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Nature of Suit Code: 190
Nature of Suit: Other Contract Actions
Cause of Action: 28:1332 Diversity-Petition for Removal

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STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER TO CONTINUE CLASS NOTICE DEADLINES 

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DONNA M. MEZIAS (SBN 111902) 

LIZ K. BERTKO (SBN 268128) 

AKIN GUMP STRAUSS HAUER & FELD LLP 

580 California Street, Suite 1500 

San Francisco, CA 94104 

Telephone: 415-765-9500 

Facsimile: 415-765-9501 

dmezias@akingump.com 

lbertko@akingump.com 

Attorneys for defendants 

 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

SANDY BELL and MARTIN GAMA, 

individually, and on behalf of other 

members of the general public 

similarly situated, and as aggrieved 

employees pursuant to the Private 

Attorneys General Act (“PAGA”), 

Plaintiffs, 

v. 

HOME DEPOT U.S.A., INC., a 

Delaware corporation; JOHN 

BROOKS, an individual; and DOES 1 

through 10, inclusive, 

Defendants. 

Case No. 2:12-cv-02499-JAM-CKD

[Assigned to Hon. John A. Mendez] 

STIPULATION AND ORDER TO 

CONTINUE CLASS NOTICE 

DEADLINES 

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STIPULATION 

Pursuant to Local Rule 143, defendants Home Depot U.S.A., Inc. and John 

Brooks (“Defendants”) and plaintiffs Sandy Bell and Martin Gama (“Plaintiffs”) 

(collectively “Parties”), through their counsel of record, hereby enter into this 

stipulation to continue the deadlines set forth in the Court’s June 1, 2016 Order, based 

on the following facts and circumstances: 

1. On June 1, 2016, this Court issued an Order Granting in Part and Denying 

in Part Plaintiffs’ Motion for Class Certification (“June 1, 2016 Order”). In connection 

with this Order, the Court set the following deadlines: 

a. June 15, 2016 – Deadline for parties to lodge proposed class notice; 

b. June 21, 2016 – Deadline for parties to submit competing versions 

of class notice if parties cannot agree on content of class notice; 

c. July 1, 2016 – Deadline for defendant to send class list to class 

counsel; 

d. July 11, 2016 – Deadline for Court to approve class notice; 

e. July 26, 2016 – Deadline for class notice to be mailed to class members. 

2. On June 8, 2016, plaintiffs filed a Motion to Transfer Venue to the Northern 

District of California pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1404(a). In connection with this motion, 

plaintiffs argue that this action should be coordinated with a separate class action 

currently pending in the Northern District, Henry v. Home Depot U.S.A., Inc, No. C 14-

04858 JST. 

3. Plaintiff’s Motion to Transfer Venue is currently set for hearing on August 

23, 2016. 

4. The parties agree that, to promote efficiency and to prevent confusion to 

class members and the need to reissue class notices if this action is transferred to the 

Northern District of California, the deadlines set forth in the Court’s June 1, 2015 Order 

should be continued until after plaintiffs’ Motion to Transfer Venue is decided. 

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NOW, THEREFORE, the parties hereby stipulate and agree that the deadlines set 

forth in the Court’s June 1, 2016 Order shall be continued as follows: 

a. September 2, 2016 – Deadline for parties to lodge proposed class notice; 

b. September 9, 2016 – Deadline for parties to submit competing versions of 

class notice if parties cannot agree on content of class notice; 

c. September 16, 2016 – Deadline for defendant to send class list to class 

counsel; 

d. September 23, 2016 – Deadline for Court to approve class notice; 

e. October 14, 2016 – Deadline for class notice to be mailed to class members. 

Dated: June 15, 2016 AKIN GUMP STRAUSS HAUER & FELD LLP

By /s/ Donna M. Mezias Donna M. Mezias 

Attorneys for defendants 

Dated: June 15, 2016 CAPSTONE LAW APC 

By /s/ Arnab Banerjee Arnab Banerjee Attorneys for plaintiffs 

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ORDER 

GOOD CAUSE APPEARING, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED, that the deadlines 

set forth in the Court’s June 1, 2016 Order shall be continued as follows: 

a. September 2, 2016 – Deadline for parties to lodge proposed class notice; 

b. September 9, 2016 – Deadline for parties to submit competing versions of 

class notice if parties cannot agree on content of class notice; 

c. September 16, 2016 – Deadline for defendant to send class list to class 

counsel; 

d. September 23, 2016 – Deadline for Court to approve class notice; 

e. October 14, 2016 – Deadline for class notice to be mailed to class members. 

Dated: 6/16/2016 

/s/ John A. Mendez _______

Hon. John A. Mendez 

United States District Court Judge 

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