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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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Case No. 03-01180 (SBA) `

LERACH COUGHLIN STOIA GELLER 

 RUDMAN & ROBBINS L.L.P. 

Theodore J. Pintar (CA Bar #131372) 

Steven W. Pepich (CA Bar #116086) 

James A. Caputo (CA Bar #120485) 

655 West Broadway, Suite 1900 

San Diego, CA 92101 

Telephone: +1.619.231.1058 

Facsimile: +1.619.231.7423 

[Additional Counsel on Signature Page] 

Attorneys for Plaintiffs 

PAUL VELIZ, et al. 

SQUIRE, SANDERS & DEMPSEY L.L.P. 

Mark C. Dosker (CA Bar # 114789) 

Diane L. Gibson (CA Bar # 114825) 

Michael W. Kelly (CA Bar #214038) 

Joseph A. Meckes (CA Bar #190279) 

Angela N. O'Rourke (CA Bar #211912) 

One Maritime Plaza, Third Floor 

San Francisco, CA 94111-3492 

Telephone: +1.415.954.0200 

Facsimile: +1.415.393.9887 

Attorneys for Defendants 

CINTAS CORPORATION and 

PLAN ADMINISTRATOR FOR THE 

CINTAS PARTNERS' PLAN 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

(OAKLAND DIVISION) 

PAUL VELIZ, et al., On behalf of 

Themselves and All Others Similarly 

Situated, 

Plaintiffs, 

vs. 

CINTAS CORPORATION, an Ohio 

corporation; PLAN ADMINISTRATOR 

for the Cintas Partners' Plan; and DOES 1-

25, inclusive, 

 Defendants.

Case No. 03-01180 (SBA) 

CLASS ACTION

E-FILING

JOINT STIPULATED AMENDED 

REQUEST FOR ORDER CHANGING 

TIME, AND ORDER, PURSUANT TO 

CIVIL LOCAL RULE 6-2, REGARDING 

TRIAL DATE AND RELATED PRETRIAL 

PREPARATION DATES 

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JOINT STIPULATED AMENDED REQUEST FOR ORDER CHANGING TIME, AND 

ORDER, PURSUANT TO CIVIL LOCAL RULE 6-2 

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 WHEREAS, the parties’ respective counsel have met and conferred extensively about the 

matters which are the subject of this Joint Stipulated Request and Order and have executed and 

filed herewith as an attachment a declaration in accordance with Civil Local Rule 6-2(a); 

 WHEREAS, the operative complaint in this action, the Second Amended Complaint, has 

been on file with the Court only since February 28, 2006 [Docket No. 519]; 

WHEREAS, this action has involved complex preliminary proceedings to determine who 

may participate in various aspects of it, and the scope of various issues, including motions to 

dismiss as to various claims for relief (one of which had separate judgment entered which was 

subsequently appealed and resolved before the Court of Appeals) and issuing two facilitated 

notices with two opt-in periods, the latter not ending until January 14, 2005 [Docket Nos.121, 

123, 170, and 363]; 

WHEREAS, this matter has also involved complex preliminary proceedings to determine 

which individuals who opted in to this case as plaintiffs are compelled to arbitrate or have their 

claims herein stayed by virtue of arbitration agreements, which matters were also subject to 

Motions for Reconsideration, all of which were not resolved until February 14, 2006 [Docket 

No. 516]; 

WHEREAS, after it was determined that 482 individuals who had opted into this action 

as plaintiffs were not subject to having their claims stayed due to arbitration agreements, the 

parties have continued to establish by stipulations and motions the number of individuals 

actually proceeding with claims in this action, including, specifically thus far, dismissal with 

prejudice of 56 plaintiffs by three stipulations [Docket Nos. 577, 584 and 604] and summary 

judgment against an additional 115 plaintiffs through two motions for summary judgment 

[Docket Nos. 623 and 631]; 

WHEREAS, Plaintiffs’ counsel state that they have engaged in extensive efforts to gather 

specific individualized information from all of the litigating plaintiffs, which efforts included 

repeated attempts over more than a year-long period using first class mail, certified mail, 

telephone, skip tracing, and, when available, e-mail, and despite those efforts, Plaintiffs’ counsel 

recently filed a Motion to Withdraw as Counsel as to 81 of the litigating plaintiffs, the supporting 

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JOINT STIPULATED AMENDED REQUEST FOR ORDER CHANGING TIME, 

AND ORDER, PURSUANT TO CIVIL LOCAL RULE 6-2 

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papers for which set forth in more detail the efforts of plaintiffs’ counsel as summarized in this 

recital; 

WHEREAS, at a hearing on April 3, 2007 this Court stated its intention to grant Plaintiff 

