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Nature of Suit Code: 710
Nature of Suit: Fair Labor Standards Act
Cause of Action: 15:1938 Fair Labor Standards Act

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1 Case No. 3:17-cv-06624 RS-SK 

STIPULATION TO MODIFY CASE SCHEDULE 

JANET M. HEROLD, Regional Solicitor 

BORIS ORLOV, Senior Trial Attorney (CA #223532) 

KATHERINE E. CAMERON, Trial Attorney (WA #41777) 

UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 

Office of the Solicitor 

300 Fifth Avenue, Suite 1120 

Seattle, WA 98104 

Tel: (206) 757-6760 

Fax: (206) 757-6761 

Email: cameron.katherine.e@dol.gov 

Attorneys for Eugene Scalia, Secretary, 

United States Department of Labor

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

EUGENE SCALIA, Secretary of Labor, 

UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF 

LABOR, 

Plaintiff, 

v. 

TFORCE FINAL MILE WEST LLC, a 

Delaware company; and ON COURIER 365, 

INC., a California corporation, 

Defendants. 

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STIPULATION TO MODIFY CASE 

SCHEDULE 

Complaint Filed: November 16, 2017 

Trial Date: August 24, 2020 

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Plaintiff EUGENE SCALIA, Secretary of Labor, UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF 

LABOR (“Plaintiff”) and Defendant TFORCE FINAL MILE WEST LLC (“TForce”) (collectively, 

“the Parties”), submit this stipulated request for the Court to modify the schedule for good cause 

under Rule 16(b)(4). Good cause to modify the case schedule exists, for the following reasons: 

1. On November 16, 2017, Plaintiff initiated this lawsuit by filing a complaint in this

Court. ECF 1. 

2. On March 22, 2018, the Court entered a Scheduling Order, following the initial

Case Management Conference. ECF 40. The Order set trial for October 21, 2019. Id. 

3. On October 7, 2019, the Court entered the operative Scheduling Order following

the Parties’ stipulation to modify the case schedule. ECF 77. 

4. On February 26, 2020, the Court modified pretrial and discovery deadlines while

keeping the trial date the same following the Parties’ stipulation to modify the case schedule. 

ECF 100. 

5. Plaintiff and Defendant On Courier 365, Inc., reached a settlement and this court

entered a consent judgment on February 26, 2020. ECF. 102. 

6. The Parties have been diligently conducting discovery including bringing several

discovery disputes to the court for resolution. 

7. The Parties’ discovery has been impacted by events beyond their control and

requires more time to complete. First, discovery has been slowed because of a delay by thirdparty Google, Inc. in producing complete delivery data due to the unavailability of the individual 

who has access to the data. The new data from Google, Inc., produced yesterday, is voluminous 

and requires in-depth analysis. Expert witnesses will not have adequate time to analyze the data 

before the current deadline for expert disclosures (i.e., next Monday, March 23). Second, 

Defendant’s ESI vendor, Epiq, was subject to a cyber-attack on March 2, 2020 that forced it to 

shut down ESI access and services to its clients nationwide, including TForce. To date, TForce’s 

access to the ESI review platform hosted by Epiq has not been fully restored. This has slowed the 

processing and production of documents, and it has delayed at least one deposition that was 

originally scheduled for last week in Charlotte, North Carolina. Third, on March 16, 2020, the 

Court issued an order (ECF 107) modifying Magistrate Judge Kim’s discovery order regarding 

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the Secretary’s identification of driver-witnesses for deposition. The discovery order may give 

rise to discovery and depositions that the Parties need to complete, along with several other 

depositions, before discovery closes. Finally, recent events related to the coronavirus, including 

significant limitations on travel and movement nationwide and the March 16, 2020 “shelter in 

place” order in Northern California, has made scheduling depositions, preparing witnesses for 

deposition, and securing attendance of witnesses insurmountably difficult in the short term before 

discovery closes. Thus, the Parties wish to continue the trial and pre-trial dates accordingly. 

NOW, THEREFORE, the Parties hereby stipulate and request that the Court modify the 

schedule to reflect the following dates: 

a. Case Management Conference currently set for May 21, 2020, will be continued to

a date convenient for the Court.

b. On or before August 14, 2020, the parties shall designate experts.

c. On or before September 16, 2020, the parties shall designate their supplemental and

rebuttal experts.

d. On or before October 16, 2020, the Parties shall complete all non-expert discovery.

e. On or before October 16, 2020, the parties shall complete all discovery of expert

witnesses.

f. All pretrial motions shall be heard no later than December 18, 2020, or as soon

thereafter as the Court is available.

g. The final pretrial conference shall be held on February 3, 2021, or as soon

thereafter as the Court is available.

h. Trial shall commence on a date set by the Court on or after February 22, 2021, or

as soon thereafter as the Court is available.

PURSUANT TO STIPULATION, IT IS SO ORDERED. 

DATED: __________________ _________________________________ 

RICHARD SEEBORG 

United States District Judge 

Respectfully submitted, 

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DATE: March 17, 2020 

s/ Boris Orlov s/ Brian Berry 

BORIS ORLOV 

U.S. Department of Labor 

Attorneys for the 

Secretary of Labor 

BRIAN D. BERRY 

Ogletree Deakins Nash Smoak 

& Stewart, P.C. 

Attorney for Defendant 

TForce Final Mile West, LLC 

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