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Nature of Suit Code: 790
Nature of Suit: Other Labor Litigation
Cause of Action: 28:1332 Diversity-Conversion

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JOINT STIPULATION AND

ORDER RE BRIEFING SCHEDULE

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LYNNE C. HERMLE (STATE BAR NO. 99779)

lchermle@orrick.com

ORRICK, HERRINGTON & SUTCLIFFE LLP

1000 Marsh Road

Menlo Park, CA 94025-1015

Telephone: 650-614-7400

Facsimile: 650-614-7401

ANDREW R. LIVINGSTON (STATE BAR NO. 148646)

alivingston@orrick.com

ORRICK, HERRINGTON & SUTCLIFFE LLP

The Orrick Building

405 Howard Street

San Francisco, CA 94105-2669

Telephone: 415-773-5700

Facsimile: 415-773-5759

JINNIFER PITCHER (STATE BAR NO. 252880)

jpitcher@orrick.com

ORRICK, HERRINGTON & SUTCLIFFE LLP

400 Capitol Mall, Suite 3000

Sacramento, CA 95814-4497

Telephone: 916-447-9200

Facsimile: 916-329-4900

Attorneys for Defendant

Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

BRANDON HARVEY, individually and on 

behalf of all others similarly situated,

Plaintiff,

v.

MORGAN STANLEY SMITH BARNEY 

LLC,

Defendant.

Case No. 3:18-cv-02835

JOINT STIPULATION AND 

ORDER RE BRIEFING 

SCHEDULE 

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Plaintiff Brandon Harvey and Defendant Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC (together, 

the “Harvey Parties”) and Plaintiffs in the case of Chen et al. v. Morgan Stanley Smith Barney 

LLC, currently pending in the Orange County Superior Court of California (the “Chen

Plaintiffs”), hereby submit the following Joint Stipulation and Proposed Order requesting that the 

Court set the below briefing schedule for Plaintiff Harvey’s Motion for Preliminary Approval of 

Class Action Settlement (“Preliminary Approval Motion”). 

1. On April 26, 2019, Plaintiff Harvey filed his Preliminary Approval Motion, which 

is noticed for a hearing on June 12, 2019. 

2. In anticipation of the Preliminary Approval Motion, on February 27, 2019, the 

Court’s Minutes state that the Chen Plaintiffs may file an amicus brief within two weeks after the 

filing of the Preliminary Approval Motion. 

3. The Harvey Parties and the Chen Plaintiffs have since agreed to a mutually 

agreeable alternate briefing schedule for the briefs related to the Preliminary Approval Motion. 

Specifically, the parties request that the Court set the following briefing schedule for the 

Preliminary Approval Motion: (1) any opposition to or amicus brief concerning the Preliminary 

Approval Motion shall be filed on or before May 16, 2019; and (2) any reply brief(s) shall be 

filed on or before May 29, 2019. 

4. All parties agree that this alternate briefing schedule will provide sufficient time 

for the parties to draft their briefs and prepare for the anticipated June 12, 2019 hearing on the 

Preliminary Approval Motion. 

Accordingly, the parties hereby STIPULATE AND AGREE as follows: 

1. Any opposition to or amicus brief concerning the Preliminary Approval Motion 

shall be filed on or before May 16, 2019. 

2. Any reply to an opposition or amicus brief concerning the Preliminary Approval 

Motion shall be filed on or before May 29, 2019. 

IT IS SO STIPULATED. 

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Dated: April 30, 2019 LYNNE C. HERMLE

ANDREW R. LIVINGSTON

JINNIFER PITCHER

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

By: /s/ Andrew R. Livingston

ANDREW R. LIVINGSTON

Attorneys for Defendant

Dated: April 30, 2019 EDWARD J. WYNNE

Wynne Law Firm

By: /s/ Edward J. Wynne

EDWARD J. WYNNE

Attorneys for Plaintiff

Dated: April 30, 2019 JAHAN SAGAFI

Outten & Golden LLP

By: /s/ Jahan Sagafi

JAHAN SAGAFI

Attorneys for Chen Plaintiffs

Attestation re Electronic Signatures

I, Andrew Livingston, attest pursuant to Northern District Local Rule 5-1(i)(3) that all 

other signatories to this document, on whose behalf this filing is submitted, concur in the filing’s 

content and have authorized this filing. I declare under penalty of perjury under the laws of the 

United States of America that the foregoing is true and correct. 

Dated: April 30, 2019. By: _/s/ Andrew R. Livingston 

Andrew R. Livingston

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 ORDER

Based on the Joint Stipulation Regarding the Briefing Schedule for Plaintiff Harvey’s

Motion for Preliminary Approval of Settlement Agreement of the parties, and good cause 

appearing, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the Joint Stipulation is approved. 

Any opposition to or amicus brief concerning Plaintiff Harvey’s Preliminary Approval 

Motion shall be filed on or before May 16, 2019, and any reply to an opposition or amicus brief 

shall be filed on or before May 29, 2019. 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: May 6, 2019 By: _____________________________________

 Hon. William H. Orrick

United States District Court Judge

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