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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 TO EXTEND DEADLINES IN DECEMBER 16, 2014 ORDER AND [PROPOSED] ORDER 

Lead case Guilbaud, et al. v. Sprint, 3:13-CV-04357-VC consolidated with Smith, et al. v. Sprint, 3:14-CV-02642-VC

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Todd M. Schneider (SBN 158253)

Carolyn Hunt Cottrell (SBN 166977)

Nicole N. Coon (SBN 286283)

SCHNEIDER WALLACE

COTTRELL KONECKY WOTKYNS LLP

180 Montgomery Street, Suite 2000

San Francisco, California 94104

Telephone: (415) 421-7100

Facsimile: (415) 421-7105

tschneider@schneiderwallace.com

ccottrell@schneiderwallace.com

ncoon@schneiderwallace.com

Attorneys for Plaintiffs, the Proposed Collective 

and Putative Class

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

OLIVIA GUILBAUD, MARQUES LILLY, 

AND MICHAEL WONG, and all others 

similarly situated, 

Plaintiffs,

vs.

SPRINT NEXTEL CORPORATION AND 

SPRINT/UNITED MANAGEMENT CO., 

INC.,

 Defendants.

MICHAEL SMITH, on behalf of himself and 

all others similarly situated, 

Plaintiff,

vs.

SPRINT/UNITED MANAGEMENT 

COMPANY,

Defendant.

Lead Case

CASE NO. 3:13-CV-04357-VC

Hon. Vince Chhabria

Consolidated with

CASE NO. 3:14-CV-02642-VC

Hon. Vince Chhabria

STIPULATION TO EXTEND 

DEADLINES IN DECEMBER 16, 2014 

ORDER AND [PROPOSED] ORDER

[ADDITIONAL PLAINTIFFS’ COUNSEL AND 

DEFENDANT’S COUNSEL ON FOLLOWING PAGE]

AS MODIFIED

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STIPULATION TO EXTEND DEADLINES IN DECEMBER 16, 2014 ORDER AND [PROPOSED] ORDER 

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Matthew Righetti (SBN 121012)

John Glugoski (SBN 191551)

Michael Righetti (SBN 258541)

RIGHETTI GLUGOSKI, P.C.

456 Montgomery Street, Suite 1400

San Francisco, California 94101

Telephone: (415) 983-0900

Facsimile: (415) 397-9005

matt@righettilaw.com

jglugoski@righettilaw.com

mike@righettilaw.com

Richard Hoyer (SBN 151931)

Ryan L. Hicks (SBN 260284)

HOYER & ASSOCIATES

Four Embarcadero Center, Suite 1400

San Francisco, California 94111

Telephone: (415) 766-3536

Facsimile: (415) 276-1738

rhoyer@hoyerlaw.com

rhicks@hoyerlaw.com

Attorneys for Plaintiffs, the Proposed Collective 

and Putative Class 

MCGUIREWOODS LLP

Matthew C. Kane (SBN 171829)

Email: mkane@mcguirewoods.com

Michael D. Mandel (SBN 216934)

Email: mmandel@mcguirewoods.com

Sabrina A. Beldner (SBN 221918)

Email: sbeldner@mcguirewoods.com

John A. Van Hook (SBN 205067)

Email: jvanhook@mcguirewoods.com

Joanna E. MacMillan (SBN 281891)

Email: jmacmillan@mcguirewoods.com

1800 Century Park East, 8th Floor

Los Angeles, CA 90067

Telephone: (310) 315-8200 

Facsimile: (310) 315-8210

Attorneys for Defendant SPRINT/

UNITED MANAGEMENT COMPANY

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STIPULATION TO EXTEND DEADLINES IN DECEMBER 16, 2014 ORDER AND [PROPOSED] ORDER 

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Pursuant to United States District Court for the Northern District of California Local Rules 

6-2, Stipulated Request for Order Changing Time, and 7-12, Stipulations, the Parties hereby 

respectfully submit this Stipulation to Extend Deadlines in December 16, 2014 Order and 

accompanying proposed order:

STIPULATION

WHEREAS, Plaintiffs Olivia Guilbaud, Marques Lilly, Michael Wong, and Michael Smith, 

on behalf of themselves and all others similarly situated, (“Plaintiffs”) filed their Consolidated 

Collective and Class Action Complaint against Defendant Sprint/United Management Co. 

