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Nature of Suit Code: 710
Nature of Suit: Fair Labor Standards Act
Cause of Action: 28:1441 Petition for Removal

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JOINT STIPULATION TO (1) EXTEND MEDIATION COMPLETION DEADLINE; (2) EXTEND 

SPECIALLY APPEARING DEFENDANT ROMA FOOD ENTERPRISES, INC.’S RESPONSE DEADLINE; 

AND (3) MODIFY BRIEFING SCHEDULE ON MOTION TO DISMISS OR STRIKE SAC

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SETAREH LAW GROUP

Shaun Setareh, Esq. (SBN 204514)

Email: shaun@setarehlaw.com

Thomas Segal, Esq. (SBN 222791)

Email: thomas@setarehlaw.com

9454 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 907

Beverly Hills, CA 90212

Tel: (310) 888-7771

Fax: (310) 888-0109

Attorneys for Plaintiff JORGE PEREZ

MCGUIREWOODS LLP

Matthew C. Kane, Esq. (SBN 171829)

Email: mkane@mcguirewoods.com

Sabrina A. Beldner, Esq. (SBN 221918)

Email: sbeldner@mcguirewoods.com

Sylvia J. Kim, Esq. (SBN 258363)

Email: skim@mcguirewoods.com

1800 Century Park East, 8th Floor

Los Angeles, CA 90067

Tel: (310) 315-8200

Fax: (310) 315-8210

Attorneys for Defendants

PERFORMANCE FOOD GROUP, INC. and VISTAR TRANSPORTATION, LLC

and Specially Appearing Defendant ROMA FOOD ENTERPRISES, INC.

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

JORGE PEREZ, on behalf of himself, all 

others similarly situated, and the general 

public,

Plaintiff,

vs.

PERFORMANCE FOOD GROUP, INC., a 

Colorado corporation; VISTAR 

TRANSPORTATION, LLC, a Delaware 

limited liability company; ROMA GOURMET 

FOOD ENTERPRISES OF CALIFORNIA, 

INC., a California corporation, and DOES 1-

50, inclusive,

Defendants.

CASE NO. 3:15-cv-02390-HSG

JOINT STIPULATION AND ORDER TO:

1. EXTEND MEDIATION COMPLETION 

DEADLINE 

2. FURTHER MODIFY BRIEFING AND 

HEARING SCHEDULE ON 

DEFENDANTS’ MOTION TO DISMISS 

AND/OR STRIKE PLAINTIFF’S 

SECOND AMENDED COMPLAINT 

[DKT. #36]

3. FURTHER EXTEND TIME FOR 

SPECIALLY APPEARING 

DEFENDANT ROMA FOOD 

ENTERPRISES, INC. TO RESPOND TO 

SECOND AMENDED COMPLAINT 

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JOINT STIPULATION TO (1) EXTEND MEDIATION COMPLETION DEADLINE; (2) EXTEND 

SPECIALLY APPEARING DEFENDANT ROMA FOOD ENTERPRISES, INC.’S RESPONSE DEADLINE; 

AND (3) MODIFY BRIEFING SCHEDULE ON MOTION TO DISMISS OR STRIKE SAC

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RECITALS

Pleadings

WHEREAS, on April 20, 2015, Plaintiff Jorge Perez (“Plaintiff”) filed a Complaint against 

Performance Food Group, Inc. (“PFG”), Vistar Transportation, LLC (“Vistar”) and Roma 

Gourmet Food Enterprises of California, Inc. in the Superior Court of the State of California in 

and for the County of Alameda (the “State Court Action”) [Dkt. #1-1]; and

WHEREAS, on May 18, 2015, Plaintiff filed an Amendment to Complaint in the State 

Court Action to substitute DOE 1 with Roma Food Enterprises, Inc. [Dkt. #1-7]; and

WHEREAS, on May 29, 2016, Defendants PFG and Vistar removed the State Court 

Action to this United States District Court [Dkt. #1]; and

WHEREAS, on June 11, 2015, Plaintiff filed a First Amended Complaint (“FAC”) in this 

action [Dkt. #8]; and

WHEREAS, on April 13, 2016, Plaintiff filed the operative Second Amended Complaint 

(“SAC”) in this action [Dkt. #29]; and

Mediation Completion Deadline

WHEREAS, on April 26, 2016, the Court entered an Order Selecting ADR Process and 

adopted the parties’ proposed mediation completion deadline of August 24, 2015 [Dkt. #34]; and

WHEREAS, the parties have met and conferred and selected David Rotman to serve as the 

mediator in this case; and

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JOINT STIPULATION TO (1) EXTEND MEDIATION COMPLETION DEADLINE; (2) EXTEND 

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AND (3) MODIFY BRIEFING SCHEDULE ON MOTION TO DISMISS OR STRIKE SAC

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WHEREAS, the first date Mr. Rotman and the parties have available to attend a mediation 

is September 19, 2016; and

Briefing Schedule on Motion to Dismiss SAC

WHEREAS, on May 11, 2016, Defendants PFG and Vistar filed a Motion to Dismiss 

and/or Strike Plaintiff’s Second Amended Complaint pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 12(b)(6) and/or 

12(f) (the “Motion to Dismiss”), which is set to be heard on August 25, 2016 (Dkt. #36);

WHEREAS, on May 24, 2016, PFG, Vistar and Plaintiff filed a Joint Stipulation to 

Continue Briefing Schedule on Defendants’ Motion to Dismiss and/or Strike Plaintiff’s SAC [Dkt. 

