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Nature of Suit Code: 890
Nature of Suit: Other Statutory Actions
Cause of Action: 15:1681 Fair Credit Reporting Act

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Farella Braun + Martel LLP

235 Montgomery Street, 17th Floor

San Francisco, CA 94104

(415) 954-4400

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STIP. TO SETTLEMENT CONF.

REASSIGNMENT & EXTENSION OF

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Racheal Turner (State Bar No. 226441)

rturner@fbm.com

Amber C. Chrystal (State Bar No. 260470)

achrystal@fbm.com

Farella Braun + Martel LLP

235 Montgomery Street, 17th Floor

San Francisco, CA 94104

Telephone: (415) 954-4400

Facsimile: (415) 954-4480

Attorneys for Defendant

BOUCHAINE VINEYARDS, INC.

Stephanie R. Tatar, Esq. (State Bar No. 237792)

Tatar Law Firm, APC

3500 West Olive Ave., Ste 300

Burbank, CA 91505

Telephone: (323) 744-1146

Facsimile: (888) 778-5695

stephanie@thetatarlawfirm.com

Thomas J. Lyons Jr., Esq.

MN Attorney I.D. #: 0249646

Consumer Justice Center P.A.

367 Commerce Court

Vadnais Heights, MN 55127

Telephone: (651) 770-9707

Facsimile: (651) 704-0907

tommycjc@aol.com

admitted pro hac vice 1/20/15

Attorneys for Plaintiff

SHERI LYONS

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SHERI LYONS, individually and on behalf

of a class of similarly situated persons,,

Plaintiff,

vs.

BOUCHAINE VINEYARDS, INC.,

Defendant.

Case No. 3:14-cv-4869 EMC

STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED]

ORDER REASSIGNING CASE TO

ANOTHER MAGISTRATE JUDGE FOR

SETTLEMENT CONFERENCE AND

CONTINUING SETTLEMENT

CONFERENCE DEADLINE, STAY OF

PROCEEDINGS, AND CASE

MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE

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Plaintiff Sheri Lyons (“Lyons”) and Defendant Bouchaine Vineyards, Inc. (“Bouchaine”),

by and through their respective counsel, respectfully submit this Stipulation, with the

accompanying proposed Order, requesting that this case be reassigned from Magistrate Judge

Laporte to another Magistrate Judge for an early settlement conference, and requesting that the

deadline to complete the settlement conference, the stay of proceedings, and the upcoming Case

Management Conference be continued. The parties hereby stipulate and agree as follows:

WHEREAS, Lyons filed the instant putative class action against Bouchaine on November

3, 2014;

WHEREAS, the parties believe in good faith that an early settlement is likely to be

reached in this case if the parties have the benefit of the considerable knowledge and experience

of one of the Court’s Magistrate Judges;

WHEREAS, on February 18, 2015, this Court granted the parties’ request for referral to a

Magistrate Judge for an early settlement conference, ordered that the conference be completed

within 60 days, stayed the case until 30 days after the conference, and reset the Case Management

Conference to June 18, 2015 ;

WHEREAS, on February 20, 2015, this case was referred to Magistrate Judge Elizabeth

Laporte for a settlement conference;

WHEREAS, Magistrate Judge Laporte had no dates available for a settlement conference

in March or April;

WHEREAS, Magistrate Judge Laporte had only two dates available for a full-day

settlement conference in May and only two dates in June;

WHEREAS, the parties had scheduling conflicts on the four available dates in May and

June that could not be rescheduled, and Judge Laporte has now given those dates to other parties;

WHEREAS, Magistrate Judge Laporte currently has six dates available for a settlement

conference in July, but none of those dates work for both parties and their counsel;

WHEREAS, Lyons does not wish to consider dates for the settlement conference past

July;

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WHEREAS, Lyons and her lead trial counsel reside out of state and must travel from

Minnesota to attend the settlement conference;

WHEREAS, the owners of Bouchaine also reside out of state, have significant business

obligations, and must travel from Delaware to attend the settlement conference;

WHEREAS, the parties believe that reassignment of the case to a different Magistrate

Judge is necessary given Magistrate Judge LaPorte’s very limited availability between April and

July;

WHEREAS, the parties further believe that the April 18, 2015 settlement conference

deadline, the stay of proceedings, and the June 18, 2015 Case Management Conference should all

be continued to allow the parties and the newly assigned magistrate judge sufficient time to

schedule and complete the settlement conference.

NOW, THEREFORE, THE PARTIES HEREBY AGREE AND STIPULATE, subject to

the Court’s approval, that

1. The case will be reassigned from Magistrate Judge Laporte to a different

Magistrate Judge for an early settlement conference;

2. The settlement conference shall be completed by August 1, 2015;

3. The Case Management Conference currently set for June 18, 2015 will be reset to

a date after the settlement conference deadline that is convenient for the Court;

4. The stay of proceedings and the post-stay deadlines set forth in the Court’s

February 18, 2015 Order shall still apply.

IT IS SO STIPULATED.

Dated: March 30, 2015 CONSUMER JUSTICE CENTER P.A.

By: /s/ Thomas J. Lyons Jr.

Thomas J. Lyons Jr.

Attorneys for Plaintiff

SHERI LYONS

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Dated: March 30, 2015 FARELLA BRAUN + MARTEL LLP

By: /s/ Racheal Turner

Racheal Turner

Attorneys for Defendant

BOUCHAINE VINEYARDS, INC.

Signature Attestation

Pursuant to Civil Local Rule 5-1(i), I hereby attest that concurrence in the filing of this

document has been obtained from each of the other signatories whose signatures are indicated by

a conformed signature (“/s/”) within this e-filed document.

Dated: March 30, 2015 FARELLA BRAUN + MARTEL LLP

By: /s/ Racheal Turner

Racheal Turner

Attorneys for Defendant

BOUCHAINE VINEYARDS, INC.

[PROPOSED] ORDER

Based on the stipulation of the parties above and for good cause shown, the abovecaptioned matter is hereby REASSIGNED from Magistrate Judge Laporte to Magistrate Judge

_____________________ for an early settlement conference. The deadline to complete the

settlement conference shall be RESET to August 1, 2015. The Case Management Conference

currently set for June 18, 2015 shall be RESET to _________________. The stay of proceedings

and the post-stay deadlines set forth in the Court’s February 18, 2015 Order shall still apply.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: March , 2015 By:

EDWARD M. CHEN

United States District Judge

Donna M. Ryu August 20, 2015 at 10:30 a.m. April 2

U

NITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

IT IS SO ORDERED

AS MODIFIED

Judge Edward M. Chen

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