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Nature of Suit Code: 710
Nature of Suit: Fair Labor Standards Act
Cause of Action: 28:1332 Diversity-Petition for Removal

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JAMES L. PAGANO, ESQ. (Cal. State Bar No. 098185)

IAN A. KASS, ESQ. (Cal. State Bar No. 184480)

PAGANO & KASS, APC

96 North Third Street, Suite 525

San Jose, California 95112

Telephone: (408) 999-5678

Facsimile: (408) 999-5684

paganolaw@aol.com

Attorneys for Plaintiff, RYAN GUINN, 

an individual, on behalf of himself, and on 

behalf of all other persons similarly situated

ALAN S. LEVINS, ESQ. (Cal. State Bar No. 057612)

LITTLER MENDELSON, P.C.

333 Bush Street, 34th Floor

San Francisco, CA 94104

Telephone: (415) 433-1940

Facsimile: (415) 399-8490

alevins@littler.com

JOHN H. ADAMS, JR., ESQ. (Cal. State Bar No. 253341)

LITTLER MENDELSON, P.C.

500 Capitol Mall, Suite 2000

Sacramento, CA 95814

Telephone: (916) 830-7200

Facsimile: (916) 561-0828

jhadams@littler.com

Attorneys for Defendant, 

SUGAR TRANSPORT OF THE NORTHWEST, INC.

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

IN AND FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SACRAMENTO DIVISION

RYAN GUINN, an individual, on behalf of

himself, and on behalf of all other persons

similarly situated,

Plaintiffs,

v.

SUGAR TRANSPORT OF THE

NORTHWEST, INC., a California

corporation, and DOES 1 through 100,

Defendants.

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Case No.: 2:16-cv-00325-WBS-EFB

STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER

EXTENDING SCHEDULED DATES FOR

SETTLEMENT EFFORTS

Judge: Hon. William B. Shubb

Courtroom: 5

STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER EXTENDING SCHEDULED DATES FOR SETTLEMENT 

EFFORTS 1

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 COME NOW, Plaintiff, RYAN GUINN (“Plaintiff”), and Defendant, SUGAR TRANSPORT

OF THE NORTHWEST, INC. (“Defendant”), (hereafter, Plaintiff and Defendants will be referred

to collectively as “the Parties”), by and through their respective attorneys of record, and they hereby

stipulate and agree as follows with regard to extending the scheduled dates in this Case:

WHEREAS, on July 21, 2016, Plaintiff propounded written discovery to Defendant seeking

information and documents pertaining to the issues that will be before the Court when it considers

class certification;

WHEREAS, following Defendant’s receipt of that written discovery, the Parties agreed to

an expedited mediation of the Case;

WHEREAS, on Monday, August 8, 2016, the Parties engaged in a mediation of the Case

with Robert “Bo” Links, an attorney who practices law in San Francisco, California;

WHEREAS, during the mediation, the Parties agreed that an informal exchange of

information is necessary to further pursue the mediation in a meaningful way, and that the

production and review of that information would occur in August 2016, with follow-up mediation

efforts to take place initially by phone on Friday, September 2, 2016;

WHEREAS, the mediator, Attorney Links, has informed the Parties that he will be out of the

country and unavailable from mid-September 2016 through early October 2016 so that any further

mediation session will not take place until mid-October 2016;

WHEREAS, the Parties believe that the efforts to mediate will be more productive if the

Parties are not required to concurrently incur expenses to engage in extensive written and oral

discovery and briefing of class certification issues, the motion for which is now due to be filed by

no later than October 31, 2016.

THEREFORE, the Parties hereto stipulate and agree that the deadlines previously scheduled

by the Court, through its scheduling order, titled, “Status (Pretrial Scheduling) Order,” be extended

90 days, as follows:

(1) The deadline for the Parties to disclose expert witnesses from whom they plan to offer

testimony regarding class certification be extended from September 10, 2016 to December

9, 2016, with the disclosure of any rebuttal expert witnesses regarding class certification

STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER EXTENDING SCHEDULED DATES FOR SETTLEMENT 

EFFORTS 2

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extended from September 25, 2016 to December 26, 2016.

