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Nature of Suit Code: 442
Nature of Suit: Civil Rights Employment
Cause of Action: 28:1332 Diversity-Employment Discrimination

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STIPULATION AND JOINT REQUEST TO MODIFY PRETRIAL SCHEDULING ORDER; ORDER

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WILLIAN O. STEIN (SBN 150124)

wstein@fisherphillips.com

FISHER & PHILLIPS LLP

444 South Flower Street, Suite 1500

Los Angeles, CA 90071

Telephone: (213) 330-4500

Facsimile: (213) 330-4501

BORIS SORSHER (SBN 251718)

bsorsher@fisherphillips.com

LAUREN ROSEMAN (SBN 316800)

lroseman@fisherphillips.com

FISHER & PHILLIPS LLP

2050 Main Street, Suite 1000

Irvine, CA 92614

Telephone: (949) 851-2424

Facsimile: (949) 851-0152

Attorneys for Defendants, BARRETT BUSINESS SERVICES, INC.

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

ANGELA CRUZ, MARIA MADRIGAL, 

LOURDES BAIZ, AND CHRISTIE 

GOODMAN, individually and on behalf 

of all others similarly situated,

Plaintiffs,

v.

MM879, INC., a corporation; BARRETT 

BUSINESS SERVICES, INC., a 

corporation

Defendants.

CASE NO.: 1:15-cv-01563-TLN-EPG

Assigned for all purposes to the

Honorable Troy L. Nunley

STIPULATION AND JOINT REQUEST TO 

MODIFY PRETRIAL SCHEDULING 

ORDER

Complaint Filed: April 6, 2011

Removed: October 14, 2015

Trial Date: TBD

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Plaintiffs ANGELA CRUZ, MARIA MADRIGAL, LOURDES BAIZ, and CHRISTIE

GOODMAN (“Plaintiffs”), and Defendant BARRETT BUSINESS SERVICES, INC. 

(“Defendant”) (hereinafter collectively “the Parties”), by and through their counsel of record, 

hereby stipulate and agree as follows:

RECITALS AND JOINT STIPULATION

WHEREAS, on August 8, 2022, the Court issued a Pretrial Scheduling Order (ECF No.

209), setting a deadline for the completion of nonexpert discovery on June 30, 2023;

WHEREAS, on June 28, 2023, the Court granted Plaintiffs’ motion to modify the Pretrial

Scheduling Order, thereby extending the nonexpert discovery deadline to September 30, 2023

(ECF No. 224);

WHEREAS, on September 11, 2023, Fisher & Phillips LLP filed and served a Notice of

Association of Counsel as new counsel for Barrett Business Services with the Court;

WHEREAS, on September 21, 2023, the Court granted the Parties stipulation requesting

to modify the Pretrial Scheduling Order, thereby extending the nonexpert discovery deadline to 

March 31, 2024, with all other dates and deadlines in the Scheduling Order to be calculated based 

on the March 31, 2024 extended deadline (ECF No. 227); 

WHEREAS, since the Court’s order modifying the Pretrial Scheduling Order (ECF No.

227), the Parties have acted diligently to litigate and prepare this case for trial in an efficient and

expeditious manner; 

WHEREAS, on February 13, 2024, Plaintiff filed a Motion for Summary Adjudication

(“MSJ”) (ECF No. 228) originally set for hearing on March 21, 2024; Defendant BBSI opposed 

Plaintiffs’ motion on February 27, 2024 (ECF No. 229); the Court removed the hearing date from 

calendar and has not set a new date for the hearing at this time;

WHEREAS, on May 30, 2024, Plaintiffs filed Plaintiffs’ Disclosure of Expert Witness;

WHEREAS, on July 1, 2024, the Parties stipulated to continue the supplemental expert 

designation discovery deadline of July 1, 2024, to July 31, 2024, and modify the scheduling order 

to not require the accompanying written expert report per Fed. R. Civ. P. 26(a)(2)(B) to be due 

until 30 days thereafter, i.e., on or before August 30, 2024 (ECF No. 239);

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WHEREAS, the Court approved the Parties’ above referenced stipulation on June 28, 2024 

(ECF No. 240).

