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Nature of Suit Code: 790
Nature of Suit: Other Labor Litigation
Cause of Action: 29:1801 Farmworker Rights

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Olga A. Balderama #166476

Gary N. Lento #225118

BAKER MANOCK & JENSEN, PC

5260 North Palm Avenue, Fourth Floor

Fresno, California 93704

Telephone: 559.432.5400

Facsimile: 559.432.5620

Attorneys for Defendants LASSEN DAIRY INC. (doing business as “Meritage Dairy”); TULE 

RIVER FARMS INC; TULE RIVER RANCH, INC; BONANZA FARMS; and WILLIAM 

VANDER POEL, SR.

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA – FRESNO DIVISION

JOSE A. LOPEZ, JUAN CARLOS 

APOLINAR, JUAN JOSE ESTRADA SOTA, 

JUAN JOSE CERVANTES, ISMAEL 

CUEVAS, REYNAR MENDOZA, and JESUS 

RODRIGUEZ, on behalf of themselves and all 

other similarly situated individuals,

Plaintiffs,

vs.

LASSEN DAIRY INC. (doing business as 

“Meritage Dairy”); TULE RIVER FARMS 

INC.; TULE RIVER RANCH, INC.; 

BONANZA FARMS; and WILLIAM 

VANDER POEL, SR.,

Defendants.

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Case No.: 1:08-cv-00121-LJO-GSA

AGREED DISCOVERY ORDER 

REGARDING MOTIONS TO COMPEL

(Documents 58, 59 & 62)

Plaintiffs JOSE A. LOPEZ, JUAN CARLOS APOLINAR, JUAN JOSE 

ESTRADA SOTA, JUAN JOSE CERVANTES, ISMAEL CUEVAS, REYNAR MENDOZA, 

AND JESUS RODRIQUEZ (“Plaintiffs”), by and through their counsel of record, Stan Mallison, 

Esq., of Mallison & Martinez; and Defendants, LASSEN DAIRY INC. doing business as 

“Meritage Dairy”; TULE RIVER FARMS INC; TULE RIVER RANCH, INC; BONANZA 

FARMS; and WILLIAM VANDER POEL, SR., (sometimes collectively referred to herein as 

“Defendants”), by and through their counsel of record, Gary N. Lento, Esq. and/or Olga A. 

Balderama, Esq., of Baker Manock & Jensen, PC., do hereby stipulate as follows:

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WHEREAS, on June 18, 2010, counsel for Plaintiffs and Defendants appeared 

before Magistrate Judge Gary S. Austin for Plaintiffs’ (1) Motion to Compel Further Responses 

to Plaintiffs’ Second Set of Requests for Production of Documents, and (2) Motion to Compel 

Further Responses to Plaintiffs’ Third Set of Requests for Production of Documents;

WHEREAS, Judge Austin required the parties to spend the entire day meeting 

and conferring, in person, in an attempt to resolve the discovery disputes referenced above, and 

return to Court at 3:00 p.m. to inform him of the status of the discussions;

WHEREAS, based on the representations of parties’ counsel, Judge Austin 

continued the hearing on both Motions to Compel to Friday, June 25, 2010, at 9:30 a.m.;

WHEREAS, Defendants have filed a Motion for Summary Judgment;

WHEREAS, pursuant to the Second Scheduling Order dated February 4, 2010, 

Doc. No. 56, the Motion for Summary Judgment is scheduled to be heard by the Honorable 

Lawrence O’Neill, on August 12, 2010 at 8:30 a.m.;

WHEREAS, the parties have agreed to resolve plaintiffs’ current motions to 

compel, through the production of certain documents, information, and representations, as 

described below,

NOW, THEREFORE, the parties, by and through their counsel, do hereby 

STIPULATE AND AGREE as follows:

1. The parties agree that the discovery dispute at issue here is limited to hourly 

employees who performed services at Meritage Dairy, from October 1, 2005 until the closure of 

Meritage Dairy, excluding office employees and Managers of Meritage Dairy.

2. Defendant Lassen Dairy, Inc. will produce 2007 timekeeping data, for all hourly 

employees who performed work at Meritage Dairy, from October 1, 2005 until the closure of 

Meritage Dairy. The 2007 data will be produced, by Tuesday, June 29, 2010, in the same (or 

similar) electronic data form as the 2008 data previously produced, unless defendants determine 

it is not available. Defendants agree that the 2007 data will be representative for purposes of the 

pending summary judgment and/or class certification motions for the period of 2007 and prior to 

2007. If defendants determine that the data is unavailable, then defendants will state this. 

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Defendants will state whether or not the 2007 data would have contained lunch punches.

3. The parties agree for purposes of the summary judgment and/or class certification 

motions that the named plaintiffs’ payroll documents are representative for the class and 

therefore will not produce any further payroll document and will not rely upon other payroll 

documents for the summary judgment or class certification motions. 

