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Nature of Suit Code: 710
Nature of Suit: Fair Labor Standards Act
Cause of Action: 28:1441 Petition for Removal- Labor/Mgmnt. Relations

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STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] COORDINATION ORDER 

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION 

RANDALL THILL, individually and on behalf 

of all others similarly situated, 

Plaintiff, 

v. 

EDWARD D. JONES & CO., L.P., a limited 

partnership and DOES 1 through 50, inclusive, 

Defendants. 

CASE NO. C 05 4893 JCS 

STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] 

COORDINATION ORDER 

Judge: Hon. Joseph C. Spero 

 Pursuant to the Court’s Orders of September 8, 2006, September 11, 2006, and September 

18, 2006, the parties to the instant lawsuit were to “meet-and-confer with counsel in Case Nos. 06-

CV-66J (W.D. PA 2006) Ellis v. Edward D. Jones & Co., L.P., and 06-CV-1029 KRG (W.D. PA) 

Booher v. Edward D. Jones & Co., L.P., and file a joint proposed coordination order (and any 

separate proposals on areas of disagreement) by September 29, 2006.” (Court’s Order dated Sept. 

11, 2006). In compliance with this Court’s Order, Plaintiff Randall Thill and defendant Edward 

D. Jones & Co., L.P. (“Edward Jones”), by and through their respective counsel, have now metand-conferred with plaintiff James Ellis’ counsel Gary Lynch and plaintiff Gerald Booher’s 

counsel Gerald Wells, III (hereinafter, the Booher, Ellis, and Thill lawsuits will be referenced 

collectively as the “Subject Actions”). Each of the parties to the Subject Actions have agreed to a 

schedule and the parties to this case hereby submit this Stipulation and [Proposed] Coordination 

Order (“Order”), along with an Agreed Coordinated Discovery and Pre-Trial Schedule attached 

hereto as Exhibit A. This schedule will be filed as a separate document in each of the cases. 

Judge Kim R. Gibson, who is presiding over the Booher and Ellis lawsuits, which have now been 

consolidated, has stated that he is amenable to this proposed schedule. 

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Now, therefore, subject to each Court’s approval of this Order, the parties hereby stipulate 

as follows: 

1. Coordination of Discovery. 

Pre-Trial Proceedings in the Subject Actions shall be hereby coordinated, on the terms set 

out below, to prevent unnecessary conflicts and expense and expedite the disposition of all three 

cases. 

2. Filed in All Subject Actions. 

The terms of this Order and the Agreed Coordinated Discovery and Pre-Trial Schedule 

have been agreed to by Plaintiffs’ counsel in the Subject Actions and by Defendant’s Counsel. 

This schedule is subject to an agreement concerning the Booher and Ellis consolidated complaint 

which is to be filed. The parties hope to reach this agreement as to that issue by the October 6, 

2006 Case Management Conference. 

3. Document Discovery. 

Under the Agreed Coordinated Discovery and Pre-Trial Schedule, the Parties to the Thill

lawsuit must complete the exchange of documents responsive to the initial written discovery 

requests by October 31, 2006. Copies of these responses will be provided to counsel for Plaintiff 

Booher and Plaintiff Ellis upon: (1) Entry of the same protective order by Judge Gibson that has 

been entered in the instant matter (pursuant to the terms discussed in subsection (b)); and/or (2) 

Upon signing an agreement to treat these documents and information as Attorneys’ Eyes Only 

until Judge Gibson enters a mutually agreeable protective order. 

(a) Duplicative Discovery. Counsel for the parties in the Ellis and Booher lawsuits 

will serve written discovery requests (Requests for Production, Interrogatories, and Requests for 

Admissions), written objections to these discovery requests, and provide substantive responses to 

written discovery according to the Agreed Coordinated Discovery and Pre-Trial Schedule, 

attached hereto as Exhibit A. Plaintiffs’ counsel in the Subject Actions will work together on 

these requests to ensure that the requests are not duplicative. Counsel for Plaintiffs who have 

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individual or divergent positions or issues requiring discovery may present separate discovery 

requests relating to such issues, provided that in doing so they do not unnecessarily repeat 

discovery already obtained by Counsel for Plaintiff in another Subject Action and within the time 

frames specified. 

(b) Information Produced Pursuant to Protective Order. Counsel for Plaintiffs in the 

Booher and Ellis matters and Counsel for Defendant agree to file a joint stipulation proposing that 

Judge Gibson enter a Protective Order in the Booher and Ellis lawsuits with the same terms as the 

Protective Order that has already been entered in the Thill lawsuit. Counsel for Plaintiffs in the 

Subject Actions shall then be entitled to share discovery responses and documents produced by 

Defendant in any of the Subject Actions, subject to the terms of the Protective Order. 

4. Depositions. 

Under the Agreed Coordinated Discovery and Pre-Trial Schedule, the Parties to the 

Subject Actions agree that they will follow the proposed deadlines for serving deposition notices 

pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 30(b)(6), objecting to these notices, and completing these depositions. 

(a) Cross-Notice of Depositions. Depositions of persons whose testimony will likely 

be relevant in the Subject Actions shall be cross-noticed by all parties for use in all of the Subject 

Actions. Any party to the Subject Actions will have the right to attend and participate in any 

deposition noticed in any of the Subject Actions. 

(b) Depositions of Corporate Representatives. Depositions of corporate 

representatives should also be cross-noticed by all parties for use in all Subject Actions. Counsel 

for Plaintiffs shall be entitled to share the transcripts of any depositions taken in the Subject 

Actions, subject to the Protective Order. 

(c) Failure to Attend. Failure to attend a deposition for which a party has been 

provided appropriate notice in accordance with this order shall result in that party forfeiting its 

right to depose such individual or corporate representative. 

5. Modification of Order.

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 Nothing herein shall prevent any party from moving to broaden, narrow, or otherwise 

modify this Order as circumstances warrant. 

6. Other Litigation. 

Upon motion, these provisions may be ordered applicable to cases involving the same 

common issues subsequently filed in other courts. 

 IT IS SO STIPULATED. 

Dated: September 29, 2006 DOSTART CLAPP GORDON & COVENEY, LLP 

 

 /s/ James F. Clapp________________________

 JAMES F. CLAPP 

 Attorneys for Plaintiff 

 

 RANDALL THILL 

Dated: September 29, 2006 GREENSFELDER, HEMKER & GALE, P.C.

 /s/ Timothy M. Huskey____________________

 TIMOTHY M. HUSKEY 

 Attorneys for Defendant 

 EDWARD D. JONES & CO., L.P. 

 

 IT IS SO ORDERED. 

 

Dated: _________________________ __________________________________ 

 HON. JOSEPH C. SPERO 

 

914974 

October 3, 2006

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORN

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Judge Joseph C. Spero

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