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Nature of Suit Code: 442
Nature of Suit: Civil Rights Employment
Cause of Action: 42:2000 Job Discrimination (Race)

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OUTTEN & GOLDEN LLP 

Jahan C. Sagafi (Cal. Bar No. 224887) 

 E-Mail: jsagafi@outtengolden.com 

Relic Sun (SBN 306701) 

 E-Mail: rsun@outtengolden.com 

Adam Koshkin (SBN 320152) 

 E-Mail: akoshkin@outtengolden.com 

One California Street, 12th Floor 

San Francisco, California 94111 

Telephone: (415) 638-8800 

Facsimile: (415) 638-8810 

OUTTEN & GOLDEN LLP 

Christopher M. McNerney 

(admitted pro hac vice) 

 E-Mail: cmcnerney@outtengolden.com 

685 Third Avenue, 25th Floor 

New York, New York 10017 

Telephone: (212) 245-1000 

Facsimile: (347) 390-2183 

LAWYERS’ COMMITTEE FOR 

CIVIL RIGHTS OF THE 

SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA Elisa Della-Piana (SBN 226462) 

131 Steuart Street, Suite 400 

San Francisco, California 94105 

Telephone: (415) 5643-9444 

Facsimile: (415) 543-0296 

 Attorneys for Plaintiffs Peter Lee and Latonya Campbell 

Additional counsel listed on following page. 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION 

Peter Lee, et al., 

Plaintiffs, 

vs. 

The Hertz Corporation and Dollar Thrifty 

Automotive Group, Inc., 

Defendants. 

 CASE NO. 3:18-cv-07481 

JOINT STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] 

ORDER ADJUSTING CLASS 

CERTIFICATION DISCOVERY AND 

BRIEFING SCHEDULE 

 

AS MODIFIED BY

THE COURT

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MCGUIREWOODS LLP 

Sabrina A. Beldner, Esq. (SBN 221918) 

Email: sbeldner@mcguirewoods.com 

1800 Century Park East, 8th Floor 

Los Angeles, CA 90067-1501 

Telephone: 310.315.8200 

Facsimile: 310.315.8210 

Joel S. Allen (Pro Hac Vice)

Email: jallen@mcguirewoods.com 

Olga A. Bograd (Pro Hac Vice)

Email: obograd@mcguirewoods.com 

MCGUIREWOODS LLP 

2000 McKinney Avenue, Suite 1400 

Dallas, Texas 75201 

Telephone: (214) 932-6464 

William E. Doyle (Pro Hac Vice) 

Email: wdoyle@mcguirewoods.com 

MCGUIREWOODS LLP 

434 Fayetteville Street, Suite 2600 

Raleigh, North Carolina 27601 

Telephone: (919) 755-6600 

Attorneys for Defendants 

THE HERTZ CORPORATION and 

DOLLAR THRIFTY AUTOMOTIVE GROUP, INC. 

Pursuant to Civil Local Rule 7-12, Plaintiffs Peter Lee and Latonya Campbell (collectively, 

“Plaintiffs”) and Defendants The Hertz Corporation and Dollar Thrifty Automotive Group (“Hertz” 

or “Defendants”) (Plaintiffs and Defendants are collectively referred to as “Parties”) hereby 

stipulate to, and request that the Court enter an order, adjusting the class certification discovery and 

briefing schedule, as set forth below. 

1. WHEREAS, on May 29, 2019, the Court entered a Case Management Scheduling 

Order (Dkt. #44), setting a class certification discovery and briefing schedule; 

2. WHEREAS, on October 17, 2019, a Stipulation extending the original dates was 

agreed to by the parties and an Order entered, setting forth an updated class certification discovery 

and briefing schedule as set forth below; 

3. WHEREAS, Defendants retained and substituted in new counsel in this matter, and 

the substitution of counsel was approved by the Court on December 18, 2019 (Dkts. #72-73). 

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4. WHEREAS, Defendants’ new counsel has been reviewing voluminous materials to 

become familiar with the case and the pending discovery requests. In order to address discovery 

responses related to the Court’s discovery order (Dkt. #68), Defendants have also proceeded with 

additional factual investigation of the case, including conducting fact interviews with multiple 

witnesses, including current and former employees of Defendants, and multiple calls with in-house 

counsel. This process has taken substantial time as the production of relevant information requires 

Defendants to conduct an investigation as far back as 2013. 

5. WHEREAS, Defendants’ new counsel is still in the process of attempting to obtain 

complete (and readable) case files from prior counsel, including significant amounts of 

electronically stored information. The volume of the data collected by prior counsel has 

necessitated Defendants to potentially use a third-party vendor for data processing in this matter. 