Counsels’ Motion to Withdraw as Counsel as to those 81 persons, and further stated then and in 

the Court’s Order filed on April 17, 2007 [Docket No. 631 at 9:22-24] a willingness to entertain 

a motion to dismiss for failure to prosecute such of those nonresponding individuals (23 

additional plaintiffs) against whom the Court has not otherwise granted summary judgment 

(which motion Cintas expects to file shortly), although it is unknown which if any of those 

nonresponding individuals will respond to a motion to dismiss for failure to prosecute by coming 

forward pro se or with separate counsel; 

WHEREAS, the parties’ counsel are continuing to meet and confer as to the status of 

other individual plaintiffs to determine the extent to which any additional individuals should be 

dismissed by stipulation or will be subject to further summary judgment motions to narrow the 

number of participants and issues for presentation at trial in this action; 

WHEREAS, only as the identities of the specific remaining litigating plaintiffs have been 

ascertained and the pool of such persons has been and is narrowed are the parties’ respective 

counsel able to focus in an efficient, practical way on the potential claims to be resolved at trial, 

including the facts, circumstances, specific evidence and expert analysis related to the specific 

claims and the specific defenses potentially applicable thereto; 

WHEREAS, the parties’ respective counsel have resolved many discovery issues through 

meeting and conferring, and intend to continue to work towards resolving such issues, but 

require adequate time to permit compromises to be reached and thereby avoid or minimize the 

necessity of submitting discovery disputes to the Court for resolution; 

WHEREAS, the parties have mutually litigated disputed issues in this matter zealously 

and vigorously, but have also reached compromises and agreements where appropriate and 

believe that providing additional time for the parties’ respective counsel to continue to meet and 

confer and compromise or resolve outstanding areas of dispute will significantly further the 

orderly, efficient and expeditious prosecution, defense and resolution of this action; 

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JOINT STIPULATED AMENDED REQUEST FOR ORDER CHANGING TIME, 

AND ORDER, PURSUANT TO CIVIL LOCAL RULE 6-2 

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WHEREAS, the parties’ respective counsel agree that the instant joint request for 

resetting the trial date and operative dates related thereto will permit the parties the necessary 

time to effectively complete (1) any further narrowing of the number of individuals participating 

and issues to be presented at trial, (2) discovery both as to fact and expert matters, with 

considerably less Court intervention than would otherwise be necessary, and (3) valuation and 

assessment of the case; 

WHEREAS, the parties’ respective counsel further agree that the instant joint request for 

resetting the trial date and operative dates related thereto is in the interest of the efficient use of 

the Court’s resources and the administration of justice because it will permit the parties adequate 

time and flexibility to resolve disputes to the extent possible and frame the case to the extent 

possible so as to result in less imposition on judicial resources than would be required based on 

the currently scheduled dates, and will further the orderly presentation of the case at trial 

especially in light of the numerous claims and defenses and the limited amount of trial time the 

Court has indicated will be available; 

WHEREAS, following an initial Case Management Conference on August 1, 2003 the 

Court had originally set a trial date for trial to begin on March 7, 2005 for an estimated duration 

of 3-4 months [Docket No. 44 at 4:26], and the Court vacated that date on August 31, 2004 as 

having been what the Court and parties characterized as a “placeholder” [Docket No. 194], and 

the Court entered a new Order for Pretrial Preparation on April 10, 2006 [Docket No. 525] 

setting October 29, 2007 as the Trial Date; 

WHEREAS, counsel for Cintas and various of the counsel for Plaintiffs are currently 

scheduled for the trial of a class action, in which Cintas is the defendant, in the Superior Court of 

the State of California in and for the County of Los Angeles, commencing on February 25, 2008, 

estimated to take approximately two (2) to four (4) weeks, and for that reason as well as for the 

reasons recited above, this requested Joint Stipulated Request is dependent on this Court 

resetting the Trial Date for this action to a date that is on or after April 28, 2008; and 

WHEREAS, this Joint Stipulated Request will, upon Court approval, move all operative 

dates by approximately six months, the exact date depending on the Court’s availability for trial 

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JOINT STIPULATED AMENDED REQUEST FOR ORDER CHANGING TIME, 

AND ORDER, PURSUANT TO CIVIL LOCAL RULE 6-2 

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on or after April 28, 2008 but this Joint Stipulated Request will maintain the sequence and 

intervals for all other dates, working backwards from the Trial Date; 

 NOW, THEREFORE, the parties hereto by and through their respective undersigned 

counsel hereby stipulate, subject to Court approval, as follows: 

1. Modification of the Dates Set Forth in the Court’s April 10, 2006 Order for 

Pretrial Preparation [Docket No. 525]. 

a. Discovery Cut-off: November 19, 2007 or such later date that is four 

months before the Trial Date set herein. 

b. Expert Designation and Discovery. Both parties shall designate any 

experts in accordance with Fed. R. Civ. P. 26(a)(2) by September 17, 

2007, or such later date that is six months before the Trial Date set herein. 

