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Nature of Suit Code: 442
Nature of Suit: Civil Rights Employment
Cause of Action: 42:2000e Job Discrimination (Employment)

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567139.3

JOINT STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER 

MODIFYING CLASS CERTIFICATION SCHEDULE

James M. Finberg (State Bar No. 114850)

Kelly M. Dermody (State Bar No. 171716)

Bill Lann Lee (State Bar No. 108452)

Heather H. Wong (State Bar No. 238546)

LIEFF, CABRASER, HEIMANN & 

BERNSTEIN, LLP

275 Battery Street, 30th Floor

San Francisco, CA 94111-3339

Telephone: (415) 956-1000

Facsimile: (415) 956-1008

Attorneys for the Plaintiffs

 [Additional Plaintiffs’ Counsel 

 Listed on Signature Page]

Jay Cohen (pro hac vice)

Brad S. Karp (pro hac vice)

Daniel J. Toal (pro hac vice)

Liza M. Velazquez (pro hac vice)

PAUL, WEISS, RIFKIND, WHARTON & 

GARRISON, LLP

1285 Avenue of the Americas

New York, NY 10019-6064

Telephone: (212) 373-3000

Facsimile: (212) 757-3990

Attorneys for Defendant Citigroup Global 

Markets, Inc., d/b/a Smith Barney

[Additional Defense Counsel 

 Listed on Signature Page]

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SAN FRANCISCO / OAKLAND DIVISION

RENEE FASSBENDER AMOCHAEV, 

DEBORAH ORLANDO, and KATHRYN 

N. VARNER, on behalf of themselves and 

all others similarly situated,

Plaintiffs,

v.

CITIGROUP GLOBAL MARKETS, INC., 

d/b/a SMITH BARNEY,

Defendant.

Case No. C-05-1298 PJH

JOINT STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] 

ORDER MODIFYING CLASS 

CERTIFICATION SCHEDULE

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JOINT STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER 

MODIFYING CLASS CERTIFICATION SCHEDULE

STIPULATION

WHEREAS, by Order entered August 29, 2006 (Docket No. 72), the Court set an 

amended class certification briefing schedule in which the deadline for Plaintiffs’ Motion for 

Class Certification was set for October 27, 2006;

WHEREAS, currently pending before the Honorable Magistrate Judge Spero are

Plaintiffs’ Motion to Compel Production of Relevant Martens Documents (filed September 1, 

2006; Docket Entry No. 73), and Defendant’s Cross Motion for Protective Order (filed September 

15, 2006; Docket Entry No. 81), both of which are set for oral argument on October 20, 2006;

WHEREAS Defendant filed a Motion to Compel Plaintiffs to Respond to Defendant’s

First Set of Interrogatories on September 25, 2006 (Docket No. 88) and its Motion was dismissed

by Order entered September 26, 2006 (Docket Entry No. 93) with instructions from the Court to 

meet and confer, and Defendant intends to refile that Motion now that the meet and confer 

requirements have been met;

WHEREAS, although the parties have been actively conferring to come to an agreement 

regarding Defendant’s production of electronic mail, and have had partial success reaching an 

agreement, the search for such electronic mail has only recently begun and production of any 

responsive electronic mail will begin in the near future; 

WHEREAS the parties have agreed to postpone depositions of several Smith Barney 

employees pending the production of electronic mail and resolution of Plaintiffs’ Motion to 

Compel; 

WHEREAS, Plaintiffs anticipate filing an Amended Complaint, and Defendant thus 

would require additional time for discovery; and 

WHEREAS, the proposed modification of the class certification schedule will not unduly 

delay processing the action,

IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED, by and between the parties through their respective 

counsel of record, that the parties propose the following revised schedule for class certification:

Plaintiffs’ Motion for Class Certification February 26, 2007

Defendants’ Opposition April 23, 2007

Plaintiffs’ Reply June 4, 2007

Class Certification Hearing July 11, 2007

SO STIPULATED.

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JOINT STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER 

MODIFYING CLASS CERTIFICATION SCHEDULE

Dated: October 17, 2006 LIEFF, CABRASER, HEIMANN & BERNSTEIN, LLP

By: /s/ Elizabeth A. Alexander

Elizabeth A. Alexander

James M. Finberg (State Bar No. 114850)

Kelly M. Dermody (State Bar No. 171716)

Bill Lann Lee (State Bar No. 108452)

Heather H. Wong (State Bar No. 238546)

LIEFF, CABRASER, HEIMANN & BERNSTEIN, LLP

275 Battery Street, 30th Floor

San Francisco, CA 94111-3339

Telephone: (415) 956-1000

Facsimile: (415) 956-1008

Elizabeth A. Alexander (pro hac vice)

LIEFF, CABRASER, HEIMANN & BERNSTEIN, LLP

150 Fourth Avenue, N., Suite 1650

Nashville, TN 37219-2423

Telephone: (615) 313-9000

Facsimile: (615) 313-9965

Adam T. Klein (pro hac vice)

Piper Hoffman (pro hac vice)

OUTTEN & GOLDEN LLP

3 Park Avenue, 29th Floor

New York, New York 10016

Telephone: (212) 245-1000

Facsimile: (212) 977-4005

Cyrus Mehri (pro hac vice)

Lisa M. Bornstein (pro hac vice)

Sandi Farrell (pro hac vice)

Anna M. Pohl (pro hac vice)

MEHRI & SKALET, PLLC

1250 Connecticut Ave, NW, Suite 300

Washington, DC 20036

Telephone: (202) 822-5100

Facsimile: (202) 822-4997

Attorneys for Plaintiffs and the Class

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JOINT STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER 

MODIFYING CLASS CERTIFICATION SCHEDULE

Dated: October 17, 2006 PAUL, WEISS, RIFKIND, WHARTON & GARRISON, 

LLP

By: /s/ Jay Cohen

Liza M. Velazquez

Jay Cohen (pro hac vice)

Brad S. Karp (pro hac vice)

Daniel J. Toal (pro hac vice)

Liza M. Velazquez (pro hac vice)

PAUL, WEISS, RIFKIND, WHARTON & GARRISON, 

LLP

1285 Avenue of the Americas

New York, NY 10019-6064

Telephone: (212) 373-3000

Facsimile: (212) 757-3990

Malcolm A. Heinicke (State Bar No. 194174)

MUNGER, TOLLES & OLSON LLP

560 Mission Street, 27th Floor

San Francisco, CA 94105

Telephone: (415) 512-4000

Facsimile: (415) 512-4077

Attorneys for Defendant

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JOINT STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER 

MODIFYING CLASS CERTIFICATION SCHEDULE

ORDER

PURSUANT TO STIPULATION, IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: ____________________

The Honorable Phyllis J. Hamilton

12/21/06

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORN

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IT IS SO ORDERED

Judge Phyllis J. Hamilton

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