence is expected to continue into early September and will be followed by 

post-trial merits briefing because the case is being tried to the court, rather than a jury. 

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Castlerock’s counsel thus expect to be fully occupied by their present trial through the end of 

September.

Due to counsel’s schedule conflict, the parties stipulate to amend the class 

certification briefing schedule as follow:

A. Plaintiff’s motion for class certification SHALL be filed on or before 

September 30, 2013;

B. Defendant’s opposition to class certification SHALL be filed on or before 

October 28, 2013;

C. Plaintiff’s reply SHALL be filed on or before November 18, 2013.

D. The hearing on Plaintiff’s motion for certification SHALL take place on a 

date convenient to the Court.

Dated: August 12, 2013

/s/ Morgan K. Lopez________________

GLYNN & FINLEY, LLP

Clement L. Glynn

James M. Hanlon, Jr.

Morgan K. Lopez

Counsel for Defendant

Dated: August 12, 2013

/s/ Stan S. Mallison__________________

MALLISON & MARTINEZ

Stan S. Mallison

Hector R. Martinez

Marco A. Palau

Joseph D. Sutton

Counsel for Plaintiff

ORDER

Before the Court is the stipulation of counsel to, once again, re-set the briefing schedule 

for the class certification motion. In the last stipulation, defense counsel requested an extension 

of the briefing schedule due to a pre-planned vacation. Now, the extension is requested due to a 

significant trial with which defense counsel will be engaged during the time that they, otherwise, 

would be preparing the opposition to the class certification motion.

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The Court is fully aware of the demands of a busy practice and does not discount the need 

for rest times and will GRANT the stipulation. However, short of a severe situation, the Court 

will not entertain any further requests to amend the briefing schedule. Therefore the 

briefing schedule is amended as follows:

A. The motion for class certification SHALL be filed on or before September 30, 2013;

B. Opposition to class certification SHALL be filed on or before October 28, 2013;

C. The reply SHALL be filed on or before November 18, 2013;

D. The motion for class certification will be heard on December 18, 2013 at 9:00 a.m. 

Telephonic appearances via CourtCall are authorized.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: August 14, 2013 /s/ Jennifer L. Thurston 

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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