WHEREAS, in addition to the ongoing discovery efforts of the Parties at the time of

filing this stipulation, the Parties have agreed to private mediation with Abe Melamed, Esq. of 

Signature Resolution on November 21, 2024;

WHEREAS, this Stipulation and the deadline extensions agreed to herein are premised 

entirely upon the Parties’ agreement to attend mediation, and each Party expressly relies on the 

opposing Parties’ commitment to participate in mediation in good faith on November 21, 2024;

WHEREAS, the Parties seek that this Court continue the current supplemental expert 

designation discovery deadline of July 31, 2024, to approximately sixty-days after the mediation, 

to January 21, 2025, and modify the current scheduling order to not require the accompanying 

written expert report per Fed. R. Civ. P. 26(a)(2)(B) to be due until 30 days thereafter, i.e., on or 

before February 20, 2025; 

WHEREAS, Plaintiffs and Defendant BBSI agree, that if this Court denies the Parties’

request to continue the supplemental expert discovery deadline pursuant to this Joint Stipulation 

and/or has insufficient time to issue a ruling before the current expert discovery deadlines, they 

agree to extend the supplemental expert discovery designation deadline to January 21, 2025, and 

will not object to the admissibility of evidence due to it being sought after the current supplemental 

expert discovery deadline of July 31, 2024, but before January 21, 2025, with the report not due 

until 30 days thereafter, i.e., on or before February 20, 2025;

WHEREAS, Plaintiffs and Defendant BBSI agree that no discovery, including expert 

depositions, will be conducted during the extension period contemplated by the stipulation, i.e., 

from July 31, 2024, through February 20, 2025;

WHEREAS, at the time of filing this stipulation: (1) all Parties have acted and continue

to act diligently and cooperatively to facilitate all necessary discovery in a prompt and efficient

manner; (2) Fisher & Phillips, LLP recently associated in as new counsel for BBSI on September

11, 2023; (3) the Parties have agreed to mediation with Abe Melamed, Esq. of Signature 

Resolution on November 21, 2024; (4) Plaintiffs’ Motion for Summary Adjudication remains 

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pending; and (5) no trial date has been set for this case;

WHEREAS, counsel for Plaintiffs and Defendant BBSI have met and conferred in good 

faith and agree that good cause exists for a further extension of the supplemental expert discovery 

deadline to allow all Parties to continue to meet and confer and mediate before trial;

WHEREAS, Plaintiffs and Defendant BBSI agree that no Party will be prejudiced by the 

deadline extension requested herein;

NOW THEREFORE, IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED AND REQUESTED, by and

between Plaintiffs and Defendants through their respective counsel, that the Court modify the

Pretrial Scheduling Order by extending the deadline for the completion of supplemental expert

discovery from July 31, 2024, to January 21, 2025, and the accompanying written expert reports 

per Fed. R. Civ. P. 26(a)(2)(B) shall not be due until 30 days thereafter, i.e., on or before February 

20, 2025.

DATED: July 31, 2024 FISHER & PHILLIPS LLP

/s/ Lauren Roseman

By:

WILLIAN O. STEIN

BORIS SORSHER

LAUREN ROSEMAN

Attorneys for Defendant

BARRETT BUSINESS SERVICES, INC.

DATED: July 31, 2024 SUTTON HAGUE LAW CORPROATION

/s/ Brady Briggs

By:

BRADY BRIGGS

Class Counsel and Attorneys for Plaintiffs ANGELA 

CRUZ, MARIA MADRIGAL, LOURDES BAIZ, 

and CHRISTIE GOODMAN

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ORDER

IT IS HEREBY ORDERED, pursuant to stipulation of the Parties, and for Good Cause 

appearing, that the Court’s Pretrial Scheduling Order (ECF No. 227), by and between Plaintiffs 

and Defendant BBSI through their respective counsel, that the Court modify the Pretrial 

Scheduling Order by extending the deadline for the completion of supplemental expert discovery 

from July 31, 2024, to approximately 60 days after the Parties’ scheduled mediation with Abe 

Melamed on November 21, 2024, to January 21, 2025, and the accompanying written expert 

reports per Fed. R. Civ. P. 26(a)(2)(B) shall not be due until 30 days thereafter, i.e., on or before 

February 20, 2025.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

DATED: August 1, 2024

Troy L. Nunley

United States District Judge

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