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Nature of Suit Code: 370
Nature of Suit: Other Fraud
Cause of Action: 31:3731 Fraud

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Stipulation to Modify Scheduling Order and [Proposed] Order / Case No. 3:13-cv-05222-VC

SEYFARTH SHAW LLP

Jay W. Connolly (SBN 114725)

jconnolly@seyfarth.com

Giovanna A. Ferrari (SBN 229871)

gferrari@seyfarth.com

Joseph J. Orzano (SBN 262040)

jorzano@seyfarth.com

560 Mission Street, 31st Floor

San Francisco, California 94105

Telephone: (415) 397-2823

Facsimile: (415) 397-8549

Attorneys for Defendant

WHOLE FOODS MARKET GROUP, INC.

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

MARY GARRISON and GRACE

GARRISON, individually, and on behalf of all

others similarly situated,

Plaintiffs,

v.

WHOLE FOODS MARKET GROUP, INC.,

Defendant.

Case No. 3:13-CV-05222-VC

STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED]

ORDER FOR LIMITED

MODIFICATION TO SCHEDULING

ORDER

Pursuant to Local Rule 6-1(b), Plaintiffs MARY GARRISON and GRACE GARRISON,

individually, and on behalf of all others similarly situated (collectively “Plaintiffs”), on the one

hand, and Defendant WHOLE FOODS MARKET GROUP, INC. (“Defendant”), by and through

their undersigned counsel, hereby stipulate as follows:

WHEREAS, the Court entered an initial scheduling order (“Initial Scheduling Order”)

designating an initial phase of discovery limited to (1) written fact and document discovery

targeted to information necessary to prepare for mediation; and (2) the completion of the

depositions of Plaintiffs. (Dkt. #50).

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WHEREAS, the Initial Scheduling Order required this phase of discovery to be

completed on or before December 15, 2014 and further required the Parties to complete a

mediation on or before February 2, 2015 before reporting back to the Court for a further case

management conference on February 10, 2015.

WHEREAS, the Parties attempted to resolve certain disputes regarding written discovery

without burdening the Court, but required additional time to attempt to resolve them and

thereafter take Plaintiffs’ depositions.

WHEREAS, on December 17, 2014, pursuant to the Parties’ Stipulation, the Court

entered a modified scheduling order (“Modified Scheduled Order”) extending the deadline to

complete the current phase of fact discovery to January 16, 2015 for the limited purposes of

allowing the parties to: (a) resolve their dispute as to Plaintiffs’ responses to Defendant’s written

discovery, including but not limited to Plaintiffs’ document production; and (2) complete the

depositions of Plaintiffs. (Dkt. 54.)

WHEREAS, the Court also ordered that, to the extent the Parties do not move to compel

with respect to any written discovery propounded in this initial phase of discovery prior to the

mediation, the Parties reserve the right to move to compel with respect to all such written

discovery up to and including 7 days after the close of all fact discovery in the action pursuant to

Local Rule 37-3.

WHEREAS, the Parties have made progress in their attempts to resolve their disputes

regarding written discovery without burdening the Court; however, the Parties require additional

time to attempt to attempt to resolve them and thereafter take Plaintiffs’ depositions.

WHEREAS, the additional time the Parties seek will not alter the current deadline to

complete mediation as the Parties are currently scheduled to participate in a private mediation on

February 2, 2015, within the time contemplated in the Scheduling Order.

IT IS THEREFORE STIPULATED that:

1. The deadline to complete the current phase of fact discovery shall be continued

from January 16, 2015 to January 30, 2015 for the limited purposes of allowing the parties to:

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(a) resolve their dispute as to Plaintiffs’ responses to Defendant’s written discovery, including

but not limited to Plaintiffs’ document production; and (2) complete the depositions of Plaintiffs.

2. To the extent the Parties do not move to compel with respect to any written

discovery propounded in this initial phase of discovery prior to the mediation, the Parties reserve

the right to move to compel with respect to all such written discovery up to and including 7 days

after the close of all fact discovery in the action pursuant to Local Rule 37-3.

IT IS SO STIPULATED.

DATED: January 16, 2015 SEYFARTH SHAW LLP

By: /s/ Joseph J. Orzano

Jay W. Connolly

Giovanna A. Ferrari

Joseph J. Orzano

Attorneys for Defendant

WHOLE FOODS MARKET GROUP, INC.

DATED: January 16, 2015 SCOTT COLE & ASSOCIATES, APC

By: /s/ Molly A. Desario

Matthew R. Bainer

Molly a. DeSario

Attorneys for Plaintiffs

MARY GARRISON and GRACE

GARRISON, individually and on behalf of all

other similarly situated

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[PROPOSED] ORDER

PURSUANT TO STIPULATION, IT IS SO ORDERED.

1. The deadline to complete the current phase of initial fact discovery shall be

continued to January 30, 2015 for the limited purposes of allowing the parties to: (a) resolve

their dispute as to Plaintiffs’ responses to Defendant’s written discovery, including but not

limited to Plaintiffs’ document production; and (2) complete the depositions of Plaintiffs.

2. To the extent the Parties do not move to compel with respect to any written

discovery prior to the mediation, the Parties shall be permitted to move to compel with respect to

any written discovery up to and including 7 days after the close of all fact discovery in the action

pursuant to Local Rule 37-3, or as otherwise ordered by the Court. It shall be sufficient to satisfy

this deadline to move to compel that the Parties submit the joint letter brief required in paragraph

9 of this Court’s civil standing order by the motion to compel deadline.

DATED: _________________

____________________________ HON. VINCE CHHABRIA

United States District Court Judge

18844402v.1

January 27, 2015

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