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Nature of Suit Code: 442
Nature of Suit: Civil Rights Employment
Cause of Action: 28:451 Employment Discrimination

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JOINT STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER FOR CONTINUANCE 

OF HEARING ON PLAINTIFFS’ MOTION FOR CLASS CERTIFICATION 

CASE NO. 3:14-CV-04105 EMC 

JOHN T. MULLAN (SBN: 221149) 

CHAYA M. MANDELBAUM (SBN: 239084) 

ERIN M. PULASKI (SBN: 270998) 

RUDY, EXELROD, ZIEFF & LOWE, L.L.P. 

351 California Street, Suite 700 

San Francisco, CA 94104 

Telephone: (415) 434-9800 

Facsimile: (415) 434-0513 

Email: jtm@rezlaw.com 

Email: cmm@rezlaw.com 

Email: emp@rezlaw.com 

JAY T. JAMBECK (SBN: 226018) 

MANDY G. LEIGH (SBN: 225748) 

LEIGH LAW GROUP 

870 Market Street, Suite 1157 

San Francisco, CA 94102 

Telephone: (415) 399-9155 

Facsimile: (415) 795-3733 

Email: jjambeck@leighlawgroup.com 

Email: mleigh@leighlawgroup.com 

Email: epacheco@leighlawgroup.com 

Attorneys for Plaintiffs JOSEPH VIERRA 

and KEVIN WOODRUFF, 

and all others similarly situated 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION 

JOSEPH VIERRA and KEVIN WOODRUFF, 

on behalf of themselves and classes of those 

similarly situated, 

 Plaintiffs, 

 vs. 

TIMEC COMPANY, INC. dba TRANSFIELD 

SERVICES, a corporation, 

 Defendant. 

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Case No. CV 3:14-cv-04105 EMC 

JOINT STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] 

ORDER FOR CONTINUANCE OF 

HEARING ON PLAINTIFFS’ MOTION 

FOR CLASS CERTIFICATION

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JOINT STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER FOR CONTINUANCE 

OF HEARING ON PLAINTIFFS’ MOTION FOR CLASS CERTIFICATION 

CASE NO. 3:14-CV-04105 EMC 

Plaintiffs Joseph Vierra and Kevin Woodruff (“Plaintiffs”) and Defendant Timec 

Company, Inc. dba Transfield Services (“Defendant”), by and through their attorneys of record, 

hereby stipulate as follows: 

WHEREAS, this case was initiated on September 10, 2014 when Plaintiffs filed their 

Class Action Complaint; 

WHEREAS, the case was reassigned to the Honorable Edward M. Chen on November 18, 

2014 following Defendant’s November 17, 2014 filing of its Declination to Proceed Before a 

Magistrate Judge; 

WHEREAS, in or around December 2012, the parties agreed to pursue early mediation of 

the case and to conduct limited discovery in advance of the mediation; 

WHEREAS, following the exchange of initial discovery and meet and confer efforts 

between the parties, a Belaire notice was mailed out to putative class members on or around May 

12, 2015, and a class list was provided to counsel for Plaintiffs on or around June 18, 2015; 

WHEREAS, the parties engaged in further limited discovery efforts, including meeting 

and conferring on a plan for further discovery and class sampling, and the production of 

additional documents, between May and August 2015. 

WHEREAS, a private mediation took place with mediator Jeff Ross on September 22, 

2015; 

WHEREAS, the parties were unable to reach agreement at the mediation, but they did 

clarify issues that affect their positions and identify additional information and documents to 

enable them to move forward, and agreed that further settlement discussions would be productive 

after the production of the additional records and information by Defendant; 

WHEREAS, Defendant agreed to produce additional records and information including 

timesheets and payroll records for a sample of the putative class members, and provided 

Plaintiff’s counsel with an initial production of documents on November 4, 2015, with additional 

documents to be produced beginning the week of November 9, 2015 and thereafter as they 

become available; 

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JOINT STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER FOR CONTINUANCE 

OF HEARING ON PLAINTIFFS’ MOTION FOR CLASS CERTIFICATION 

CASE NO. 3:14-CV-04105 EMC 

WHEREAS, the parties have agreed to renew settlement discussions once counsel for 

Plaintiff has had sufficient time to review and analyze the new information and records to be 

produced by Defendant; 

WHEREAS, if the parties cannot reach a settlement agreement in this matter, it is 

Plaintiff’s position that additional discovery will need to be conducted in advance of Plaintiffs 

preparing their motion for class certification; 

WHEREAS, at the Case Management Conference held on January 22, 2015, the Court set 

January 15, 2016 as the hearing date for the class certification motion, and a further CMC was 

scheduled for October 8, 2015 [ECF No. 29]; 

WHEREAS, on October 5, 2015, the Court continued the further CMC to December 10, 

2015, at the request of the parties [ECF No. 35], but did not specifically address the class 

certification hearing date, which, if left unchanged, would require the filing of motion papers by 

December 11, 2015, the day after the further CMC. 

WHEREAS, the class certification hearing currently set for January 15, 2016 does not 

allow sufficient time to conduct additional discovery in the event that the parties’ further 

settlement discussions are not fruitful; 

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JOINT STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER FOR CONTINUANCE 

OF HEARING ON PLAINTIFFS’ MOTION FOR CLASS CERTIFICATION 

CASE NO. 3:14-CV-04105 EMC 

IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED, by and between Plaintiffs and Defendant, through their 

respective counsel of record, that the hearing on Plaintiffs’ motion for class certification 

(currently set for January 15, 2016) should be vacated and re-set to take place on a date which is 

convenient for the Court, but that is no earlier than April 15, 2016. It is further stipulated that all 

deadlines related to Plaintiffs’ motion for class certification should be extended accordingly. 

IT IS SO STIPULATED.

DATED: November 9, 2015 /s/ John T. Mullan 

 JOHN T. MULLAN 

ERIN M. PULASKI 

RUDY, EXELROD, ZIEFF & LOWE, LLP 

Attorneys for Plaintiffs 

Joseph Vierra and Kevin Woodruff, and all others 

similarly situated 

DATED: November 9, 2015 /s/ Robert Zaletel 

 LINDBERGH PORTER 

ROBERT ZALETEL 

LITTLER MENDELSON 

Attorneys for Defendant 

Timec Company, Inc. dba Transfield Services

ECF ATTESTATION 

Pursuant to Local Rule 5-4.3.4(a)(2)(i), the filer attests that all other signatories listed, on 

whose behalf the filing is submitted, concur in the filing’s content and have authorized the filing. 

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

DATED: _____________________ 

 HON. EDWARD M. CHEN 

United States District Court Judge

The motion for class certification shall be heard on 4/21/16 at 

1:30 p.m. Parties shall follow the civil local rule regarding notice 

requirement and may stipulate to a briefing schedule outside the 

normal 35 day notice. 11/10/15

U

NITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

IT IS SO ORDERED

AS MODIFIED

Judge Edward M. Chen

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