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Nature of Suit Code: 442
Nature of Suit: Civil Rights Employment
Cause of Action: 28:1332 Diversity-Employment Discrimination

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PERRY v. PERDUE FOODS, LLC, et al. 

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HUNTER PYLE, SBN 191125

TANYA P. TAMBLING, SBN 262979

HUNTER PYLE LAW

428 Thirteenth Street, 11th Floor

Oakland, California 94612

Telephone: (510) 444-4400

Facsimile: (510) 444-4410

hunter@hunterpylelaw.com, ttambling@hunterpylelaw..com

Attorneys for Plaintiff

BARBARA PERRY

[Additional Counsel on the Next Page]

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

BARBARA PERRY,

Plaintiff,

vs.

PERDUE FOODS, LLC and COLEMAN 

NATURAL FOODS, LLC,

Defendants.

CASE NO.: 3:17-cv-03502-JST

18-cv-02664-JST

Judge Jon S. Tigar

Courtroom 9 – 19th Floor

Mag. Judge Jacqueline Scott Corley

Courtroom F – 15th Floor

JOINT STIPULATION TO EXTEND 

DISCOVERY, EXPERT 

DISCLOSURES AND DISPOSITIVE 

MOTION DEADLINES

Complaint filed: June 16, 2017

Trial date: February 4, 2019

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ALEX G. TOVARIAN, SBN 264547

LAW OFFICES OF ALEKSEY G. TOVARIAN

50 California Street, Ste. 3325

San Francisco, CA 94111

Telephone: (415) 984-9990

Facsimile: (415) 520-5830 

tovarianlaw@gmail.com

Attorneys for Plaintiff

BARBARA PERRY

MICHAEL A. HOOD, SBN 71258

ERIN W. KENDRELLA, SBN 273504

JACKSON LEWIS P.C.

200 Spectrum Center Drive, Ste. 500

Irvine, CA 92618

Telephone: (949) 885-1360

Facsimile: (949) 885-1380

michael.hood@jacksonlewis.com, erin.kendrella@jacksonlewis.com

Attorneys for Defendant

PERDUE FOODS, LLC dba Coleman Natural Foods 

(erroneously sued as Coleman Natural Foods, LLC)

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Plaintiff BARBARA PERRY (“Plaintiff”) and Defendant PERDUE FOODS, LLC 

dba Coleman Natural Foods (erroneously sued as Coleman Natural Foods, LLC)

(“Defendant”), by and through their counsel of record, hereby jointly stipulate and 

respectfully request that the Court extend the fact discovery deadline from July 6, 2018 to

October 8, 2018, expert disclosure from July 27, 2018 to October 29, 2018, expert 

rebuttals from August 17, 2018 to November 9, 2018, and expert cut-off from August 31, 

2018 to December 3, 2018, and the deadline to file dispositive motions from October 12, 

2018 to December 17, 2018. Continuing these discovery and dispositive motion 

deadlines will not impact the current court dates: (1) case management conference on 

October 17, 2018, (2) pretrial conference on January 11, 2019, and (3) trial set for 

February 4, 2019. In support of this stipulation, the parties state as follows:

WHEREAS, this Court entered its initial Pretrial Scheduling Order (“Scheduling 

Order”) on September 20, 2017 (Docket number 28);

WHEREAS, Plaintiff propounded set one written discovery on October 25, 2017

and Defendant responded on January 28, 2018;

WHEREAS Defendant conducted Plaintiff’s deposition on January 16, 2018 and 

the deposition of Brenda Richardson on January 30, 2018; 

WHEREAS Plaintiff conducted the following witness depositions: (1) Barbara 

Ridilla on January 10, 2018; (2) Barbara Davis on January 11, 2018; (3) Demetri Ware 

on March 14, 2018; (4) James Ware on March 14, 2018; and (5) Taney Elliott on March 

28, 2018;

WHEREAS, Plaintiff propounded set two of written discovery on June 5, 2018, 

including the discovery of electronically stored information (ESI);

WHEREAS, Defendant propounded written discovery on June 6, 2018;

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WHEREAS, the parties are meeting and conferring regarding the discovery and

may want to conduct further discovery following depositions;

WHEREAS, Plaintiff noticed and took the deposition of Defendant’s former 

Human Resources Manager, Barbara Ridilla, on January 10, 2018 via video because the 

deponent was in Paraguay, South America for several months;

WHEREAS, the parties encountered technical difficulties during the deposition of 

Ms. Ridilla and it had to be continued until a further date when Ms. Ridilla returned to 

the United States;

WHEREAS, Ms. Ridilla’s second deposition is set for June 25, 2018, in Denver, 

Colorado, but needs to be continued to a time that is mutually convenient to all the parties 

as the deponent and Defendant’s counsel are not available. The parties are meeting and 

conferring regarding a new date;

WHEREAS, the Federal Rule of Civil Procedure Rule 30(b)(6) deposition of 

Defendant’s Person Most Knowledgeable and Defendant’s witness, Ryan Jacobson, are 

set for July 6, 2018, but this date needs to be continued to a date when all the parties are 

available as the deponents and Defendant’s counsel are not available;

WHEREAS, the parties are meeting and conferring to set new dates for the 

depositions of Barbara Ridilla, Ryan Jacobson and Defendant’s Person Most 

Knowledgeable; 

WHEREAS, to date, the Parties have not requested an extension to conduct fact 

discovery; 

WHEREAS, the Parties agree that the current Scheduling Order does not allow the 

Parties sufficient time to complete the FRCP 30(b)(6) depositions and witness 

depositions by July 6, 2018 due to client and attorney unavailability, and the Parties 

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anticipate the need for additional discovery following the depositions that is reasonably 

necessary for filing dispositive motions and preparing for trial;

WHEREAS, based on the progress of this case, an extension of the deadlines for 

completing fact discovery, disclosing expert witnesses, and filing dispositive motions will 

allow the Parties to engage in meaningful discovery and to adequately prepare to file 

dispositive motions and prepare for trial; 

WHEREAS, the proposed extension of the deadlines for completing fact discovery 

and disclosing expert witnesses will not delay or prejudice the timely resolution of this 

case;

WHEREAS, Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 16(b)(4) requires good cause and 

judicial consent as prerequisites to modifying a scheduling order; and

WHEREAS, no extension of time has been previously sought by the Parties, and 

the requested extension will not affect the trial date in this case.

THEREFORE, THE PARTIES HEREBY STIPULATE to, and seek an order from 

this Court permitting the following new deadlines, with all other dates set forth in the 

Scheduling Order (Dkt. No. 28) remaining unchanged:

Event Date 

Fact discovery cut-off October 8,2018

Expert disclosures October 29, 2018

Expert rebuttal November 9, 2018

Expert discovery cut-off December 3, 2018

Deadline to file dispositive motions December 17, 2018

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IT IS SO STIPULATED, THROUGH COUNSEL OF RECORD.

DATED: June 12, 2018 /s/ Tanya Tambling

Attorney for Plaintiff

DATED: June 12, 2018 /s/ Erin W. Kendrella

Attorney for Defendant

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: __________________________

Hon. Jon S. Tigar

United States District Judge

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that, to accommodate the parties' stipulated dates, the trial is 

continued to April 8, 2019; the pretrial conference is continued to March 15, 2019; and the 

pretrial conference statement deadline is continued to March 8, 2019. June 14, 2018

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