(“Sprint”) in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California on July 30, 

2014, following the consolidation of lead case Guilbaud, et al. v. Sprint, Case No. 3:13-cv-04357-

VC, and Smith, et al. v. Sprint, Case No. 3:14-CV-02642-VC (ECF Docket No. 50);

WHEREAS, on November 20, 2014, this Court held a hearing at which time it addressed 

several outstanding issues, including extending the current schedule in the case (ECF Docket No. 

104);

WHEREAS, on November 21, 2014, the Court issued an order, wherein it ordered the 

Parties to meet and confer about a new schedule for discovery, dispositive motions, and trials (ECF 

Docket No. 105);

WHEREAS, during the week of November 24, 2014, the Parties met and conferred and 

agreed upon a Joint Proposed Schedule, including a date of December 3, 2014 for mailing of notice 

to potential collective members, which they filed with the Court on November 26, 2014 (ECF 

Docket No. 107);

WHEREAS, thereafter Plaintiffs’ third-party notice administrator, Heffler Claims Group, 

informed Plaintiffs that it would be impossible to disseminate notice on December 3, 2014 and 

accordingly the Parties agreed to amend the Joint Proposed Schedule, extending by two weeks the 

deadlines for the dissemination of the notice, the opt-in period, and the deadlines for all three class 

certification briefs, which they filed with the Court on December 10, 2014 (ECF Docket No. 113); 

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WHEREAS, the Court granted the Parties’ Amended Joint Proposed Schedule and issued an

order on December 16, 2014, extending the deadline for the opening brief for class certification to

June 16, 2015 with all other hearing, discovery cut-off dates, and trial schedule following thereafter 

(ECF Docket No. 114); 

WHEREAS, since the issuance of the December 16, 2014 Order, the Parties have been 

working diligently to progress the litigation. Potential collective members have received notice of 

the litigation, and Plaintiffs’ counsel have filed opt-in forms on behalf of approximately 2,075

collective members wanting to participate in the litigation. In addition to processing the opt-in

information and conducting collective outreach, Plaintiffs are also preparing for their class 

certification motion. Plaintiffs have propounded two sets of written discovery and have noticed 

30(b)(6) depositions on 38 topics. Defendant asserted numerous objections to the deposition 

notices. The Parties are currently meeting and conferring about the depositions, including the 

topics and timing. The Parties are also involved in an extensive meet and confer regarding 

Defendant’s production of documents, data and information responsive to Plaintiffs’ requests for 

class-wide discovery. The Parties are meeting and conferring about appropriate search terms for 

email accounts, Plaintiffs’ request for production of the Rule 23 California putative class list in 

addition to the nationwide collective list previously produced, and an appropriate sample of the 

requested data and information, including timekeeping and payroll records. Completion of the meet 

and confer process, possible discovery and other motion practice and production of all of the

discovery at issue will likely take several months. Plaintiffs believe that the discovery at issue is 

necessary to effectively prepare their certification motion and to oppose a decertification motion.

WHEREAS, as the litigation has progressed, unanticipated events have occurred that have 

delayed the litigation. The Parties received notice that a related case, Viet Bui v. Sprint 

Corporation; Sprint Communications Company, L.P.; Sprint/United Management Company Co., 

E.D. Cal. (Sacramento) Case No. 2:14-cv-02461-TLN-AC, was filed in the Eastern District of 

California, and a mediation was scheduled. Guilbaud plaintiffs’ counsel moved to intervene and 

moved to stay the scheduled mediation on the asserted ground that the claims are substantially 

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similar and the Bui putative class may partially subsume the Guilbaud putative Rule 23 class. There 

has been no ruling on the intervention motion, and Plaintiffs’ efforts to stay the mediation were 

unsuccessful. A Notice of Settlement was filed in Bui on March 9, 2015. On April 28, 2015, that 

Court issued a minute order requiring the parties to file a motion for preliminary approval within 60 

days of the order. Any settlement in Bui, in the event that it is approved, may impact certification in

Guilbaud. Thus, additional time is necessary so the Parties may evaluate any potential settlement in 

Bui. 

WHEREAS, in light of all of the foregoing, the Parties have recently determined that 

settlement discussions may be appropriate at this juncture and have agreed to schedule a mediation. 

The Parties are in the process of exchanging names of potential mediators. The Parties expect that 

the mediation will occur in the next 60 to 90 days. The current scheduling order in this case does 

not contemplate mediation or allow for focused exchange of damages data and information, 

preparation of a reasoned damages analysis for the collective and class, or settlement discussions. 

The Parties require additional time to complete these steps necessary to explore settlement. 

