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Nature of Suit Code: 442
Nature of Suit: Civil Rights Employment
Cause of Action: 42:1981 Job Discrimination (Race)

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STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER REGARDING CLASS CERTIFICATION DISCOVERY AND BRIEFING SCHEDULES 

- CASE NO. C05-02670-MMC 

TERESA DEMCHAK (SB #123989) dem@gdblegal.com 

ROBERTA L. STEELE (SB #188198) rls@gdblegal.com 

GOLDSTEIN, DEMCHAK, BALLER, 

 BORGEN & DARDARIAN 

300 Lakeside Drive, Suite 1000 

Oakland, CA 94612 

(510) 763-9800 

(510) 835-1417 (fax) 

CRAIG ACKERMANN (SB # 2229832) cja@laborgators.com 

ACKERMANN & TILAJEF, P.C. 

1180 South Beverly Drive, Suite 512 

Los Angeles, CA 90035 

(310) 277-0614 

(310) 277-0635 (fax) 

Attorneys for Plaintiffs 

Defendants’ Counsel Listed on the Next Page 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION 

JERMAINE HAYNES, CORNELIUS CLARK, 

CHESTER LEWIS, DAVID MCFARLIN II, 

JOHN PONDS, AND GARRANT COSEY, on 

behalf of themselves and all other persons 

similarly situated, 

Plaintiffs, 

vs. 

ANNA’S LINENS, ALAN GLADSTONE and 

CARIE GLADSTONE DOLL, 

Defendants. 

CLASS ACTION 

Case No. C05-02670-MMC 

STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER 

REGARDING CLASS CERTIFICATION 

DISCOVERY AND BRIEFING 

SCHEDULES 

Hon. Maxine M. Chesney 

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STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER REGARDING CLASS CERTIFICATION DISCOVERY AND BRIEFING SCHEDULES 

- CASE NO. C05-02670-MMC 

MICHAEL T. LUCEY (SB # 9927) 

MICHAEL D. BRUNO (SB # 166805) 

BRIAN D. MASCHLER (SB # 111824) 

GORDEN & REES LLP 

Embarcadero Center West 

275 Battery Street, Suite 2000 

San Francisco, CA 94111 

(415) 986-5900 

(415) 986-8054 (fax) 

KENNETH E. JOHNSON (SB # 115814) 

MILLER & HOLGUIN 

1801 Century Park East, 7th Floor 

Los Angeles, CA 90067 

(310) 556-1990 

(310) 557-2205 

Attorneys for Defendants 

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STIPULATION

 Plaintiffs Jermaine Haynes, Cornelius Clark, Chester Lewis, David McFarlin II, John 

Ponds, and Garrant Cosey (“Plaintiffs”) and Defendants Anna’s Linens, Inc. (“Anna’s Linens”), Alan 

Gladstone and Carie Gladstone Doll (“Defendants”), by and through their counsel of record, hereby 

stipulate as follows: 

1. At the Case Management Conference on November 4, 2005, the Court set July 28, 2006 

as the deadline for plaintiffs to file their motion for class certification.

2. Counsel for the parties represented to the Court that they would try and reach agreement 

on schedules for class certification discovery and briefing. 

3. The Court set November 18, 2005 as the date for the parties to submit their proposed 

class certification discovery and briefing schedules to the Court. 

NOW, THEREFORE, the parties additionally stipulate and request, through their counsel of 

record, that the Court approve and adopt the schedules for class certification discovery and briefing as 

set forth below: 

Non-Expert Discovery Schedule

Complete non-expert interrogatories and document discovery 

by 

6/30/06 

Complete non-expert depositions (e.g., Parties, Fed.R.Civ.P. 

30(b)(6) deponents, witnesses and records custodians) by 

6/30/06 

Expert Discovery and Reports

Plaintiffs to provide Fed.R.Civ.P. 26(a)(2) expert 

disclosures by 

5/5/06 

Plaintiffs’ expert(s) to be made available for deposition by 5/19/06 

Defendants to provide Fed.R.Civ.P. 26(a)(2) expert 

disclosures by 

6/9/06 

Defendants’ expert(s) to be made available for deposition 

by 

6/23/06 

Plaintiffs to serve rebuttal expert reports by 7/7/06 

Defendant to serve supplemental expert reports by 7/21/06 

Expert discovery cut-off 7/21/06 

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Class Certification Briefing Schedule

Motion for Class Certification to be filed by 7/28/06 

Defendants’ Opposition to Class Certification to be filed by 8/25/06 

Plaintiffs’ Reply to be filed by 9/8/06 

Hearing on Motion for Class Certification (on or after) 9/22/06 

 SO STIPULATED. 

Dated: November 18, 2005 Respectfully submitted, 

/s/ 

TERESA DEMCHAK (SB #123989) 

ROBERTA L. STEELE (SB #188198) 

GOLDSTEIN, DEMCHAK, BALLER, BORGEN & 

DARDARIAN 

300 Lakeside Drive, Suite 1000 

Oakland, CA 94612 

(510) 763-9800 

(510) 835-1417 (fax) 

CRAIG ACKERMANN (SB # 2229832) 

ACKERMANN & TILAJEF, P.C. 

1180 South Beverly Drive, Suite 512 

Los Angeles, CA 90035 

(310) 277-0614 

(310) 277-0635 (fax) 

ATTORNEYS FOR PLAINTIFFS 

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November 18, 2005 

/s/ 

MICHAEL T. LUCEY (SB # 9927) 

MICHAEL D. BRUNO (SB # 166805) 

BRIAN D. MASCHLER (SB # 111824) 

GORDEN & REES LLP 

Embarcadero Center West 

275 Battery Street, Suite 2000 

San Francisco, CA 94111 

(415) 986-5900 

(415) 986-8054 (fax) 

KENNETH E. JOHNSON (SB # 115814) 

MILLER & HOLGUIN 

1801 Century Park East, 7th Floor 

Los Angeles, CA 90067 

(310) 556-1990 

(310) 557-2205 

ATTORNEYS FOR DEFENDANTS AND 

CROSS-COMPLAINANT ANNA’S LINENS, INC. 

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 ORDER

The Court has considered the above Stipulation, and good cause appearing therefor, the Court 

hereby ORDERS the following deadlines for class certification discovery and briefing: 

Non-Expert Discovery Schedule

Complete non-expert interrogatories and document discovery 

by 

6/30/06 

Complete non-expert depositions (e.g., Parties, Fed.R.Civ.P. 

30(b)(6) deponents, witnesses and records custodians) by 

6/30/06 

Expert Discovery and Reports

Plaintiffs to provide Fed.R.Civ.P. 26(a)(2) expert 

disclosures by 

5/5/06 

Plaintiffs’ expert(s) to be made available for deposition by 5/19/06 

Defendants to provide Fed.R.Civ.P. 26(a)(2) expert 

disclosures by 

6/9/06 

Defendants’ expert(s) to be made available for deposition 

by 

6/23/06 

Plaintiffs to serve rebuttal expert reports by 7/7/06 

Defendant to serve supplemental expert reports by 7/21/06 

Expert discovery cut-off 7/21/06 

Class Certification Briefing Schedule

Motion for Class Certification to be filed by 7/28/06 

Defendants’ Opposition to Class Certification to be filed by 8/25/06 

Plaintiffs’ Reply to be filed by 9/8/06 

Hearing on Motion for Class Certification (on or after) 9/22/06 

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

DATED: 

 THE HONORABLE MAXINE M. CHESNEY 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

November 18, 2005

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