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Nature of Suit Code: 751
Nature of Suit: Labor - Family and Medical Leave Act
Cause of Action: 05:704 Labor Litigation

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HOYER & HICKS 

Richard A. Hoyer (SBN 151931) 

rhoyer@hoyerlaw.com 

Ryan L. Hicks (SBN 260284) 

rhicks@hoyerlaw.com 

Jennifer E. McGuire (SBN 282704) 

jmcguire@hoyerlaw.com 

4 Embarcadero Center, Suite 1400 

San Francisco, CA 94111 

tel (415) 766-3539 

fax (415) 276-1738 

Attorneys for Plaintiffs 

STEVEN VILLARREAL, AGUSTIN BENITEZ, and CARLOS MORALES 

Mark D. Kruthers 

mkruthers@dowlingaaron.com 

Dowling Aaron Incorporated 

8080 N. Palm Ave. Third Floor 

Fresno, CA 93711 

tel (559) 432-4500 

fax (559) 432-4590 

Attorneys for PERFECTION PET FOODS, LLC 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

STEVEN VILLARREAL, AGUSTIN 

BENITEZ, and CARLOS MORALES, on 

behalf of themselves and all others similarly 

situated, 

 Plaintiffs, 

vs. 

PERFECTION PET FOODS, LLC, a 

California limited liability company, 

 Defendant. 

Case No. 1:16-cv-01661-LJO-EPG 

STIPULATION AND ORDER RE: 

DEADLINE TO FILE RESPONSE TO 

FIRST AMENDED COMPLAINT AND 

CONTINUANCE OF SCHEDULING 

CONFERENCE 

 

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I. 

STIPULATION 

Plaintiffs STEVEN VILLARREAL, AGUSTIN BENITEZ, and CARLOS MORALES 

(collectively, “Plaintiffs”) and Defendant PERFECTION PET FOODS, LLC (“Defendant”) 

hereby agree as follows: 

1. Pursuant to a stipulation entered into by Plaintiffs and Defendant, which 

subsequently became an Order of the above-entitled Court, Plaintiffs filed their First 

Amended Complaint in this case on January 10, 2017 (the “FAC”). 

2. In accordance with the prior stipulation and Order of the above-entitled Court, 

Defendant had until January 24, 2017 to file a response to the FAC. 

3. In discussions with counsel for Plaintiffs, counsel for Defendant indicated that 

a Motion to Compel Arbitration would be filed in response to the FAC. 

4. Counsel for Plaintiffs agreed to review the arbitration policy and/or 

agreements at issue and consider whether or not Plaintiffs would be agreeable to 

stipulating to refer the above-captioned action to binding arbitration. 

5. In order to give the parties time to discuss the issue of binding arbitration, and 

possibly avoid the need for a Motion to Compel Arbitration to be filed, Plaintiffs agreed to 

continue Defendant’s deadline to file a response to the FAC fourteen (14) days (or until 

February 7, 2017). 

6. Presently, a Mandatory Scheduling Conference is set to take place in the 

above-captioned action on February 7, 2017. The parties acknowledge that in the event 

the purported disputes are sent to binding arbitration, there will be no need for the 

Mandatory Scheduling Conference to take place. 

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7. In the event Plaintiffs do not agree to stipulate to binding arbitration, 

Defendant will file its Motion to Compel Arbitration on February 7, 2017 and request that the 

hearing on the Motion to Compel Arbitration be set for March 10, 2017. 

8. In order to the give the parties, and if necessary the Court, time to address 

the issue of binding arbitration, Plaintiffs and Defendant agree that the Mandatory 

Scheduling Conference currently set for February 7, 2017 should be continued to a date in 

late March or early April of 2017. 

IT IS SO STIPULATED. 

Pursuant to Civil Local Rule 131(e), concurrence in the filing of this document has 

been obtained from Jennifer E. McGuire, Esq., counsel for Plaintiffs on January 24, 2017. 

HOYER & HICKS 

Date: January 24, 2017 /s/ Jennifer E. McGuire 

(as authorized on 1-24-17) 

Jennifer E. McGuire 

Attorneys for Plaintiffs Steven Villarreal, 

Agustin Benitez, and Carlos Morales 

DOWLING AARON INCORPORATED 

Date: January 24, 2017 /s/ Mark D. Kruthers 

Mark D. Kruthers 

Attorneys for 

Perfection Pet Foods, LLC 

 

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ORDER 

Based upon the foregoing stipulation and good cause appearing, the terms and 

conditions set forth in the Stipulation are SO ORDERED and the Mandatory Scheduling 

Conference in the above-entitled matter is continued to April 18, 2017 at 9:30 a.m., in 

Courtroom 10 (EPG) before Magistrate Judge Erica P. Grosjean. 

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Dated: January 30, 2017 /s/

 UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE 

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