WHEREAS, in order to accommodate these matters, the Parties propose that the current 

deadlines be continued 120 days to prevent any prejudice to either party. 

WHEREAS, in light of the foregoing, the Parties submit this Stipulation to Extend 

Deadlines in December 16, 2014 Order to extend the deadlines for the Parties’ class certification 

briefs as well as all following deadlines set forth in the Court’s December 16, 2014 Order. 

NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED AND AGREED, by and between the 

Parties, through their respective undersigned counsel in the above-captioned litigation, and without 

waiver or limitation of any of their rights, claims, remedies or defenses in connection with this 

action, that the following further amended deadlines be adopted and set forth in the matter: 

 Motion for Class Certification to be filed: October 7, 2015 [current date: June 16, 2015].

o Opposition to Motion for Class Certification to be filed: November 6, 2015 [current

date: July 14, 2015].

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o Reply to Opposition to Motion for Class Certification to be filed: November 20, 

2015 [current date: July 28, 2015]. 

 Hearing on Motion for Class Certification: December 17, 2015 at 10:00 a.m. [current date 

August 20, 2015 at 10:00 a.m.]

 Discovery Cut-off: April 29, 2016 [current date December 18, 2015].

 Expert Discovery Cut-off: April 29, 2016 [current date December 18, 2015].

 Deadline for Expert Disclosure and Rebuttal: Disclosures must be made by February 26, 

2016 [current date October 19, 2015]; Rebuttals must be made by March 28, 2016 [current 

date November 18, 2015].

 Dispositive Motions Hearing Deadline: May 19, 2016 at 10:00 a.m. [current date January 

21, 2016 at 10:00 a.m.]

 Pretrial Conference: 2 months after ruling on dispositive motions set for hearing on 

above deadline (TBD based on Court’s order; Court schedules pretrial conference on 

Tuesdays at 1:30 p.m.)

 Jury Trial Date: 1 month after pretrial conference (Court schedules trials Monday 

through Wednesday and Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.)

IT IS SO STIPULATED.

DATED: May 6, 2015 SCHNEIDER WALLACE 

COTTRELL KONECKY WOTKYNS LLP

/s/ Carolyn H. Cottrell

Carolyn H. Cottrell 

Attorneys for Plaintiffs, the Proposed Collective and 

Putative Class 

DATED: May 6, 2015 MCGUIREWOODS LLP

/s/ Matthew C. Kane

Matthew C. Kane

Attorneys for Defendant SPRINT/UNITED

MANAGEMENT COMPANY

Mondays

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[PROPOSED] ORDER ON STIPULATION

Pursuant to the Parties’ Stipulation to Extend Deadlines in December 16, 2014 Order, and 

without waiver or limitation of any of the Parties’ rights, claims, remedies or defenses in connection 

with this action, the Court finds good cause and approves the requested stipulation. The Court 

orders the following further amended schedule to govern the future deadlines in the litigation:

 Motion for Class Certification to be filed: October 7, 2015 [current date: June 16, 2015].

o Opposition to Motion for Class Certification filed: November 6, 2015 [current date: 

July 14, 2015].

o Reply to Opposition to Motion for Class Certification to be filed: November 20, 

2015 [current date: July 28, 2015]. 

 Hearing on Motion for Class Certification: December 17, 2015 at 10:00 a.m. [current date 

August 20, 2015 at 10:00 a.m.]

 Discovery Cut-off: April 29, 2016 [current date December 18, 2015].1010

 Expert Discovery Cut-off: April 29, 2016 [current date December 18, 2015].

 Deadline for Expert Disclosure and Rebuttal: Disclosures must be made by February 26, 

2016 [current date October 19, 2015]; Rebuttals must be made by March 28, 2016 [current 

date November 18, 2015].

 Dispositive Motions Hearing Deadline: May 19, 2016 at 10:00 a.m. [current date January 

21, 2016 at 10:00 a.m.]

 Pretrial Conference: 2 months after ruling on dispositive motions set for hearing on 

above deadline (TBD based on Court’s order; Court schedules pretrial conference on 

Tuesdays at 1:30 p.m.)

 Jury Trial Date: 1 month after pretrial conference (Court schedules trials Monday 

through Wednesday and Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.)

IT IS SO ORDERED.

DATED:_____________ ___________________________________

The Honorable Vince Chhabria

United States District Judge, Northern District of California

AS MODIFIED Mondays May 20, 2015

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORN

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IT IS SO ORDERED

AS MODIFIED

Judge Vince Chhabria

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