(2) The deadline for the Parties to disclose those experts from whom they intend to offer

testimony at trial and produce reports in accordance with Federal Rule of Civil Procedure

26(a)(2) be extended from November 28, 2016 to February 28, 2017, with the deadline to

disclose expert witnesses intended solely for rebuttal at trial and produce their reports in

accordance with Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 26(a)(2) extended from December 27,

2016, to March 27, 2017. 

(3) The deadline to complete all discovery, including depositions for preservation of testimony,

be extended from January 27, 2017 to April 27, 2017. The date by when all motions to

compel discovery must be noticed on the Magistrate Judge’s calendar in accordance with the

Local Rules of this Court and so that such motions may be heard (and any resulting orders

obeyed) be extended from January 27, 2017 to April 27, 2017.

(4) The deadline for Plaintiff to file a motion for class certification be extended from October

31, 2016 to January 31, 2017. 

(5) The deadline for filing all other motions, except motions for continuances, temporary

restraining orders, or other emergency applications, be extended from February 27, 2017 to

May 30, 2017. 

(6) The Final Pretrial Conference be continued from April 24, 2017 at 1:30 p.m. to on or about

July 24, 2017 at 1:30 p.m. in Courtroom No. 5. 

(7) The Trial be continued from May 31, 2017 at 9:00 a.m. to on or about August 30, 2017 at

9:00 a.m. in Courtroom No. 5.

IT IS SO STIPULATED.

Dated: August 23, 2016 Respectfully submitted,

PAGANO & KASS, APC

/s/ Ian A. Kass

JAMES L. PAGANO, ESQ.,

IAN A. KASS, ESQ., 

Attorneys for Plaintiff, Ryan Guinn

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Dated: August 23, 2016 LITTLER MENDELSON, P.C.

/s/ John H. Adams, Jr.

ALAN S. LEVINS, ESQ., 

JOHN H. ADAMS, JR., ESQ.

Attorneys for Defendant, 

Sugar Transport of the Northwest, Inc.

ORDER

GOOD CAUSE APPEARING, it is hereby ORDERED that the “Status (Pretrial Scheduling)

Order” entered in the above-titled matter on June 17, 2016 is modified to extend the deadlines as

follows:

(1) The deadline for the Parties to disclose expert witnesses from whom they plan to offer

testimony regarding class certification be extended from September 10, 2016 to December

9, 2016, with the disclosure of any rebuttal expert witnesses regarding class certification

extended from September 25, 2016 to December 27, 2016.

(2) The deadline for the Parties to disclose those experts from whom they intend to offer

testimony at trial and produce reports in accordance with Federal Rule of Civil Procedure

26(a)(2) be extended from November 28, 2016 to February 28, 2017, with the deadline to

disclose expert witnesses intended solely for rebuttal at trial and produce their reports in

accordance with Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 26(a)(2) extended from December 27,

2016, to March 27, 2017. 

(3) The deadline to complete all discovery, including depositions for preservation of testimony,

be extended from January 27, 2017 to April 27, 2017. The date by when all motions to

compel discovery must be noticed on the Magistrate Judge’s calendar in accordance with the

Local Rules of this Court and so that such motions may be heard (and any resulting orders

obeyed) be extended from January 27, 2017 to April 27, 2017.

(4) The deadline for Plaintiff to file a motion for class certification be extended from October

31, 2016 to January 31, 2017. 

(5) The deadline for filing all other motions, except motions for continuances, temporary

STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER EXTENDING SCHEDULED DATES FOR SETTLEMENT 

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restraining orders, or other emergency applications, be extended from February 27, 2017 to

May 30, 2017. 

(6) The Final Pretrial Conference be continued from April 24, 2017 at 1:30 p.m. to on or about

July 31, 2017 at 1:30 p.m. in Courtroom No. 5. 

(7) The Trial be continued from May 31, 2017 at 9:00 a.m. to on or about September 26, 2017

at 9:00 a.m. in Courtroom No. 5.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: August 23, 2016

STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER EXTENDING SCHEDULED DATES FOR SETTLEMENT 

EFFORTS 5

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