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Nature of Suit Code: 791
Nature of Suit: Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA)
Cause of Action: 29:1132 E.R.I.S.A.: Employee Benefits

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Case No.: 3:13-cv-05001-EMC Slack, et al. v. Burns, et al. 

STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER TO CONTINUE EXPERT WITNESS DISCOVERY DEADLINES 

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Jeffrey K. Berns (SBN 131351) 

 jberns@law111.com 

H. Scott Leviant (SBN 200834) 

 hsleviant@law111.com 

Albert G. Lum (SBN 259053) 

 alum@law111.com 

BERNS WEISS LLP 

6800 Owensmouth Avenue, Suite 310 

Canoga Park, CA 91303 

Telephone: (818) 961-2000 

Facsimile: (818) 936-0232 

Lee A. Weiss (SBN 297834) 

 lweiss@law111.com 

BERNS WEISS LLP

585 Stewart Avenue, Suite L-20 

Garden City, NY 11530 

Telephone: (516) 222-2900 

Facsimile: (818) 936-0232 

J. Mark Moore (SBN 180473) 

 jmm@mllawyers.net 

LAW OFFICES OF J. MARK MOORE

6800 Owensmouth Avenue, Suite 310 

Canoga Park, CA 91303 

Telephone: (877) 360-7020 

Facsimile: (310) 870-7020 

Attorneys for Plaintiffs 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

DAVID SLACK, et al, 

 Plaintiffs, 

 vs. 

RUSSELL BURNS, et al., 

 Defendants. 

Case No.: 3:13-cv-05001-EMC 

CLASS ACTION 

STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER 

TO CONTINUE EXPERT WITNESS 

DISCOVERY DEADLINES 

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TO THE COURT, TO ALL PARTIES AND TO THEIR COUNSEL OF RECORD: 

This Stipulation is entered into by and between Plaintiffs David Slack, John Jarboe, Ken 

Bettis, Kenny Mendoza and Clyde Eli (“Plaintiffs”) and Defendants Russell E. Burns, Dan Reding, 

Carl Goff, Kevin J. Albanese, F.G. Crosthwaite, Thomas Holsman, John M. Humber, and Richard 

Piombo (“Defendants”) (Plaintiffs and Defendants are the “Parties”). The Stipulation is entered into 

based upon the following facts: 

A. On October 20, 2014, Plaintiffs filed their Second Amended Complaint (“SAC”). (Dkts. 

176, 179.) 

B. On March 16, 2015, the Court issued its Order Granting in Part and Denying in Part 

Defendants’ Motion to Dismiss the SAC. (Dkt. 199.) 

C. Defendants filed Answers to the SAC on April 30, 2015. (Dkts. 208 and 209.) 

D. The Court held a Case Management Conference on April 2, 2015. On April 3, 2015, the 

Court issued a Case Management Order. (Dkt. 207.) The Case Management Order 

presently specifies that the non-expert discovery cut-off is April 14, 2016. The Case 

Management Order also specifies that opening expert reports are to be exchanged on 

April 14, 2016, rebuttal reports are to be exchanged on May 5, 2016, and expert discovery 

is to be concluded on May 26, 2016. 

E. The Parties have conducted substantial discovery in this matter, including depositions of 

the Parties and third-parties. The Parties have exchanged many thousands of pages of 

documents and responses to written discovery. Third-party entities have also produced 

thousands of pages of documents. Additional depositions of third-party witnesses are 

scheduled for April 11, 2016 and April 12, 2016, in New York. 

F. After conferring about the fact that opening expert reports are due on April 14, 2016, 

which is also the non-expert discovery cut-off date, the Parties have agreed that 

continuing all of the expert discovery dates approximately 30 days would reduce the 

likelihood that non-expert evidence would remain unsettled after the opening expert 

report is due. This continuance will not impact any of the remaining pre-trial dates or the 

trial date. 

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Therefore, Plaintiffs and the Defendants stipulate as follows, subject to Court approval: 

1. The expert opening report due date will be continued from April 14, 2016 to May 16, 

2016. 

2. The expert rebuttal report due date will be continued from May 5, 2016 to June 6, 2016. 

3. The expert discovery cut-off will be continued from May 26, 2016 to June 24, 2016. 

4. All other dates and deadlines shall remain the same. 

5. This stipulated continuance is without prejudice to any subsequent request by a Party to 

adjust any deadline or further stipulations by the Parties to modify any deadline. 

Dated: March 22, 2016 BERNS WEISS LLP

 

 By: /s/ H. Scott Leviant

Jeffrey K. Berns 

Lee A. Weiss 

H. Scott Leviant 

Albert G. Lum 

LAW OFFICES OF J. MARK MOORE 

J. Mark Moore 

Attorneys for Plaintiffs 

Dated: March 22, 2016 LAW OFFICE OF KENNETH C. ABSALOM

 

 By: /s/ Kenneth C. Absalom, by permission

 Kenneth C. Absalom 

 George R. Nemiroff 

 Attorneys for Defendants Russell E Burns, Dan 

Reding, and Carl Goff 

Dated: March 22, 2016 COX, CASTLE & NICHOLSON LLP 

 By: /s/ Dwayne McKenzie, by permission

 Dwayne McKenzie 

 Attorneys for Defendants Kevin J. Albanese, F.G. 

Crosthwaite, Thomas Holsman, John M. Humber, 

Richard Piombo 

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ECF CERTIFICATION 

Pursuant to Local Rule 5-1(i)(3), the filing attorney attests that he has obtained concurrence 

regarding the filing of this document from the signatories to the document. 

Dated: March 22, 2016 By: /s/ H. Scott Leviant

H. Scott Leviant 

 hsleviant@law111.com 

 BERNS WEISS LLP 

 6800 Owensmouth Avenue, Suite 310 

Canoga Park, CA 91303 

 Telephone: (818) 961-2000 

 Facsimile: (818) 999-1500 

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ORDER 

Pursuant to the foregoing Stipulation of counsel and for good cause shown, IT IS HEREBY 

ORDERED that: 

1. The expert opening report due date is continued from April 14, 2016 to May 16, 2016. 

2. The expert rebuttal report due date is continued from May 5, 2016 to June 6, 2016. 

3. The expert discovery cut-off is continued from May 26, 2016 to June 24, 2016. 

4. No other dates or deadlines are changed by this Order. 

5. This stipulated continuance is without prejudice to any subsequent request by a Party to 

adjust any deadline or further stipulations by the Parties to modify any deadline. 

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Dated: __________________ , 2016 ____________________________________ 

Hon. Edward M. Chen 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE 

3/23

U

NITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

IT IS SO ORDERED

Judge Edward M. Chen

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