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Nature of Suit Code: 790
Nature of Suit: Other Labor Litigation
Cause of Action: 28:1331 Fed. Question

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STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER RE: MODIFICATION 

OF CASE MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE DATE CASE NO. CV-09 5553 (CRB)

MARGARET A. KEANE (State Bar No. 255378) 

mkeane@dl.com 

SEBASTIAN L. MILLER (State Bar No. 265793) 

smiller@dl.com 

DEWEY & LEBOEUF LLP 

1950 University Avenue, Suite 500 

East Palo Alto, CA 94303 

Telephone: (650) 845-7000 

Facsimile: (650) 845-7333 

Attorneys for Defendant 

Accretive, LLC 

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

 

KENYA BODDIE AND RAMONDA CARLOS, 

individually and on behalf of others similarly 

situated, 

Plaintiffs, 

v. 

AXIANT, LLC; ACCRETIVE, LLC; MANN 

BRACKEN, LLP, and DOES 1 through 25, 

inclusive, 

Defendants. 

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CASE NO.: CV-09-5553 (CRB) 

STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] 

ORDER RE: MODIFICATION OF THE 

CASE MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE 

DATE AND DEADLINE TO FILE 

STIPULATION TO ADR PROCESS

 

WHEREAS, on November 20, 2009, Defendant Axiant, LLC (“Axiant”) filed for chapter 11 

bankruptcy; 

WHEREAS, on November 23, 2009, Plaintiffs filed a complaint against Axiant alleging that 

Axiant violated the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act (the “WARN Act”); 

WHEREAS, on November 23, 2009, the Court ordered that a case management conference 

in this matter be held on March 5, 2010, at 8:30 a.m.; 

WHEREAS, on December 7, 2009, Plaintiffs filed an amended complaint naming Accretive, 

LLC (“Accretive”) and Mann Bracken, LLP (“Mann Bracken”) as defendants and seeking to hold 

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STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER RE: MODIFICATION 

OF CASE MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE DATE CASE NO. CV-09 5553 (CRB)

them liable for the lack of WARN Act notice provided by the original defendant and Chapter 11 

Debtor, Axiant; 

WHEREAS, on January 29, 2010 Accretive filed a motion to dismiss Plaintiffs’ complaint 

and a hearing date of March 19, 2010 had been set for argument on Accretive’s motion to dismiss; 

WHEREAS, on February 24, 2010 Plaintiffs and Accretive filed a Stipulation and [Proposed] 

Order re: Modification of the Case Management Conference Date and Deadline to File Stipulation to 

ADR Process; 

WHEREAS, on February 25, 2010 the Court entered the Order modifying the case 

management conference date and deadline to file a stipulation to ADR process or notice of need for 

ADR phone conference to April 9, 2010; 

WHEREAS, on March 4, 2010 Cheryl E. Rose, Esquire, filed a Notice of Case in 

Receivership on behalf of Mann Bracken. The case is now pending in the Circuit Court for 

Montgomery County, Maryland; 

WHEREAS, on March 5, 2010 the Plaintiffs and Accretive filed their Joint Case 

Management Statement; 

WHEREAS, on March 19, 2010 the Court granted Accretive’s motion to dismiss the first 

amended complaint with leave to amend the complaint within 20 days; 

WHEREAS, on March 25, 2010 Plaintiffs filed their Second Amended Complaint alleging 

violations of the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act (the “WARN Act”); 

WHEREAS, Accretive will shortly file a motion to dismiss the Second Amended Complaint 

and it is feasible to set a date to hear argument on Accretive’s planned motion to dismiss prior to 

June 4, 2010; 

WHEREAS, Accretive and Plaintiffs have conferred and agree that it would be premature 

and not otherwise fruitful to engage in an ADR process or hold a case management conference prior 

to this Court ruling on Accretive’s motion to dismiss the Second Amended Complaint; and 

IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED by the parties, by and through their undersigned counsel, 

that: 

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STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER RE: MODIFICATION 

OF CASE MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE DATE CASE NO. CV-09 5553 (CRB)

(1) The case management conference previously scheduled for April 9, 2010, at 

8:30 a.m., is adjourned to June 4, 2010, at 8:30 a.m. 

(2) The deadline to file a Stipulation to ADR Process or Notice of Need for ADR 

Phone Conference, is adjourned to June 4, 2010. 

Dated: April 6, 2010 DEWEY & LEBOEUF LLP 

By: /s/ Sebastian L. Miller Margaret A. Keane (SBN 255378) 

 mkeane@dl.com 

 Sebastian L. Miller (SBN 265793) 

 smiller@dl.com 

 1950 University Avenue, Suite 500 

 East Palo Alto, CA 94303 

 Tel: (650) 845-7000 

 Fax: (650) 845-7333 

Attorneys for Defendant Accretive, LLC 

Dated: April 6, 2010 HERRON & HERRON 

By: /s/ Laura Herron Weber 

 J. Wynne Herron (SBN 71192) 

 Laura Herron Weber (SBN 226934) 

 laura@herron-herron.com 

 18360 Sonoma Highway 

 Sonoma, CA 95476 

 Tel: (707) 933-4430 

 Fax: (707) 933-4431 

Attorneys for Plaintiffs Kenya Boddie and Ramonda 

Carlos 

PURSUANT TO STIPULATION, IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated:______________, 2010 

 HONORABLE CHARLES R. BREYER 

April 6

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORN

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IT IS SO ORDERED

Judge Charles R. Breyer

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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE CASE NO. CV-09 5553 (CRB)

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

I declare that I am over the age of eighteen (18) years and not a party to this action. My 

business address is: Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP, 1950 University Avenue, Suite 500, East Palo Alto, 

California 94303. 

On April 6, 2010, the foregoing STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER RE: 

MODIFCATION OF CASE MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE DATE was filed with the Clerk 

of the Court using the Official Court Electronic Case Filing System (“ECF System”). The ECF 

System is designed to automatically generate an e-mail message, with a link to the filed 

document(s), to all parties in the case registered for electronic filing, which constitutes service. The 

ECF system will send notification of such filing to the following: 

Birgit Dachtera Stuart bstuart@roncanterllc.com 

J. Wynne Herron jwynneh@pacbell.net, norma@herron-herron.com 

Laura Herron Weber laura@herron-herron.com 

A copy was caused to be served upon the following party by U.S. First Class Mail, postage 

prepaid, and by electronic transmission: 

Cheryl E. Rose, Esq. 

12154 Darnestown Road, Box 623 

Gaithersburg, MD 20878 

E-mail: Receiverrose@aol.com 

DATED: April 6, 2010 at East Palo Alto, California. 

 /s/ Sandy Holstrom Sandy Holstrom 

PA151627.1 

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