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Nature of Suit Code: 790
Nature of Suit: Other Labor Litigation
Cause of Action: 05:704 Labor Litigation

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Ira L. Gottlieb (SBN 103236) Mario Martinez (SBN 200721)

Erica Deutsch (SBN 204427) Edgar I. Aguilasocho (SBN 285567)

BUSH GOTTLIEB MARTINEZ AGUILASOCHO & LYNCH, 

A Law Corporation APLC

500 North Central Avenue, Suite 800 P.O. Box 11208

Glendale, California 91203-3345 Bakersfield, CA 93389-1208

Telephone: (818) 973-3200 Telephone: (661) 859-1174

Facsimile: (818) 973-3201 Facsimile: (661) 840-6154

Attorneys for Plaintiffs and Proposed Class

Howard A. Sagaser, (SBN 72492)

Ian B. Wieland (SBN 285721)

SAGASER, WATKINS & WIELAND, PC

7550 North Palm Avenue, Suite 100

Fresno, California 93711

Telephone: (559) 421-7000

Facsimile: (559) 473-1483

Attorneys for Defendants, Fowler Packing Company, Inc., Fowler 

Marketing International, LLC, And Ag Force, LLC 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

BEATRIZ ALDAPA and ELMER AVALOS, 

on behalf of themselves and others similarly

situated,

Plaintiffs,

v.

FOWLER PACKING COMPANY, INC., a 

California Corporation; AG FORCE, LLC; a 

California Limited Liability Company; 

FOWLER MARKETING 

INTERNATIONAL LLC, a California 

Limited Liability Company; and DOES 1 

through 10, inclusive,

Defendants.

Case No.: 1:15-CV-00420-GEB-SAB

SECOND STIPULATION TO CONTINUE 

DATE FOR FILING OF PLAINTIFFS' 

MOTION FOR CLASS 

CERTIFICATION; ORDER

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The parties, through their respective counsel, seek a Court Order continuing the due date

for Plaintiffs to file their Motion for Class Certification, currently due on or before October 1, 

2016. See Dok. 105 (Order Re Stipulation To Continue Date For Filing Of Plaintiffs' Motion For 

Class Certification). The parties previously stipulated to and received a 30 day extension to 

continue the due date. Dok. 105.

The bases for the request to continue the due date and the stipulation are the following:

1. The parties have been diligently working to find mutually agreeable dates to conduct the 

Rule 30 depositions of the Person Most Qualified (“PMQ”) for each of the Defendants, Ag 

Force, LLC, Fowler Packing Co., Inc. and Fowler Marketing, Int’l., LLC, and the second day of 

deposition for Plaintiff Elmer Avalos.

2. The August dates selected by Plaintiffs’ counsel for the PMQ depositions conflict with 

the scheduled vacation for the PMQ to be designated by Defendants and with the scheduled 

vacation for Defendants’ counsel.

3. The first available dates for the PMQ depositions are September 12 and September 13.

The parties are also looking at September 14th for Plaintiff Avalos’ deposition.

4. Rather than seek to compel the depositions by court order, Plaintiffs and Defendants 

prefer to schedule the depositions at mutually agreeable dates.

5. However, due to the delay in taking these PMQ depositions, Plaintiffs will not have 

reasonable time to analyze and incorporate the information gathered from those depositions into 

their class certification motion, even if transcripts are expedited. Plaintiffs therefore will need 

additional time to prepare their class certification motion.

6. The parties have agreed to an additional three (3) weeks for Plaintiffs to file their class 

certification motion. 

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Based on the foregoing, the parties agree that it would be appropriate to extend the 

deadline for Plaintiffs to file their class certification motion by 21 days, with a new due date of 

October 22, 2016.

IT IS SO STIPULATED, THROUGH COUNSEL OF RECORD.

Dated: August 24, 2016

MARTINEZ AGUILASOCHO & LYNCH, 

APLC

By: s/ Mario Martinez .

Mario Martinez

Attorneys for Plaintiffs and the Putative Class

Dated: August 24, 2016

BUSH GOTTLIEB

By: s/ Ira L. Gottlieb .

Ira L. Gottlieb

Attorneys for Plaintiffs and the Putative Class

Dated: August 24, 2016

SAGASER, WATKINS & WIELAND PC

By: s/ Howard A. Sagaser .

Howard A. Sagaser

Ian B. Wieland

Attorneys for Defendants, FOWLER PACKING 

CO., INC., FOWLER MARKETING 

INTERNATIONAL, LLC, and AG FORCE, LLC

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

BEATRIZ ALDAPA and ELMER AVALOS, 

on behalf of themselves and others similarly 

situated,

Plaintiffs,

v.

FOWLER PACKING COMPANY, INC., a 

California Corporation; AG FORCE, LLC; a 

California Limited Liability Company; 

FOWLER MARKETING 

INTERNATIONAL LLC, a California 

Limited Liability Company; and DOES 1 

through 10, inclusive,

Defendants.

Case No.: 1:15-CV-00420-GEB-SAB

ORDER 

Having reviewed the second stipulation by the parties through their respective counsel, 

the Court hereby approves the stipulation and extends the due date for Plaintiffs to file their 

Motion for Class Certification. Plaintiffs may file their Motion for Class Certification on or 

before October 22, 2016. 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: August 25, 2016 

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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