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Nature of Suit Code: 710
Nature of Suit: Fair Labor Standards Act
Cause of Action: 29:201 Fair Labor Standards Act

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STIPULATION & [PROPOSED] ORDER

Angel Gomez (State Bar No. 74476) 

Kevin D. Sullivan (State Bar No. 270343) 

EPSTEIN BECKER & GREEN, P.C. 

1925 Century Park East, Suite 500 

Los Angeles, California 90067-2506 

Telephone: 310.556.8861 

Facsimile: 310.553.2165 

agomez@ebglaw.com 

ksullivan@ebglaw.com

Matthew A. Goodin (State Bar No. 169674) 

EPSTEIN BECKER & GREEN, P.C. 

655 Montgomery Street, Suite 1150 

San Francisco, California 94111 

Telephone: 415.398.3500 

Facsimile: 415.398.0955 

mgoodin@ebglaw.com 

Attorneys for Defendants 

ACX PACIFIC NORTHWEST, INC., PACIFIC LEASING, LLC, 

JOHN M. GOMBOS, and JOHN E. GOMBOS 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

MIGUEL ROJAS-CIFUENTES on behalf of himself, 

on behalf of all others similarly situated and in the 

interest of the general public, 

 Plaintiffs, 

 vs 

ACX PACIFIC NORTHWEST INC, PACIFIC 

LEASING, LLC, JOHN M. GOMBOS, JOHN E. 

GOMBOS and Does 1-20 

 

 Defendants. 

Case No. 2:14-cv-00697-JAM-CKD

 

STIPULATION AND ORDER TO RESET CLASS CERTIFICATION 

DEADLINE; SET BRIEFING 

SCHEDULE AND HEARING; AND 

CONTINUE DEADLINE FOR 

DEFENDANTS TO PRODUCE 

RESPONSIVE DOCUMENTS 

The Parties to the above-entitled action, through their respective counsel of record, submit 

this Stipulation and Proposed Order to (a) extend the deadline for Defendants to produce 

documents pursuant to Magistrate Judge Delaney’s September 22, 2016 order that recently became 

effective on the Court granting Plaintiff’s motion for leave to amend; (b) re-set Plaintiff’s deadline 

to file his Motion for Class Certification; and (c) set a briefing schedule and hearing date on 

Motion for Class Certification. 

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STIPULATION & [PROPOSED] ORDER 

The deadline to move for class certification is presently November 14, 2016. The Parties 

agree to request from the Court that the deadline for Plaintiff to file his Motion for Class 

Certification be re-set to March 20, 2017. There is good cause for modifying the existing deadline, 

and the need to do so is no fault of either party. 

Plaintiff recently moved to compel Defendant to produce documents. ECF No. 38. 

Plaintiff contends that the discovery sought is central to his moving for class certification. The 

Parties disagreed regarding whether the documents sought were discoverable based on the causes 

of action that were set forth in Plaintiff’s then-operative First Amended Complaint. Consequently, 

Plaintiff also moved for leave to file a Second Amended Complaint to add new claims and theories 

of liability. 

On September 22, 2016, Magistrate Judge Delaney conditionally granted Plaintiff’s motion 

to compel production of documents (the condition being that Plaintiff be granted leave to amend), 

providing that “[w]ith[in] fourteen days of entry of an order granting the motion to amend, 

responsive documents shall be produced in native electronic format, to the extent they exist in said 

format.” ECF No. 47. 

On October 25, 2016, the Court granted Plaintiff’s motion for leave to amend. ECF No. 48. 

Because the Court granted Plaintiff’s motion for leave to amend, Magistrate Judge Delaney’s order 

conditionally granting Plaintiff’s motion to compel production of documents – that sought time and 

pay records for the putative class – became effective that same day. 

Now that Magistrate Judge Delaney’s order conditionally granting Plaintiff’s motion to 

compel production of documents – that sought time and pay records for the putative class – became 

effective, Defendants must provide voluminous records for the putative class – consisting of nearly 

450 individuals – within fourteen days. However, Defendants are in the process of physically 

moving their corporate offices more than 100 miles, and that process is expected to take six to eight 

weeks. Moreover, Defendants’ human resources manager recently left for maternity leave and will 

be out on maternity leave until January 2017. Her absence greatly affects Defendants’ ability to 

compile these records for production. Consequently, Defendants seek 45 additional days in which 

to produce these records. 

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STIPULATION & [PROPOSED] ORDER 

Plaintiff anticipates that additional time will be required to analyze the time and payroll 

records that Defendants are expected to produce for approximately 450 workers. Plaintiff 

anticipates using a database expert to analyze electronic class member data and to provide expert 

analysis in support of class certification. To the extent that paper records are provided, Plaintiff 

will require time to review and analyze for purposes of using records for certification. Further, 

Plaintiff may need to conduct additional depositions on class certification issues following 

Defendants’ document production. However, further depositions have been delayed pending the 

Court’s rulings on Plaintiff’s motions for leave to amend and to compel. ECF Nos. 46 & 47. 

Based on the foregoing, the Parties have agreed to request that the Court (a) continue the 

deadline for Plaintiff to file a Motion for Class Certification to March 20, 2017; (b) continue the 

previously agreed-upon briefing schedule to track the new deadline; and (c) extend for 75 days the 

deadline for Defendants to produce documents pursuant to Magistrate Judge Delaney’s September 

22, 2016 order (ECF No. 47). The Parties have agreed to a briefing and hearing schedule as 

follows: 

 Plaintiff shall file his Motion for Class Certification by no later than March 20, 

2017; 

 Defendants shall file their Opposition to Plaintiff’s Motion for Class Certification by 

no later than April 24, 2017; 

 Plaintiff shall file his Reply to Defendants’ Opposition to Motion for Class 

Certification by no later than May 15, 2017; and 

 The hearing on Plaintiff’s Motion for Class Certification shall be set for June 20, 

2017 at 1:30 p.m. 

Respectfully submitted, 

DATED: October 28, 2016 MALLISON & MARTINEZ 

 

 

 By: /s/ Marco A. Palau 

 Marco A. Palau 

 Attorneys for PLAINTIFFS 

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STIPULATION & [PROPOSED] ORDER 

DATED: October 28, 2016 EPSTEIN BECKER & GREEN, P.C. 

 By: /s/ Angel Gomez 

 ANGEL GOMEZ 

 Attorney for DEFENDANTS 

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STIPULATION & [PROPOSED] ORDER

ORDER AS MODIFIED BY THE COURT 

For good cause appearing, the deadline for Plaintiff to file a motion for class certification 

under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 23, and a motion to certify a collective action under the Fair 

Labor Standards Act, is hereby continued to March 20, 2017. 

Defendants shall file their Opposition to Plaintiff’s Motion for Class Certification by no 

later than April 24, 2017. 

Plaintiff shall file his Reply to Defendants’ Opposition to Motion for Class Certification by 

no later than May 15, 2017. 

The hearing on Plaintiff’s Motion for Class Certification shall be set for June 20, 2017 at 

1:30 p.m. 

Also for good cause appearing, Defendants shall have until January 23, 2017 to produce 

documents pursuant to Magistrate Judge Delaney’s September 22, 2016 order (ECF No. 47). 

 IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Dated: 10/28/2016 /s/ John A. Mendez____________ 

John A. Mendez 

United States District Court Judge 

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