#37] (the “Stipulation to Continue Briefing Schedule”); and

WHEREAS, on May 25, 2016, the Court approved the Stipulation to Continue Briefing 

Schedule and extended the deadline for Plaintiff to file his Opposition to Defendants’ Motion to 

Dismiss to June 8, 2016 and extended the deadline for Defendants PFG and Vistar to file their 

Reply in support of the Motion to Dismiss to July 13, 2016 [Dkt. #39]; and

Roma Food Enterprises, Inc.’s Deadline to Respond to SAC

WHEREAS, on May 10, 2016, Plaintiff had a process server deliver to Defendant PFG’s 

agent for service of process in Denver, Colorado a state court Summons and copies of the 

Complaint, FAC and SAC ostensibly to effectuate service on “Roma Food Enterprises, Inc.”; and

WHEREAS, pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 12(a)(1)(A)(i) and the Affidavit of Service [Dkt. 

#37], specially appearing Defendant Roma Food Enterprises, Inc.’s deadline to respond to 

Plaintiff’s SAC or otherwise move to quash service of process and/or to dismiss for defective 

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JOINT STIPULATION TO (1) EXTEND MEDIATION COMPLETION DEADLINE; (2) EXTEND 

SPECIALLY APPEARING DEFENDANT ROMA FOOD ENTERPRISES, INC.’S RESPONSE DEADLINE; 

AND (3) MODIFY BRIEFING SCHEDULE ON MOTION TO DISMISS OR STRIKE SAC

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service was May 31, 2016; and

WHEREAS, on May 31, 2016, pursuant to Local Rule 6-1, the parties filed a Joint 

Stipulation to Extend Time for Specially Appearing Defendant Roma Food Enterprises, Inc. to 

Respond to SAC By 21 Days to and including June 21, 2016 (the “Roma Stipulation”) [Dkt. #40]; 

and

WHEREAS, the parties wish to preserve the resources of the Court and the parties and to 

complete mediation prior to engaging in further motion practice related to the Motion to Dismiss 

and specially appearing Defendant Roma Food Enterprises, Inc.’s contemplated motion to quash 

service of process and/or to dismiss for defective service and, therefore, agree and are stipulating 

herein, subject to the Court’s approval, to:

(1) Extend the mediation completion deadline from August 24, 2016 to September 30, 

2016; and

(2) Further modify the briefing and hearing schedule on the pending Motion to Dismiss 

such that (a) Plaintiff’s Opposition thereto is due on October 10, 2016; (b) 

Defendants’ Reply in support thereof is due on October 17, 2016; and (c) the 

hearing on the Motion to Dismiss is continued to November 3, 2016; and

(3) Further extend the time for specially appearing Defendant Roma Food Enterprises, 

Inc. to answer or otherwise serve and file any motions or other pleadings 

responsive to Plaintiff’s SAC, including without limitation a motion to quash 

service of process and/or to dismiss for defective service, to October 10, 2016.

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JOINT STIPULATION TO (1) EXTEND MEDIATION COMPLETION DEADLINE; (2) EXTEND 

SPECIALLY APPEARING DEFENDANT ROMA FOOD ENTERPRISES, INC.’S RESPONSE DEADLINE; 

AND (3) MODIFY BRIEFING SCHEDULE ON MOTION TO DISMISS OR STRIKE SAC

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STIPULATION

NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED AND AGREED, by and between 

Plaintiff and Defendants PFG and Vistar and specially appearing Defendant Roma Food 

Enterprises, Inc., through their respective undersigned counsel, that:

1. The mediation completion deadline be extended from August 24, 2016 to 

September 30, 2016; and

2. The deadline for Plaintiff to file his Opposition to Defendants’ Motion to Dismiss 

be extended from June 8, 2016 to and including October 10, 2016; and

3. The deadline for Defendants PFG and Vistar to file their Reply in support of the 

Motion to Dismiss be extended from July 13, 2016 to and including October 17, 

2016; and

4. The hearing on the Motion to Dismiss be continued from August 25, 2016 to 

November 3, 2016; and

5. Specially appearing Defendant Roma Food Enterprises, Inc.’s time within which to 

answer or otherwise serve and file any motions or other pleadings responsive to 

Plaintiff’s SAC in this action, including without limitation a motion to quash 

service of process and/or to dismiss for defective service, be extended from June 

21, 2016 to and including October 10, 2016; and

6. By entering into this Stipulation, the parties do not waive and expressly reserves all 

claims, defenses and challenges to this action, including without limitation those of 

specially appearing Defendant Roma Food Enterprises, Inc. set forth in Paragraph 

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JOINT STIPULATION TO (1) EXTEND MEDIATION COMPLETION DEADLINE; (2) EXTEND 

SPECIALLY APPEARING DEFENDANT ROMA FOOD ENTERPRISES, INC.’S RESPONSE DEADLINE; 

AND (3) MODIFY BRIEFING SCHEDULE ON MOTION TO DISMISS OR STRIKE SAC

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5, above.

IT IS SO STIPULATED AND AGREED.

DATED: SETAREH LAW GROUP

By: /s/ Shaun Setareh 

Shaun Setareh, Esq. 

Thomas Segal, Esq.

Attorneys for Plaintiff

JORGE PEREZ

DATED: MCGUIREWOODS LLP

By: /s/ Sylvia Kim 

Matthew C. Kane, Esq. 

Sabrina A. Beldner, Esq. 

Sylvia J. Kim, Esq.

Attorneys for Defendants PERFORMANCE 

FOOD GROUP, INC. and VISTAR 

TRANSPORTATION, LLC and Specially 

Appearing Defendant ROMA FOOD 

ENTERPRISES, INC.

I attest that all signatories listed above, and on whose behalf this Stipulation is submitted, have 

concurred in and authorized the filing of the Stipulation. 

/s/ Shaun Setareh

ORDER

PURSUANT TO STIPULATION, IT IS SO ORDERED.

DATE: June 22, 2016 __________________________________________

HON. HAYWOOD S. GILLIAM, JR.

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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