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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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STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER 

RE: ADR PROCESS (NO. 3:10-CV-01074-JSW)

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650 CALIFORNIA STREET

20TH FLOOR

AN FRANCISCO, CA 94108.2693

415.433.1940

William J. Flynn, CA Bar No. 95371

Benjamin K. Lunch, CA State Bar No. 246015

NEYHART, ANDERSON, FLYNN & GROSBOLL

44 Montgomery Street, Suite 2080

San Francisco, CA 94104.6702

Telephone: 415.677.9440

Fax No.: 415.677.9445

Email: blunch@neyhartlaw.com

Attorneys for Plaintiffs ROGER PORTER, MICHAEL

KRAFT, and BEN ROSS

Robert G. Hulteng, CA Bar No. 071293

rhulteng@littler.com

Joshua D. Kienitz, CA Bar No. 244903

jkienitz@littler.com

Ryan E. Abernethy, CA Bar No. 267538

rabernethy@littler.com

LITTLER MENDELSON, P.C.

650 California Street

20th Floor

San Francisco, California 94108.2693

Telephone: 415.433.1940

Fax No.: 415.399.8490

Attorneys for Defendants

BAUER’S LIMOUSINE SERVICE, INC. 

and GARY BAUER

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

ROGER PORTER, MICHAEL KRAFT, and 

BEN ROSS, on their own behalf and on behalf 

of all others similarly situated,

Plaintiffs,

v.

BAUER’S LIMOUSINE SERVICE, INC., a 

California corporation, and GARY BAUER, an 

individual,

Defendants.

Case No. 3:10-CV-01074-JSW

STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] 

ORDER RE: ADR PROCESS

Complaint Filed: March 12, 2010

First Amended Complaint Filed: April 9, 2010

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STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER 

RE: ADR PROCESS -2- (NO. 3:10-CV-01074-JSW)

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The Parties to the above-entitled action jointly submit this Stipulation and [Proposed] 

Order regarding the alternative dispute resolution ("ADR") process. 

The parties’ counsel (Mr. Lunch, Mr. Hulteng and Mr. Kienitz) met and conferred by

telephone on June 7, 2010 to discuss ADR options, the claims and defenses at issue in this case, and 

the information which each party will need to gather, share, and analyze with respect to the central 

issues in the case (including the alleged application of the federal Motor Carrier Act exemption [see 

29 U.S.C. § 213(b)(1)] to the overtime requirements of the Fair Labor Standards Act [see 29 U.S.C. 

§ 207(a)]). During this initial meet and confer discussion, it became clear that this information, 

which will largely relate to whether (and, if so, the extent to which) the Named Plaintiffs, Bauer's 

and/or its drivers other than the Named Plaintiffs are engaged in "interstate commerce" within the 

meaning of the exemption, will take some time to gather, share, and analyze.

For the foregoing reasons, the Parties respectfully submit that it is premature for them 

to make a decision on whether to select one or more of the available ADR options – although each of 

the Parties remains open to that possibility. The Parties propose – and hereby request leave of this 

Court – to work together to exchange information (formally or informally) necessary for the 

meaningful evaluation of claims and defenses by July 16, 2010, and thereafter, to meet and confer 

again forthwith regarding ADR possibilities. 

Accordingly, subject to the approval of this Court, it is hereby stipulated and agreed, 

by and between the Parties hereto through their respective counsel, that the deadline for the Order 

Selecting ADR be continued until a date to be determined by the Court on or after July 23, 2010 (the 

date of the initial case management conference in this matter). Thus, the Parties, through their 

undersigned counsel, respectfully request that the Court enter this Stipulation as an Order.

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STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER 

RE: ADR PROCESS -3- (NO. 3:10-CV-01074-JSW)

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650 CALIFORNIA STREET

20TH FLOOR

AN FRANCISCO, CA 94108.2693

415.433.1940

FIRMWIDE:95804038.1 053752.1006

IT IS SO STIPULATED.

Each of the undersigned certify that the content of the foregoing document is 

acceptable to all persons required to sign the document and authorization to electronically sign this 

document has been obtained.

Dated: June 14, 2010 Respectfully submitted,

/s/Willian J. Flynn

WILLIAM J. FLYNN

BENJAMIN K. LUNCH

Attorneys for Plaintiff

ROGER PORTER

Dated: June 14, 2010 Respectfully submitted,

/s/ Joshua D. Kienitz

ROBERT A. HULTENG

JOSHUA D. KIENITZ

RYAN E. ABERNETHY

LITTLER MENDELSON P.C.

Attorneys for Defendants

BAUER’S LIMOUSINE SERVICE, INC. 

AND GARY BAUER

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: ______________, 2010

HONORABLE JEFFREY S. WHITE

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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