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Nature of Suit Code: 790
Nature of Suit: Other Labor Litigation
Cause of Action: 28:1332 Diversity-Fair Labor Standards Act

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Arlo García Uriarte (S.B.N. 231764) 

Brent A. Robinson (S.B.N. 289373) 

Liberation Law Group, P.C. 

2760 Mission Street 

San Francisco, CA 94110 

brent@liberationlawgroup.com 

(415) 695-1000 (office) 

(415) 695-1006 (facsimile) 

Counsel for Plaintiff 

Ernie Ricardo Fernandez

Spencer C. Skeen, State Bar No. 182216 

spencer.skeen@ogletreedeakins.com 

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak. & Stew Art, P.C. 

4370 La Jolla Village Drive, Suite 990 

San Diego, CA 92122 

Telephone: 858.652.3100 

Facsimile: 858.652.3101 

Becki D. Graham, State Bar No. 238010 

becki.graham@ogletreedeakins.com 

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak. & Stewart, P.C. 

Steuart Tower, Suite 1300 

One Market Plaza 

San Francisco, CA 94105 

Telephone: 415.442.4810 

Facsimile: 415.442.4870 

Counsel for Defendant 

Brink's Incorporated 

In the United States District Court 

For the Northern District of California 

Oakland Division 

Ernie Ricardo Fernandez, individually, on behalf of all others similarly 

situated, and on behalf of the general public, 

Plaintiff,

Versus

Brink’s Incorporated, a Delaware 

Corporation, and Does 1-5, 

Defendants. 

Case No. 15-cv-02667-JSW 

Joint Status Report 

[Proposed] Order 

Hon. Jeffrey S. White, Presiding 

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Joint Status Report 

On August 25, 2015, the Court ordered this matter stayed pending the outcome of 

a pending motion seeking final approval of a class action settlement in the matter of Belew 

v. Brink’s Incorporated (S.D.Cal. Case No. 14CV1748 JAH JLB)(hereinafter Belew), and 

ordered the parties to submit a joint status report within 10 days of entry of the final 

approval order in Belew. (Dkt. 27.) 

On October 29, 2015, the Belew court issued an order granting final approval of that 

class action’s settlement. (A true and correct copy of the final approval order in Belew is 

attached as Exhibit A.) An objector to the Belew final approval order has appealed that 

decision, and that appeal is currently pending before the United States Court of Appeals for 

the Ninth Circuit. 

On November 5, 2015, the parties stipulated to an order continuing to November 23 

the deadline for the joint status report while the parties continued to meet and confer, 

including by exploring the prospect for settlement through mediation. 

On November 18, 2015, the parties stipulated to a new order continuing to February 

22, 2016 the deadline for a joint status report to allow the parties to mediate their dispute. 

On February 4, 2016, the parties to this matter as well as counsel of record for the 

plaintiffs each of the following related matters attended mediation before Mr. Mark Rudy: 

Stafford v. Brink’s Incorporated (C.D.Cal. Case No. 14-cv-01352-MWF-PLA); Walker v. 

Brink’s Global Services USA, Inc. (C.D.Cal. Case No. 15-cv-08833-GW-KS); Ceron v. 

Brink’s Incorporated (C.D.Cal. Case No. 2:15-CV-01129-JFW ( JCx); and Ceron v. Brink’s 

Incorporated (Los Angeles Super. Ct. Case No. BC576462. Unfortunately, the various 

parties were not able to reach a resolution of their disputes. 

Subsequent to mediation, Plaintiff continues to be actively engaged in discussions 

with counsel in the related Stafford, Walker, and Ceron matters to explore questions of joint 

representation and consolidation in the outstanding California class and representative 

litigation against Defendant. 

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Accordingly, Plaintiff Ernie Ricardo Fernandez, by his attorneys of record, request 

that the Court defer any case management conference for 60 days and issue an order for the 

parties to file a further joint status report by April 22, 2016. Defendant has no objection to 

Plaintiff’s request. 

February 22, 2016 Liberation Law Group, P.C. 

 

 By:_______/s/ Brent A. Robinson__________ 

 Brent A. Robinson

Counsel for Plaintiff 

February 22, 2015 Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak. & Stewart, P.C. 

 

 By:_______/s/ Becki D. Graham__________ 

 Becki D. Graham

Counsel for Defendant 

Filer’s Attestation 

 Pursuant to Civil Local Rules, rule 5-1(i)(3), I attest under penalty of perjury that 

concurrence in the filing of the document has been obtained from its signatory. 

Dated: February 22, 2016 By:_______/s/ Brent A. Robinson__________ 

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Order 

It is hereby ordered that the parties file a joint status report by April 22, 

2016. The parties’ report shall set forth their positions on how this litigation should 

proceed. 

It is so ordered.

Dated: ____________, 2016 ________________________________ 

 Hon. Jeffrey S. White 

 United States District Judge 

 

February 23

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