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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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Jahan C. Sagafi (SBN 224887) 

jsagafi@outtengolden.com

Relic Sun (SBN 306701)

rsun@outtengolden.com

Adam L. 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 (Pro Hac Vice) 

cmcnerney@outtengolden.com

OUTTEN & GOLDEN LLP

685 Third Avenue, 25th Floor 

New York, New York 10017

Telephone: (212) 245-1000 

Facsimile: (646) 509-2060 

Elisa Marie 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 and Proposed 

Class and Collective Members

Sabrina A. Beldner, Esq. (SBN 221918) 

sbeldner@mcguirewoods.com

MCGUIREWOODS LLP 

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) 

jallen@mcguirewoods.com

Olga A. Bograd (Pro Hac Vice) 

obograd@mcguirewoods.com

MCGUIREWOODS LLP 

2000 McKinney Avenue, Suite 1400

Dallas, Texas 75201

Telephone: (214) 932-6400 

William E. Doyle (Pro Hac Vice) 

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. 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

SAN FRANCISCO 

PETER LEE and LATONYA CAMPBELL, 

on behalf of themselves and all others 

similarly situated, 

 Plaintiffs, 

v. 

THE HERTZ CORPORATION and 

DOLLAR THRIFTY AUTOMOTIVE 

GROUP, 

 Defendants. 

Case No.: 3:18-cv-07481 

JOINT STIPULATION AND ORDER 

FURTHER ADJUSTING CLASS 

CERTIFICATION DISCOVERY AND 

BRIEFING SCHEDULE [AS MODIFIED 

BY THE COURT]

The Honorable Richard Seeborg 

Complaint Filed: December 12, 2018

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Pursuant to the Court’s direction at the February 27, 2020 telephonic case management 

conference (“CMC”), Plaintiffs Peter Lee and Latonya Campbell (“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 further adjusting the class certification discovery and 

briefing schedule and setting the following interim benchmarks, as set forth below: 

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

Order, setting a class certification discovery and briefing schedule; 

2. WHEREAS, on October 17, 2019, the Court ordered a Stipulation setting forth an

updated class certification discovery and briefing schedule; 

3. WHEREAS, on February 27, 2020, the Parties proposed a further extension and

modification of the class certification discovery and briefing schedule to the Court during their 

telephonic CMC; and 

4. WHEREAS, the Court endorsed the schedule extension in principle, but requested

that the Parties submit a stipulation setting forth their specific proposal to the Court; 

NOW, THEREFORE, the Parties hereby stipulate to and respectfully request that the 

Court order the following modifications to the class certification discovery and briefing schedule 

and set the following interim benchmarks: 

Item Current Deadline Proposed Deadline 

Hertz provides CareerBuilder data to 

Plaintiffs 

N/A March 12, 20201

Case Management Conference (to be 

canceled should the Parties have no disputes) 

N/A May 7, 2020 

Agreement on ESI discovery process (incl. 

initial custodians, initial search terms, and 

ultimate validation process), and completion 

of rolling production of documents identified 

by Hertz as relevant for mediation for the 

initial two custodians reviewed2

N/A June 1, 20203

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 The Parties may extend this deadline by agreement without Court order. 

2

 Amanda Dillon and Krista Memmelaar. 

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 The Parties may extend this deadline by agreement without Court order. 

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Parties commence mediation N/A June-July 2020* 

Non-expert discovery March 20, 2020 October 20, 2020 

Expert Discovery: 

 Initial Experts** 

 Supplemental/rebuttal experts 

 Expert discovery completed 

May 15, 2020

July 17, 2020

August 28, 2020 

December 15, 2020

February 17, 2021 

March 29, 2021 

Class Certification: 

 Plaintiffs’ motion 

 Hertz’s opposition 

 Plaintiffs’ reply 

 Hearing 

May 15, 2020

July 17, 2020

August 28, 2020 

Sept. 25, 2020 

December 15, 2020 

February 17, 2021 

March 29, 2021 

April 29, 2021 

* Mediation will be held earlier if Sterling data production moves more quickly, pending

the Parties’ and mediator’s availability. 

** All expert designations shall be in accordance with Fed. R. Civ. P. 26(a)(2), with 

experts disclosed and reports produced on the dates set forth above. 

Respectfully submitted, 

Dated: March 2, 2020 

By: /s/Jahan Sagafi

Jahan C. Sagafi (SBN 224887)

Relic Sun (SBN 306701)

Adam L. Koshkin (SBN 320152)

OUTTEN & GOLDEN LLP

One California Street, 12th Floor

San Francisco, CA 94111 

Telephone: (415) 638-8800 

Christopher McNerney (Pro Hac Vice) 

OUTTEN & GOLDEN LLP

685 Third Avenue, 25th Floor 

New York, New York 10017

Telephone: (212) 245-1000 

Attorneys for Plaintiffs and proposed Class 

Members

Respectfully submitted, 

By: /s/Olga Bograd 

Joel S. Allen (Pro Hac Vice) 

jallen@mcguirewoods.com

Olga A. Bograd (Pro Hac Vice) 

obograd@mcguirewoods.com

MCGUIREWOODS LLP 

2000 McKinney Avenue, Suite 1400

Dallas, Texas 75201

Telephone: (214) 932-6400 

Sabrina A. Beldner, Esq. (SBN 221918) 

sbeldner@mcguirewoods.com

MCGUIREWOODS LLP 

1800 Century Park East, 8th Floor 

Los Angeles, CA 90067-1501 

Telephone: (310) 315-8200 

Facsimile: (310) 315-8210 

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William E. Doyle (Pro Hac Vice) 

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MCGUIREWOODS LLP

434 Fayetteville Street, Suite 2600

Raleigh, North Carolina 27601

Telephone: (919) 755-6600 

Attorneys for Defendants

PURSUANT TO STIPULATION, IT IS SO ORDERED. 

_________________________________ Dated: ____________________ 

Hon. Richard Seeborg 

United States District Judge 

3/3/2020

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