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Nature of Suit Code: 710
Nature of Suit: Fair Labor Standards Act
Cause of Action: 29:206 Collect Unpaid Wages

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JOINT STIPULATION STAYING PROCEEDINGS

Matthew S. Parmet (SBN 296742)

matt@parmet.law

PARMET PC

340 S. Lemon Ave., #1228

Walnut, CA 91789

Telephone: 713.999.5228

Facsimile: 713.999.1187

Local Counsel for Plaintiff

*Don J. Foty 

*David W. Hodges

William Hogg (SBN 338196)

HODGES & FOTY, LLP

4409 Montrose Blvd, Suite 200

Houston, Texas 77006

Telephone: 713.523.0001

Facsimile: 713.523.1116

dfoty@hftrialfirm.com

dhodges@hftrialfirm.com

whogg@hftrialfirm.com

Counsel for Plaintiffs and Putative Class 

Members

*Admitted pro hac vice

Katherine V.A. Smith (SBN 247866)

ksmith@gibsondunn.com

Bradley J. Hamburger (SBN 266916)

bhamburger@gibsondunn.com

GIBSON, DUNN & CRUTCHER LLP

333 South Grand Avenue

Los Angeles, CA 90071-3197

Telephone: 213.229.7000

Facsimile: 213.229.7520

*Jason C. Schwartz

jschwartz@gibsondunn.com

*Andrew G.I. Kilberg

akilberg@gibsondunn.com

GIBSON, DUNN & CRUTCHER LLP

1050 Connecticut Avenue, N.W.

Washington, DC 20036-5306

Telephone: 202.955.8500

Facsimile: 202.467.0539

Attorneys for Defendant

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

FRESNO DIVISION

HEATHER BOONE and ROXANNE 

RIVERA, on behalf of themselves and all 

others similarly situated

Plaintiffs,

v.

AMAZON.COM SERVICES, LLC,

Defendant.

Case No. 1:21-cv-00241-DAD-BAM

JOINT STIPULATION AND 

ORDER CONTINUING SCHEDULING 

CONFERENCE AND DEADLINES FOR 

DEFENDANT’S MOTION FOR 

CERTIFICATION OF INTERLOCUTORY 

APPEAL

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1 JOINT STIPULATION STAYING PROCEEDINGS

Pursuant to Rules 143, 144, and 230 of the Local Rules of the United States District Court for 

the Eastern District of California, Plaintiffs Heather Boone and Roxanne Rivera and Defendant 

Amazon.com Services LLC (collectively, the “Parties”), by and through their undersigned counsel of 

record, hereby stipulate and request as follows:

WHEREAS, the Court issued an order granting in part and denying in part Defendant’s Motion 

to Dismiss. (Dkt. 39).

WHEREAS, Defendant filed its Answer on April 11, 2022. (Dkt. 43).

WHEREAS, the Parties have not yet commenced formal discovery.

WHEREAS, Defendant filed a Motion for Certification of Interlocutory Appeal under 28 

U.S.C. § 1292(b) on April 11, 2022. (Dkt. 44).

WHEREAS, Plaintiffs’ deadline to file an opposition to the Motion is May 3, 2022, Defendant’s 

deadline to file a reply in support of the Motion is May 10, 2022, and hearing on the Motion is noticed 

for May 17, 2022.

WHEREAS, the initial scheduling conference was calendared for April 12, 2022.

WHEREAS, the Parties have agreed to mediate this action on September 8, 2022.

WHEREAS, the mediation may resolve this action in full.

WHEREAS, it would conserve the Court’s and the Parties’ time and resources to continue the 

briefing and hearing of the Motion until after the Parties’ mediation.

WHEREAS, it also would conserve the Court’s and the Parties’ time and resources to continue 

the scheduling conference until after the Parties’ mediation.

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2 JOINT STIPULATION STAYING PROCEEDINGS

THEREFORE, IT IS STIPULATED AND REQUESTED THAT, by and between the 

undersigned counsel, and subject to the Court’s approval: (1) the initial scheduling conference is 

continued to October 12, 2022 at 8:30 AM before Magistrate Judge Barbara A. McAuliffe; (2) the 

Parties shall file a Joint Scheduling Report one week prior to the conference; (3) Plaintiffs’ deadline to 

file their opposition to Defendant’s Motion for Certification of Interlocutory Appeal is continued to 

October 10, 2022; (4) Defendant’s deadline to file its reply in support of its Motion for Certification of 

Interlocutory Appeal is continued to October 24, 2022; (5) the hearing date for Defendant’s Motion for 

Certification of Interlocutory Appeal is continued to November 1, 2022 at 9:30 AM; and (6) all other 

motion and formal discovery deadlines, including the deadline to serve initial disclosures, are continued 

until after the initial scheduling conference on October 12, 2022 at 8:30 AM and shall be addressed in 

the Parties’ Joint Scheduling Report.

Dated: April 14, 2022 HODGES & FOTY, LLP

By: /s/ Don J. Foty

Don J. Foty (admitted pro hac vice)

David W. Hodges (admitted pro hac vice)

Attorneys for Plaintiffs Heather Boone 

and Roxanne Rivera

GIBSON, DUNN & CRUTCHER LLP

By: /s/ Bradley J. Hamburger

Jason C. Schwartz (admitted pro hac vice)

Katherine V.A. Smith

Bradley J. Hamburger

Andrew G.I. Kilberg (admitted pro hac vice)

Attorneys for Defendant Amazon.com Services LLC

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3 JOINT STIPULATION STAYING PROCEEDINGS

ORDER

Pursuant to the parties’ stipulation, and good cause appearing, the request to continue the 

scheduling conference and deadlines for briefing Defendant’s Motion for Certification of 

Interlocutory Appeal is GRANTED. The initial scheduling conference is continued to October 12, 

2022, at 8:30 AM before Magistrate Judge Barbara A. McAuliffe. The Parties shall file a Joint 

Scheduling Report one week prior to the conference. 

Plaintiffs’ deadline to file their opposition to Defendant’s Motion for Certification of 

Interlocutory Appeal is continued to October 10, 2022. Defendant’s deadline to file its reply in 

support of its Motion for Certification of Interlocutory Appeal is continued to October 24, 2022. The 

motion hearing set for May 17, 2022, at 9:30 AM in Courtroom 5 (DAD) is VACATED. At this 

time, in light of the briefing schedule, and in accordance with the Amended Standing Order in Light 

of Ongoing Judicial Emergency in the Eastern District of California, (Doc. 4-2), a continued hearing 

date will not be set. 

All other motion and formal discovery deadlines, including the deadline to serve initial 

disclosures, are continued until after the initial scheduling conference on October 12, 2022, and shall 

be addressed in the Parties’ Joint Scheduling Report. The Status Conference set for July 12, 2022, 

remains as calendared before the undersigned. 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: April 14, 2022 /s/ Barbara A. McAuliffe _

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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