Rebuttal expert disclosure shall be by November 16, 2007, or such later 

date that is five months before the Trial Date set herein. Expert 

discovery shall be completed by December 21, 2007, or such later date 

that is three months before the Trial Date set herein. 

c. Motion Cut-Off. All motions including dispositive motions shall be 

heard on or before January 8, 2008 or such later date that is two and a half 

months before the Trial Date set herein. 

d. Mandatory Settlement Conference. The mandatory settlement 

conference shall take place between January 9, 2008 and February 8, 2008 

or such later one-month date range commencing two months and one 

week before the Trial Date set herein. 

e. Pretrial Conference. The conference shall take place on March 4, 2008, 

at 1:00 p.m. 

f. Pretrial Preparation. Pretrial Preparation is due February 12, 2008 

Motions in limine and objections to evidence are due on February 19, 

2008 . Responses to motions in limine or objections to evidence are due 

on February 26, 2008. 

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JOINT STIPULATED AMENDED REQUEST FOR ORDER CHANGING TIME, 

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g. Trial. Trial before jury will begin on or after March 10, 2008, at 8:30 

a.m., or such date thereafter as the Court may designate in the Order on 

this Stipulation, for an estimated 12 trial days. 

h. Other Terms of the Order for Pretrial Preparation Remain in Force: 

Other than the date changes stipulated to above, the other terms of the 

Court’s Order for Pretrial Preparation [Docket No. 525] remain in force. 

2. No part of this Stipulation is effective unless the Court accepts every part of it as 

written, by re-setting the dates as set forth herein. 

3. This Stipulation and Order may be executed in separate counterparts by each of 

the parties hereto, and such executed counterparts may be exchanged by facsimile 

or electronically, but all such counterparts taken together shall form but one and 

the same Stipulation and Order. 

IT IS SO STIPULATED, THROUGH COUNSEL OF RECORD. 

Dated: May 4, 2007 LERACH COUGHLIN STOIA GELLER 

RUDMAN & ROBBINS L.L.P., and 

ALTSHULER BERZON LLP, and 

TRABER & VOORHEES 

By:____________/s/___________________

 Steven W. Pepich 

Attorneys for Plaintiffs PAUL VELIZ, et al. 

Dated: May 4, 2007 SQUIRE, SANDERS & DEMPSEY, L.L.P. 

By: ____________/s/__________________

 Michael W. Kelly 

Attorneys for Defendants CINTAS 

CORPORATION and PLAN 

ADMINISTRATOR FOR THE CINTAS 

PARTNERS’ PLAN 

CINTAS PARTNERS’ PLAN 

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JOINT STIPULATED AMENDED REQUEST FOR ORDER CHANGING TIME, 

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ORDER 

Pursuant to Stipulation, the dates in the April 10, 2006 Order for Pretrial Preparation are 

hereby vacated and the following dates are set: 

 1. Trial Date: Trial before the jury will commence on March 10, 2008, for an 

estimated 12 trial days. 

 2. Pretrial Conference: March 4, 2008, at 1:00 p.m. 

 3. Pretrial Preparation: February 12, 2008 

a. Motions in limine and objections to evidence: February 19, 2008. 

b. Responses to motions in limine or objections to evidence: February 26, 

2008. 

 4. Mandatory Settlement Conference: To Be held between January 9, 2008 and 

February 8, 2008. 

5. Motion Cut-Off: January 8, 2008. 

6. Expert Designation and Discovery. 

a. Designation: September 17, 2007 

b. Rebuttal expert disclosure: November 16, 2007 

c. Completion of expert discovery: December 21, 2007 

 7. Discovery Cut-off: November 19, 2007 

 8. Other Terms of the Order for Pretrial Preparation Remain in Force: Other 

than the date changes ordered above, the other terms of the Court’s Order for Pretrial Preparation 

[Docket No. 525] remain in force. 

PURSUANT TO STIPULATION, IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Dated: ________, 2007 

 SAUNDRA BROWN ARMSTRONG 

 United States District Judge 

MAY 9

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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

I hereby certify that on May 4, 2007, I electronically filed the foregoing with the Clerk of 

the Court using the CM/ECF system which will send notification of such filing to the e-mail 

addresses denoted on the attached Electronic Mail Notice List, and I hereby certify that I have 

mailed the foregoing document or paper via the United States Postal Service to the non-CM/ECF 

participants indicated on the attached Manual Notice List. 

I certify under penalty of perjury under the laws of the United States of America that the 

foregoing is true and correct. Executed on May 4, 2007. 

 s/ STEVEN W. PEPICH 

 STEVEN W. PEPICH 

LERACH COUGHLIN STOIA GELLER 

 RUDMAN & ROBBINS LLP 

655 West Broadway, Suite 1900 

San Diego, CA 92101-3301 

Telephone: 619/231-1058 

619/231-7423 (fax) 

E-mail: stevep@lerachlaw.com

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