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Parties Involved:
Dollar Tree Distribution, Inc.
Defendant
Terry T. Snipes
Plaintiff

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JOINT STIPULATION RE: TOLLING OF DEADLINE TO SUBMIT INIDIVIDUAL DEMAND FOR ARBITRATION

S. BRETT SUTTON (SB# 143107)

JARED HAGUE (SB# 251517)

BRADY BRIGGS (SB# 310934)

SUTTON HAGUE LAW CORPORATION, P.C.

5200 N. Palm Avenue, Suite 203

Fresno, California 93704

Telephone: (559) 325-0500

Attorneys for Plaintiff

TERRY T. SNIPES, SR., AND THE CLASS

ELENA R. BACA (SB# 160564)

elenabaca@paulhastings.com

GEORGE W. ABELE (SB # 149846)

georgeabele@paulhastings.com

PAUL HASTINGS LLP

515 South Flower Street, Twenty-Fifth Floor

Los Angeles, California 90071-2228

Telephone: (213) 683-6000

Facsimile: (213) 627-0705

Attorneys for Defendant

DOLLAR TREE DISTRIBUTION, INC.

[Additional counsel listed on next page]

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

* * *

TERRY T. SNIPES, SR., an individual, 

residing in San Joaquin County, California,

Plaintiff,

 vs.

DOLLAR TREE DISTRIBUTION, INC., A 

Virginia Corporation; and Does 1 through 

50, inclusive, 

Defendants.

Case No. 2:15-cv-00878-MCE-DAD

Judge: Hon. Morrison C. England, Jr.

CLASS ACTION

JOINT STIPULATION RE: TOLLING 

OF DEADLINE TO SUBMIT 

INDIVIDUAL DEMAND FOR 

ARBITRATION; ORDER THEREON

Action Filed: April 1, 2015

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LINDBERGH PORTER (SB# 100091)

lporter@littler.com

LITTLER MENDELSON, P.C.

333 Bush Street, Thirty-Fourth Floor

San Francisco, CA 94104

Telephone: (415) 433-1940

Facsimile: (415) 399-8490

RYAN D. DERRY (SB# 244337)

ryanderry@paulhastings.com

PAUL HASTINGS LLP

101 California Street, Forty-Eighth Floor 

San Francisco, California 94111

Telephone: (415) 856-7000

Facsimile: (415) 856-7100

Attorneys for Defendant

DOLLAR TREE DISTRIBUTION, INC.

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STIPULATION 

Plaintiff TERRY T. SNIPES, SR. (“Plaintiff”) and Defendant DOLLAR TREE 

DISTRIBUTION, INC. (“Defendant”), by and through their respective counsel of record, 

hereby stipulate and agree as follows:

1. On or about November 7, 2019, the Court entered a Memorandum and 

Order by which it, among other things, granted Defendant’s Motion to Compel 

Arbitration and Amend Operative Class Definition with respect to the Class Members 

identified in Appendix A and Appendix B of Defendant’s Notice of Motion (hereinafter 

“the Arbitration Associates”) (Dkt. 101; the “November 7, 2019 Order”).

2. The November 7, 2019 Order compelled the Arbitration Associates to 

arbitrate, in the manner provided by his or her Arbitration Agreement with Defendant, 

the first through eighth claims for relief asserted in the operative complaint, to be 

initiated within ninety (90) days of the November 7, 2019 Order, should the Arbitration 

Associate so choose.

3. On or about December 5, 2019, Plaintiff filed a Motion for Reconsideration 

and Notice of Appeal with respect to the November 7, 2019 Order. 

4. On or about December 19, 2019, mediator David Lowe, Esq. issued to 

Plaintiff and Defendant a mediator’s proposal, the terms of which would result in 

settlement and release of the claims of all Class Members, as of the November 7, 2019 

Order, and the Arbitration Associates.

5. On or about December 23, 2019, Plaintiff and Defendant were notified by 

Mr. Lowe that the mediator’s proposal was accepted by the parties. 

6. Plaintiff and Defendant are preparing a long-form settlement agreement 

and supporting documents to set forth the terms for resolving the claims of the Class 

Members and the Arbitration Associates and submit for Court approval (the 

“Settlement”). Defendant agrees that it will provide a draft memorandum of agreement 

that has been approved by Defendant and all of Defendant’s Counsel to Plaintiff not 

later than January 31, 2020.

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7. Plaintiff and Defendant stipulate and agree that it is in the best interest of 

the Arbitration Associates that the ninety (90) day deadline set forth in the Court’s 

November 7, 2019 Order for the bringing of individual demands for arbitration be 

TOLLED pending the submission of the Settlement for Court approval, and distribution 

of notice of the Settlement to the Class Members subject to the Court’s preliminary 

approval of the Settlement. 

8. Plaintiff and Defendant stipulate and agree that the deadline to file an 

individual claim to arbitrate shall be tolled through and including the later of the following 

dates: (a) sixty (60) days following the Court’s issuance of an Order denying, in its 

entirety, the Plaintiff’s Motion for Preliminary Approval of Joint Stipulation of Settlement

(“Preliminary Approval Motion”); (b) subject to preliminary approval of the Settlement, 

sixty (60) days following the date upon which any Arbitration Associate compelled to 

arbitration pursuant to the Court’s November 7, 2019 Order (Dkt. 101) submits a valid, 

timely request for exclusion from the Settlement in the manner provided by the 

Settlement; or (c) sixty (60) days following the Court’s issuance of an Order denying, in 

its entirety, the Plaintiff’s Motion for Final Approval of Joint Stipulation of Settlement.

9. Plaintiff and Defendant agree to work expeditiously to prepare the papers 

necessary to seek preliminary approval of the Settlement from the Court.

10. Plaintiff and Defendant agree that, (i) should Plaintiff be contacted by a 

Class Member or Arbitration Associate about the case before the filing of the 

Preliminary Approval Motion, Plaintiff will respond only that the individual should contact 

Plaintiff’s counsel; and (ii) should Plaintiff’s counsel be contacted by any Class Member

or Arbitration Associate about the case before the filing of the Preliminary Approval 

Motion, Plaintiff’s counsel will respond that a settlement has been reached, the

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individual need not do anything to protect his/her rights as to the lawsuit, at this time, 

and the details of the settlement and the Class Member’s or Arbitration Associate’s

rights will be communicated in a forthcoming Court-approved notice.

DATED: January 27, 2020

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JARED HAGUE

SUTTON HAGUE LAW CORPORATION

Attorneys for Plaintiff

TERRY T. SNIPES, SR.

DATED: January 27, 2020

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ELENA BACA

RYAN DERRY

JENNIFER MILAZZO

PAUL HASTINGS

Attorneys for Defendant

DOLLAR TREE DISTRIBUTION, INC.

ORDER

In accordance with the Joint Stipulation between Plaintiff and Defendant, the 

ninety (90) day deadline for the Arbitration Associates to initiate individual demands for 

arbitration against Defendant, if they so choose, as set forth in the Court’s November 7, 

2019 Memorandum and Order (ECF No. 101), is hereby TOLLED in the manner set 

forth in the Joint Stipulation of the parties.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

DATED: January 27, 2020

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