4. Defendant Lassen Dairy, Inc. will produce all employee contact information for 

all employees of Lassen/Meritage except managers and office workers. This includes workers at 

Bonanza who also worked at Meritage. Defendant may exclude any workers who properly “optout” of the contact list –pursuant to the opt-out letter sent. 

5. Defendant Lassen Dairy, Inc. attests that there are no schedules for rest and meal 

periods, and will not rely upon any such documents for either class certification or summary 

judgment and will provide a letter to that effect.

6. Defendant Lassen Dairy, Inc. attests that there are no documents which describe 

the shifting between job duties by employees, and will not rely upon any such documents for 

either class certification or summary judgment and will provide a letter to that effect.

7. Defendant will produce the spreadsheets previously supplied to plaintiffs in native 

format (i.e. .xls).Defendant will not rely upon any other documents or data regarding the 

information set forth in the spreadsheets for either class certification or summary judgment and 

will provide a letter to that effect. 

8. The parties will, by separate stipulation to be provided to Judge O’Neill for 

approval, stipulate to move the date for plaintiffs to file their opposition to July 9, 2010 to file 

their Opposition to Defendants’ Motion for Summary Judgment; and to allow Defendants up to 

and including August 7, 2010 to file their Reply. 

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IT IS SO STIPULATED. 

Dated: June 25, 2010. MALLISON & MARTINEZ

By /S/ Stan S. Mallison 

Stan S. Mallison 

Attorneys for Plaintiffs JOSE A. LOPEZ, 

JUAN CARLOS APOLINAR, JUAN JOSE 

ESTRADA SOTA, JUAN JOSE 

CERVANTES, ISMAEL CUEVAS, 

REYNAR, MENDOZA, and JESUS 

RODRIGUEZ

DATED: June 25, 2010. BAKER MANOCK & JENSEN, PC

By /S/ Olga A. Balderama 

Gary N. Lento

Olga A. Balderama

Attorneys for Defendants LASSEN DAIRY 

INC. (doing business as “Meritage 

Dairy”),TULE RIVER FARMS INC.,

TULE RIVER RANCH, INC., BONANZA 

FARMS, and WILLIAM VANDER POEL, 

SR.

ORDER

1. The discovery dispute at issue here is limited to hourly employees who performed 

services at Meritage Dairy, from October 1, 2005 until the closure of Meritage Dairy, excluding 

office employees and Managers of Meritage Dairy.

2. Defendant Lassen Dairy, Inc. will produce 2007 timekeeping data, for all hourly 

employees who performed work at Meritage Dairy, from October 1, 2005 until the closure of 

Meritage Dairy. The 2007 data shall be produced, by Tuesday, June 29, 2010, in the same (or 

similar) electronic data form as the 2008 data previously produced, unless defendants determine 

it is not available. Defendants agree that the 2007 data will be representative for purposes of the 

pending summary judgment and/or class certification motions for the period of 2007 and prior to 

2007. If defendants determine that the data is unavailable, then defendants will state this. 

Defendants will state whether or not the 2007 data would have contained lunch punches.

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3. Defendants may not not produce any further payroll documents and will not rely 

upon other payroll documents for the pending summary judgment or upcoming class certification 

motions. 

4. Defendant Lassen Dairy, Inc. will produce by Friday July 2, 2010 all employee 

contact information for all employees of Lassen/Meritage except managers and office workers. 

This includes workers at Bonanza who also worked at Lassen/Meritage. Defendant may exclude 

any workers who properly “opt-out” of the contact list –pursuant to the opt-out letter sent. 

5. Defendant Lassen Dairy, Inc. will attest that there are no schedules for rest and 

meal periods, and defendants will not rely upon any such documents for either class certification 

or summary judgment and will provide a letter to that effect by July, 2, 2009.

6. Defendant Lassen Dairy, Inc. attests that there are no documents that describe the 

shifting between job duties by employees, and will not rely upon any such documents for either 

class certification or summary judgment and will provide a letter to that effect by July 2, 2010.

7. Defendant will produce by June 29, 2010, the spreadsheets previously supplied to 

plaintiffs in native format (i.e. .xls) Defendant will not rely upon any other documents or data 

regarding the information set forth in the spreadsheets for either class certification or summary 

judgment and will provide a letter to that effect. 

8. This Court will not address or alter deadlines or hearings pertaining to 

dispositive motions. Any stipulation or motion to modify the deadlines concerning the 

motion for summary judgment, scheduled to be heard August 12, 2010, must be presented 

to District Judge Lawrence J. O’Neill for consideration.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: June 29, 2010.

 /s/ Gary S. Austin 

United States Magistrate Judge

DMS: 837123_1

14800.0006

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