Defendants are just beginning to assess the data collected, reviewed, and produced by prior counsel, 

as well as to begin negotiations with Plaintiffs’ counsel regarding the scope of ESI discovery in this 

matter. To date, Defendants have not been in a position to engage in anything but preliminary 

discussions about ESI because they are not in possession of the complete case file. 

6. WHEREAS, while awaiting the file transfer, the parties have been diligent in 

moving the case forward, including engaging in detailed procedural and merits-based discussions 

on December 23, 2019, January 6, 2020, January 10, 2020, and January 13, 2020. 

7. WHEREAS, Defendants’ counsel has also interacted with counsel for third-party 

criminal background check vendors whom Plaintiffs subpoenaed and Defendants’ counsel has been 

actively working to process the data from one of the vendors for production to the Plaintiffs after 

production was negotiated by Plaintiffs and the vendor. 

8. WHEREAS, to date, no depositions have been taken by any of the Parties. 

9. WHEREAS, despite Defendants’ best efforts to move the case forward, including 

significant work through the holidays following the substitution of counsel, additional time for fact 

discovery is needed. 

10. WHEREAS, the Parties have conferred and agree that more time is needed to 

complete fact discovery in this matter, and that such additional time provides good cause to modify 

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the fact and related discovery deadlines previously set by the Court, as well as to continue the class 

certification briefing deadlines presently in place; 

11. WHEREAS, Plaintiffs believe that additional intermediate benchmark deadlines 

would be helpful in ensuring that the parties make progress in discovery and have less need for 

further extensions, and are conferring with Defendants as to their benchmark proposal. Defendants 

believe a five-month extension of the current discovery and briefing deadlines is necessary. While 

Defendants do not agree to intermediate benchmarks at this time because Plaintiffs have not 

articulated specifically what those would be, they are open to further discussions. Accordingly, the 

parties jointly request a telephonic CMC to discuss the case schedule. 

NOW THEREFORE, the Parties, through their respective counsel, hereby stipulate to 

request a telephonic CMC on February 13, 2020, or, if the Court is not available then, on February 

27, 2020, or, if the Court is not available then, at the Court’s earliest convenience. 

IT IS SO STIPULATED AND AGREED. 

DATED: January 30, 2020 OUTTEN & GOLDEN LLP 

LAWYERS’ COMMITTEE FOR CIVIL 

RIGHTS OF THE SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA 

 By: /s/ Christopher M. McNerney 

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 Jahan C. Sagafi (SBN 224887) 

jsagafi@outtengolden.com 

Adam Koshkin (SBN 320152) 

akoshkin@outtengolden.com 

OUTTEN & GOLDEN LLP 

One California Street, 12th Floor 

San Francisco, CA 94111 

Telephone: (415) 638-8800 

Facsimile: (415) 638-8810 

Christopher M. McNerney 

(admitted pro hac vice) 

cmcnerney@outtengolden.com 

OUTTEN & GOLDEN LLP 

685 Third Avenue, 25th Floor 

New York, NY 10017 

Telephone: (212) 245-1000 

Facsimile: (347) 390-2183 

Elisa Della-Piana (SBN 226462) 

edellapiana@lccr.com 

LAWYERS’ COMMITTEE FOR CIVIL 

RIGHTS OF THE SAN FRANCISCO BAY 

AREA 

131 Steuart Street, Suite 400 

San Francisco, CA 94105 

Telephone: (415) 543-9444 

Facsimile: (415) 543-0296 

Attorneys for Plaintiffs 

Peter Lee and Latonya Campbell 

DATED: January 30, 2020 MCGUIREWOODS LLP 

 By: /s/Joel S. Allen 

 Joel S. Allen 

Attorneys for Defendants 

The Hertz Corporation and Dollar Thrifty 

Automotive Group, Inc. 

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ATTESTATION 

Pursuant to L.R. 5-1(i)(3), the undersigned hereby attests that all other signatories listed, 

on whose behalf this filing is submitted, concur in the filing and consent to and have authorized 

the filing. 

 /s/Joel S. Allen 

Joel S. Allen 

 

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[PROPOSED] ORDER 

Having reviewed and considered the Joint Stipulation and [Proposed] Order Adjusting Class 

Certification Discovery and Briefing Schedule (Dkt. #__) filed by Plaintiffs Peter Lee and Latonya 

Campbell (“Plaintiffs”) and Defendants The Hertz Corporation and Dollar Thrifty Automotive 

Group, Inc. (“Defendants”) (collectively, the “Parties”), and good cause appearing for the same, IT 

IS HEREBY ORDERED THAT: 

1. The Court will hold a telephonic CMC on February _____, 2020, at 11:00 p.m. 

2. The parties shall file a CMC statement summarizing the status of discovery and their 

proposed discovery schedule at least seven days before the CMC.

 

Dated: __________________ ____________________________________

 HONORABLE RICHARD SEEBORG 

 UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE 

(AS MODIFIED BY THE COURT)

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