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Nature of Suit Code: 442
Nature of Suit: Civil Rights Employment
Cause of Action: 28:1332 Diversity-Petition for Removal

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STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER

CONTINUING TRIAL

CASE NO.: 3:12-CV-01334-CRB (NC)

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MORGAN, LEWIS &

BOCKIUS LLP

ATTORNEYS AT LAW

SAN FRANCISCO

DARYL S. LANDY, State Bar No. 136288

MORGAN, LEWIS & BOCKIUS LLP

One Market, Spear Street Tower

San Francisco, CA 94105-1126 

Tel: 415.442.1000 

Fax: 415.442.1001 

Email: dlandy@morganlewis.com 

MICHAEL J. PUMA (admitted pro hac vice) 

BRANDON BRIGHAM (admitted pro hac vice) 

MORGAN, LEWIS & BOCKIUS LLP

1701 Market Street 

Philadelphia, PA 19103 

Tel: 215.963.5000 

Fax: 215.963.5001 

Email: mpuma@morganlewis.com 

 bbrigham@morganlewis.com 

Attorneys for Defendant 

THE HERSHEY COMPANY

THE BRANDI LAW FIRM

THOMAS J. BRANDI, SBN 53208 

BRIAN J. MALLOY, SBN 234882 

354 Pine Street, Third Floor 

San Francisco, CA 94104 

Telephone: 415.989.1800; 

Facsimile: 415.707.2024 

E-mail: tjb@brandilaw.com 

HOBAN & FEOLA, LLC

DAVID C. FEOLA (CO Bar No. 18789) 

(admitted pro hac vice) 

1626 Wazee Street, Suite 2A 

Denver, Colorado 80202 

Telephone: 303.674.7000; 

Facsimile: 303.382.4685 

E-mail: David @Feolalaw.com 

Counsel for Plaintiffs

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION

GREGORY P. BARNES, et al.,

Plaintiffs,

vs. 

THE HERSHEY COMPANY,

 

Defendant.

Case No. 12-cv-01334-CRB

STIPULATION AND ORDER 

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Defendant The Hershey Company (“Hershey”) and Plaintiffs (collectively, the “Parties”), 

by and through their respective counsel, pursuant to Civil Local Rules 6-2, 7-12, and 40-1 of the 

Northern District of California, jointly request an order continuing trial, and aver as follows: 

WHEREAS on January 16, 2015, the Court set a trial date of August 17, 2015 and a 

pretrial conference for August 4, 2015, ECF 217; 

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WHEREAS on March 27, 2015, Hershey filed a Motion for Partial Summary Judgment 

seeking dismissal of all claims brought by Plaintiffs David Bolle, Lori DeLaRue, Mary Frazier, 

Richard Nelson, Mary Wasson, Mary Weeks, and James Bombeck (collectively, “Release 

Plaintiffs”), ECF 150; 

WHEREAS on April 3, 2015, Plaintiffs filed a Motion for Partial Summary Judgment 

seeking summary judgment on Hershey’s Tenth Affirmative Defense, of waiver, ECF 236; 

WHEREAS, the Parties’ cross-Motions remain pending, ECF 268; 

WHEREAS, no deadline for summary judgment exists and Hershey has informed 

Plaintiffs that it will move for summary judgment on and/or to sever the remaining claims alleged 

by Plaintiffs and/or for decertification and Plaintiffs take no position at this time as to the 

propriety of those proposed motions and waive no rights or arguments regarding those motions, 

WHEREAS, the earliest hearing date for any additional motion is July 17, 2015; 

WHEREAS, based on the current pre-trial schedule, the Parties must serve motions in 

limine two days prior to that hearing date and submit their other pre-trial filings less than two 

weeks later, which would require the Parties to draft pre-trial filings and prepare for trial without 

knowing the scope of trial; 

WHEREAS, the Parties will promptly engage in discussions, including regarding 

mediation, to determine if a resolution of this litigation can be reached upon receiving a ruling on 

the pending cross-motions for partial summary judgment, and Hershey will file its remaining 

summary judgment motions subsequent to these efforts, in September 2015, Plaintiffs shall have 

21 days to file their opposition[s], and Hershey shall have 14 days for its reply(ies); 

WHEREAS, the Parties seek a continuance of trial in order to facilitate a potential 

resolution of this matter and to conserve the resources of the Court and the Parties, as well as to 

provide adequate time to complete expert disclosures and discovery and to obtain a ruling on any 

additional motions in advance of trial and related pre-trial deadlines, and the Parties do not seek 

this continuance for the purpose of delay;

WHEREAS, Hershey has advised Plaintiffs that due to the seasonal demands of 

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Halloween and the importance of this season to its business, Hershey’s witnesses’ availability is 

severely limited in October; 

WHEREAS, Plaintiffs’ and Defendant’s counsel have a trial scheduled to begin in this 

Court in a separate matter on November 9, 2015, and defense counsel has a federal court trial 

scheduled for December 8, 2015 in another matter; 

WHEREAS, all parties and their counsel are available for trial during the weeks of 

January 18, 2016 through March 14, 2016; 

WHEREAS, the Parties agree that this Stipulation and the fact of entering into this 

Stipulation is without prejudice to any rights, position or arguments the Parties may make in this 

Action and that nothing in this Stipulation or the fact of entering into this Stipulation shall be 

construed as an admission by either Party or otherwise prejudice either Party’s position in any 

further litigation;

IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED pursuant to Local Rule 6-2 and 40-1 by and between the 

Parties hereto, through their respective attorneys of record, to the extension of certain deadlines as 

follows: 

IT IS SO STIPULATED, THROUGH COUNSEL OF RECORD.

Pursuant to L.R. 5-1(i)(3) regarding signatures, I, Brandon J. Brigham, attest that 

concurrence in the filing of this document has been obtained from each of the other signatories. I 

declare under penalty of perjury under the laws of the United States of America that the foregoing 

is true and correct. Executed this 10th day of June, 2015. 

 /s/ Brandon J. Brigham 

 Brandon J. Brigham 

Event Current Deadline Proposed Deadline

Affirmative Expert 

Disclosures, If Any

June 12, 2015 July 31, 2015

Rebuttal Expert 

Disclosures

July 13, 2015 August 28, 2015

Final Pretrial Conference August 4, 2015 January 7, 2016

Trial to Commence August 17, 2015 January 19, 2016 

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Dated: June 10, 2015 MORGAN, LEWIS & BOCKIUS LLP

By: /s/ Brandon J. Brigham 

 Brandon J. Brigham 

Attorneys for Defendant 

THE HERSHEY COMPANY

Dated: June 10, 2015 THE BRANDI LAW FIRM

By: /s/ Brian J. Malloy

Brian J. Malloy

Attorneys for Plaintiffs

PURSUANT TO STIPULATION, IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: June 12, 2015 

By: 

 Honorable Charles R. Breyer 

United States District Judge

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